Vīreśvarastotra, circa 1700-1850; वीरेश्वरस्तोत्र,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Small manuscript for private use, recitation, and prayer, celebrating the Śiva liṅga named Vīreśvara and narrated by the legendary figure Viśvānara. The first eight verses (chapter 10.131-138 of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa) consist of a stotra sung by Viśvānara upon seeing a child he took to be a form of Śiva (Vīreśvara); the rest of the text deals with how he obtained a son of his own and the benefits that result (such as obtaining a son) from the performance/recitation of the stotra.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Śaivism; Siva (Hindu deity); Hindu mythology

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Hymns; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (6 leaves) : paper; 9 x 14 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 6r); alternate title Viśveśvarastotra named on title page (f. 1r), though may be a mistranscription of the name Viśvānara.; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 6 leaves foliated [1], 2-5, [6], upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīskaṃdapurāṇe kāśīkhaṃḍe vīrśvarastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 6r).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; verse dividers 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