Details

Standardized Title:

Puranas. Padmapurāṇa. Uttarakhaṇḍa. Selections.

Other Title:

Śivasahasrastotra.

Subjects:

Siva (Hindu deity).
Mārkaṇḍeya (Hindu mythological character).
Hindu mantras.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Puja (Hinduism).

Form/Genre:

Hymns.
Poems.
Prayers.
Dialogues.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Praise of the Hindu deity Śiva through a set of more than a 100 names rather than the 1000 names suggested by the title (sahasranāma); employed in private and public forms of worship (pūjā), using mantras. Presented as a discussion between the deity Kṛṣṇa and the legendary figures Mārkaṇḍeya and Vyāsa. Taken from the Śaṅkarasaṃhitā in the last section (uttarakhaṇḍa) of the Padmapurāṇa.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 41r); alternate title from Śivasahasrastotra from title page (f. 1r).
Written in 7 lines per leaf.
40 leaves foliated 1-18, 20-41, upper left and lower right verso, without break in the text.
Colophon: iti śrīpadmapurāṇe uttarakhaṃḍe śaṃkarasaṃhitāyāṃ śrī kṛṣṇamārkaṃḍeyasaṃvāde vedasārākhye śivasahasranāmastotrasaṃpūrṇam // cha // cha // om ̐namaḥ śivāyaḥ // (f. 40v-41r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
Non-Latin script record.

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 1130 (UP 2329).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2329

OCLC:

793401249