Śivasahasranāmastotra, circa 1700-1850; शिवसहस्रनामस्तोत्र,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Text praising one thousand names of the Hindu deity Śiva, especially his passive form as Sadāśiva, to be used in private or public devotion and worship (pūjā) of Śiva and positing him as the highest reality in the universe. Attributed to a work on Tantra, the Rudrayāmalatantra.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hinduism -- Prayers and devotions; Devotional literature, Sanskrit; Śaivism; Tantrism; Siva (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Prayers; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; Devotional literature

Physical Description:

1 item (20 leaves) : paper; 11 x 17 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 20v).; Written in 8 lines per leaf.; 20 leaves foliated 1-20, upper left and lower right verso.; Colophon: iti śrīrudrayāmaloktaśivasahasranāmastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 20v).; Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts