Hṛdaya, circa 1700-1850; वरदगणेशसहस्रनामस्तोत्र,१७००-१८५०

Alternate Title:

Śivahṛdayamantra; Śivahṛdayastotra

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript is used for public or private recitation or prayer and worship (pūjā) of the deity Śiva in his manifestation as Dakṣināmūrtiśiva. Presented as a dialogue between Śiva (as Īśvara) and Pārvatī. Text praises the god through mantras and verse and is from a larger work known as the Rudrayāmala, a work of Tantric Śaivism.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Siva (Hindu deity); Śaivism; Tantrism; Hindu mantras

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Dialogues; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (18 leaves) : paper; 9 x 16 cm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 3v); alternate title Śivahṛdayamantra from incipit (f. 1r); second alternate title from fourth and fifth line of text (f. 1r).; Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.; 3 leaves foliated 1-3, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīrudrayāmale iśvarapārvatīsaṃvāde dakṣiṇāmūrtiśivasya hṛdayaṃ samāptim agamat // śrīrastu // (f. 3v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts