Śivasahasranāman, circa 1700-1850; शिवसहस्रनामन्,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Small manuscript used in private or public recitation and prayer focusing on the praise and worship of the Hindu deity Śiva, presenting one thousand of the god's names, such as Maheśvara, Vāmadeva, Skandaguru, Trilocana, among others. Employs some well-known mantras, such as "om̐ namaḥ śivāya."

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Śaivism; Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Puja (Hinduism); Hindu mantras

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (13 leaves) : paper; 11 x 20 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 13v).; Written in 6-9 lines per leaf.; leaves foliated [1], 2-13, lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīśivapurāṇe śivasahasranāmanirūpaṇaṃ nāmasaptatinamodhyāyaḥ // (f. 13v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; two sets of horizontal red lines across top or bottom across each folio.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2187

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts