Śivarahasya, 1862; शिवरहस्य,१८६२

Date:

1862

Description:

Manuscript begins with the third adhyāya of the Śivarayasya, a purāṇic-style work. Text highlights the veneration of Śiva through ritual, prayer and reference to pilgrimage (especially to Kāśī, the city of Vārāṇasī). Manuscript contains four short supplementary works after the main text that are summations and brief commentary-like illuminations of the Śivarahasya such as the Śivarahasyasāraprakāśa (Part 5).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hinduism -- Prayers and devotions; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Śaivism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

prayers (compositions); watermarks; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; devotional literature; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (109 leaves) : paper; 14 x 26 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from incipit (Part 1, f. 1r); title of commentary Śivarahasyasāraprakāśa from colophon (Part 5, f. 4v).; Written in 5-8 lines per leaf.; 109 leaves foliated (Part 1) 1-82, (Part 2) 1-3, (Part 3) 1-9, (Part 4) 1-3, 5-11, [12], (Part 5) 1-4, lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīsahasrabudhyupākṛvināyakasūrisūnusadāśivolītaśivarahasyasāraprakāśaḥ // śake 1772 māghakṛṣṇa daśamī // (Part 5, f. 4v).; Dated śaka 1774 (1862) (Part 5, f. 4v).; Watermarks of some kind of coat of arms on some folios in the first half of the text.; Mistakes blacked out; numerous corrections and additions in margins; significant words and phrases highlighted in red.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2001

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts