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Pradoṣatāṇḍavastotra, circa 1700-1850.
प्रदोषताण्डवस्तोत्र
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2793
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Rāvaṇa.
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Śiva (Hindu deity).
- SÌiva (Hindu deity).
- Hindu mythology.
- Rites and ceremonies--India.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- India.
- Dance--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
- Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
- Moon--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
- Moon.
- Hinduism.
- Satellites--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
- Genre:
- hymns
- poems
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 23 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2793
- Other Title:
- Pradoṣatāṇḍava
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Hymn related to the worship of Śiva and the recognition and celebration of the Pradoṣa day, the thirteenth day after full moon or the new moon and considered inauspicious. Śiva dances on this day.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 2v); alternate title Pradoṣatāḍava from title page (f. 1r).
- Written in 11-12 lines per leaf.
- 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti śrīrāvaṇaṃ kṛtapradoṣataṃḍavastotraṃ samāptim agamat // (f. 2v).
- Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
- Cited in:
- Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 1738 (UP 2793).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2793.
- OCLC:
- 975834468
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