Śivasahasranāmastotra, circa 1700-1850; शिवसहस्रनामस्तोत्र,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Praise of the Hindu deity Śiva through a set of more than a 100 names rather than the 1000 names suggested by the title (sahasranāma); employed in private and public forms of worship (pūjā), using mantras. Presented as a discussion between the deity Kṛṣṇa and the legendary figures Mārkaṇḍeya and Vyāsa. Taken from the Śaṅkarasaṃhitā in the last section (uttarakhaṇḍa) of the Padmapurāṇa.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Siva (Hindu deity); Mārkaṇḍeya (Hindu mythological character); Hindu mantras; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Puja (Hinduism)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Hymns; Poems; Prayers; Dialogues; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (40 leaves) : paper; 10 x 17 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 41r); alternate title from Śivasahasrastotra from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 40 leaves foliated 1-18, 20-41, upper left and lower right verso, without break in the text.; Colophon: iti śrīpadmapurāṇe uttarakhaṃḍe śaṃkarasaṃhitāyāṃ śrī kṛṣṇamārkaṃḍeyasaṃvāde vedasārākhye śivasahasranāmastotrasaṃpūrṇam // cha // cha // om ̐namaḥ śivāyaḥ // (f. 40v-41r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts