Śivamahimnastotra, circa 1700-1850; शिवमहिम्नस्तोत्र,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Manuscript for private or public use, recitation, and prayer; hymns in honor of the Hindu deity Śiva. Text is a section from the Śivarahasya, a Tantric work.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Hymns (documents); Prayers (documents); Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (15 leaves) : paper; 11 x 25 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 15v).; Written in 10-13 lines per leaf.; 15 leaves foliated 1-15, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; Colophon: iti śivarahaśye viṣṇukṛtaṃ śivamahimnastotrasaṃpūrṇaṃ (f. 15v).; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts