Details

Standardized Title:

Tantras. Rudrayāmalatantra. Selections.

Subjects:

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

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Devotional literature.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript contains adhyāyas 1-25 of a larger work called the Śivarahasya, which is itself part of a work on Tantra called the Rudrayāmalatantra. It is dedicated to the praise and veneration of the Hindu deity Śiva, especially in his form of Rudra (the howler). Presented as a discourse between Śiva and his divine son Skanda (also known as Kārttikeya).

Notes:

Formerly likely part of the same larger manuscript as Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1998.
Title from colophon (f. 49r).
Written in 11 lines per leaf.
49 leaves foliated 1-49, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīśivarahasye daśamāṃśe rudrākṣamahimānāmapaṃcaviśodhyāyaḥ śrīviśveśvarārarpaṇamastu // (f. 49r).
A single wooden board supports the manuscript.
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant words, letters, phrases are highlighted in red.

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 4625 (UP 1997).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1997.

OCLC:

953530225