Bilvaṣoḍaśakastotra, circa 1700-1850; बिल्वषोडशकस्तोत्र, १७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Text outlines sixteen parts of a ceremony involving the offering of sacred bilva leaves (from the Bael tree), while honoring and worshiping the Hindu deity Śiva, including his liṅga form. Also discussed are the benefits that result from performing the rites (such as the removal of all of one's sins). Though typically identified with the Skandapurāṇa, the Sahyādrikhaṇḍa is here said to derive from the Padmapurāṇa.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Lingas (Śaivism); Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Bael (Tree); Rites and ceremonies -- India; Rites and ceremonies

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper; 12 x 13 cm

Geographic Subject:

India

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 4r); alternate title Bilvaṣoḍaśastotra from front and back title page (f. 1r and 4v).; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 4 leaves foliated [1], 2-4, lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīpadmapurāṇe sahyādrikhaṃḍe śivopākhyāne bilvaṣoḍaśakastotra // (f. 4r).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2455

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts