Śivasahasranāmāvalī, circa 1700-1850; शिवसहस्रनामावली,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Series (āvali) of 101 names praising the Hindu deity Śiva, to be used in private or public devotion and worship (pūjā). Each name is preceded by the mantra om̐. Names are extracted from the last section (uttarabhāga) of the Padmapurāṇa, which is said to contain one thousand (sahasra) names of Śiva and said to be in the form of a dialogue between the deity Kṛṣṇa and the legendary figure Mārkaṇḍeya (f. 31r).

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

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

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Poems; Prayers; Hymns; Dialogues; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (30 leaves) : paper; 12 x 20 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 31r); alternate title Śivasahasranāma from front title page (f. 1r).; Written in 9 lines per leaf.; 31 leaves foliated 1-31, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīpadmapurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasnikāyāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ uttarabhāge bilvakeśvaramāhātmye śrīIkṛṣṇamārkaṃḍeyasaṃvāde dasārākhyasahasranāmāvalisamāptaṃ // 1 // (f. 31r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2240

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts