Śivasahasranāmakathana, 1910; शिवसहस्रनामकथन,१९१०

Date:

1910

Description:

Manuscript is used for public or private recitation or prayer and worship (pūjā), venerating and praising a thousand names associated with the Hindu deity Śiva. Manuscript is part of a larger work known as the Śivarahasya. Presented as a discourse of the deity Skanda (known also as Kārttikeya), the son of Śiva.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Puja (Hinduism); Siva (Hindu deity); Śaivism; Kārttikeya (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Prayers; Hymns; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (9 leaves) : paper; 8 x 17 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 9v); title of larger work, Śivarahasya, from colophon (9v).; Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.; 9 leaves foliated 1-9, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīśivarahasye iśānārkhyadvāsaśāṃśe śivasahasra[n]āmakathanaṃ samāptam // śrīkāśīviśveśvarārpaṇam astu // saṃvat 1967 āśvinaśukla 1 bhaume saṃpūrṇam astu // om̐ tatsad[brahm]ārpaṇam astu // (f. 9v).; Dated saṃvat 1967 āśvinaśukla 1 bhaume (Tuesday, October 4, 1910) (f. 9v).; 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