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Śivasahasranāmakathana, 1910. = शिवसहस्रनामकथन, १९१०.

Publication:
1910.
१९१०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (9 leaves) : paper ; 8 x 17 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 395
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Other Title:
Śivarahasya.
Subjects:
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Puja (Hinduism).
Siva (Hindu deity).
Śaivism.
Kārttikeya (Hindu deity).
Form/Genre:
Poems.
Prayers.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Manuscript is used for public or private recitation or prayer and worship (pūjā), venerating and praising a thousand names associated with the Hindu deity Śiva. Manuscript is part of a larger work known as the Śivarahasya. Presented as a discourse of the deity Skanda (known also as Kārttikeya), the son of Śiva.
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 9v); title of larger work, Śivarahasya, from colophon (9v).
Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīśivarahasye iśānārkhyadvāsaśāṃśe śivasahasra[n]āmakathanaṃ samāptam // śrīkāśīviśveśvarārpaṇam astu // saṃvat 1967 āśvinaśukla 1 bhaume saṃpūrṇam astu // om̐ tatsad[brahm]ārpaṇam astu // (f. 9v).
Dated saṃvat 1967 āśvinaśukla 1 bhaume (Tuesday, October 4, 1910) (f. 9v).
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 4635 (UP 395).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 395
OCLC:
838608022