Details

Other Title:

Rudramantravibhāgavidhi

Subjects:

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

Form/Genre:

Prayers.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Devotional literature.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript is a section of the Śivarayasya, a purāṇic-style, Tantric work. Text highlights the veneration of Śiva and especially his Vedic manifestation of Rudra, the Howler, through the employment of Vedic mantras. There is a post-colophon addition to the text (f. 10r-10v), also part of the Śivarayasya and dedicated to Rudra.

Notes:

Title from title abbreviations in margins; alternate title Rudramantravibhāgavidhi from colophon (f. 10r).
Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
10 leaves foliated 1-10, lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śivarahasyoktarudramaṃtravibhāgavidhisamāptaḥ // (f. 10r).
Scribe is Bālakṛṣṇa Bhaṭṭa Purāṇīka, son of Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa Purāṇīka (f. 10r).
Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; numerous corrections and additions in margins; accents to aid recitation 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 4631 (UP 2014).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2014.

Contributor:

Bhaṭṭa Purāṇīka, Bālakṛṣṇa (Son of Nārāyaṇa)

OCLC:

954003836