Details

Standardized Title:

Mahimnaḥstava

Subjects:

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

Form/Genre:

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

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Biography/History:

Author's name written as Puṣpadantācārya in colophon (f. 14v).

Summary:

Manuscript for private or public recitation and prayer in praise of the mythic deeds and greatness of the Hindu deity Śiva. Manuscript contains an unidentified commentary running parallel above and below the main text.

Notes:

Scribe is Miśrarāmasevaga (f. 14v)
Title from colophon (f. 15v).
Written in 8-14 lines per leaf.
15 leaves foliated 1-15, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīpuṣpadaṃttācāryaviracitaṃ mahimnākhyastotra[samā]ptaḥ (f. 15v).
Dated saṃvat 1900 (1843) (f. 15v).
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 purple line.

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 1712 (UP 421).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 421

Contributor:

Miśrarāmasevaga, scribe.

OCLC:

838618423