Śivatāṇḍavastava, circa 1700-1850; शिवताण्डवस्तव,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Small manuscript for use in public or private recitation or prayer in praise and worship of the Hindu deity Śiva in his dancing (tāṇḍava) aspect. Text is traditionally thought to be written by the demon Rāvaṇa who is considered a devotee of Śiva. Manuscript derived from a text named the Mahāpurāṇa, which is most likely the Skandapurāṇa.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Monsters; Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity); Rāvaṇa (Hindu mythological character); Dance -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism; Monsters -- Religious aspects; Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

1 item (4 leaves) : paper; 11 x 17 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 5v); alternate title Śivatāṇḍavastavarāja from title page (f. 1r).; Written in 7 lines per leaf.; 4 leaves foliated [1], 3-5, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīmahāpurāṇe śivarahsyakhaṃḍe sakalavedavedāṃtasāre vidhaure ye nikhilasuravidrāvaṇarāvaṇakṛtoyaṃ śivatāṃḍastavaḥ saṃpūrṇam astu // śubhaṃbhavatu // cha // cha // (f. 5r-5v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; margins marked with two vertical purple lines.; Non-Latin script record.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2532

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts