Details

Subjects:

Dharma.
Hindu law.
Śaivism.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Lingas (Śaivism).
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

Manuals (instructional materials)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Eight verses (plus one) of praise recited for good luck by a Brahman. Related to Viśveśvara, one of the liṅgas of Śiva located in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 1v).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
Colophon: iti śrīviśveśvaramaṃgalāṣṭakaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 1v).
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 3201 (UP 2792).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2792.

OCLC:

975935131