Śivasahasranāmāvalī, 1793; शिवसहस्रनामावली,१७९३

Date:

1793

Description:

Text used in public or private recitation and prayer, employing mantras in worship (pūjā), devoted to listing one thousand names of the Hindu deity Śiva, such as Sadāśiva, Śarva, Jagatkartṛ, and Maheśa among others.

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Viśvanāthabhaṭṭa Pātharakara, the son of Lakṣmaṇa Pātharakara.

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (15 leaves) : paper; 11 x 23 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 15v).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 15 leaves foliated 1-15, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śivasahasranāmāvalīsamāptā // śubhaṃ bhūyāt // pātharakara ity upanāmakaviśvanāthabhaṭṭāḥ sutasya lakṣmaṇasyedaṃ pustakaṃ śrībhairavārpaṇam astu // saṃvat 1850 śāke 1715 caitraśuddha 15 budhe (f. 15v).; Dated saṃvat 1850 śāke 1715 caitraśuddha 15 (Thursday, April 25, 1793 A.D.) (f. 15v).; 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 Item 379

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts