Mallārisahasranāmastotra, 1745; मल्लारिसहस्रनामस्तोत्र, १७४५

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1745

Description:

Text praising the Hindu deity Śiva, under the name Mallāri (enemy of the demon Malla), and especially his form as Mārtaṇḍa Bhairava (f. 28r), to be used in public and private recitation and prayer. Said to represent the thousand names (sahasranāma) of Mallāri, the text contains about 100 different names, and reciting them is said to produce children, remove sins, and deliver liberation from the cycle of life and death (mokṣa). Presented as a conversation between the deities Śiva and Pārvatī.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Puja (Hinduism); Śiva (Hindu deity) Early works to 1800; Siva (Hindu deity); Parvati (Hindu deity) Early works to 1800; Parvati (Hindu deity); Puja (Hinduism) -- Early works to 1800; Devotional literature, Sanskrit -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); prayers (compositions); hymns; dialogues; Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (28 leaves) : paper; 10 x 17 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 28r).; Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.; 28 leaves foliated 1-28, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīpadmapurāṇe śivopākhyāne mallāriprakṛtibhāve śrīmallāriprastāve śivapārvatīsaṃvāde mallārisahasranāmastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 28v).; Dated śaka 1667 (1745) (f. 28r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with triple red line.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2322

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts