Details

Other Title:

Śivarahasya.

Subjects:

Devotional literature, Sanskrit.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Hinduism -- Prayers and devotions.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Kārttikeya (Hindu deity).
Śaivism.

Form/Genre:

Poems.
Prayers.
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Devotional literature.

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. 10v); title of larger work Śivarahasya from colophon (f. 10v).
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīśivarahasye sadāśivākhyena vamāṃśeśeṣāśeṣamukhodgītaṃ śrīśivanāmasahasraṃ saṃpūrṇam // saṃvat 1967 vaiśākhaśu[bhe] 10 // śrīkāśīviśveśvarārpaṇam astu // śrī // tatsadbrahmārpaṇam astu // (f. 10v).
Dated saṃvat 1967 vaiśākhaśubhe 10 (Thursday, May 19, 1910) (f. 10v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or 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 4632 (UP 396).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 396

OCLC:

838604135