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Title

Śivagītā
शिवगीता

Other related names

• Kaṭarāva Mahājana, scribe

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2203
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9957283703503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/791454849
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5728370

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Text is modeled after the Hindu epic text, the Bhagavadgītā, but is focused on the veneration and praise of the deity Śiva and not Kṛṣṇa and is set in an episode of the Rāmāyaṇa. Legendary sage Āgastya instructs Rāma to perform the Pāśupata-vrata (vow) so that he may have a vision of Śiva. Śiva teaches Rāma about attaining self-realization and the different methods (yogas) to attain it. Text from the last section (uttarakāṇḍa) of the Padmapurāṇa. Praise of the Hindu deity Śiva identifies itself as a Upaniṣad (f. 107r). Presented as a discussion between the deities Śiva and Rāma (Rāghava).

Notes

• Title from title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 7 lines per leaf.
   
• 107 leaves foliated 1-107, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1863 and śaka 1728 (1806) (f. 107v).
   
• 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.
   
• Scribe is Kaṭarāva Mahājana (f. 107r).
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

Extent

1 item (107 leaves) : 10 x 17 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: om̐ tat sad iti śrīpadmapurāṇe śivagītāsūpaniṣatsubrahmavidyāyāṃ yogaśāstre śrīśivarāghavasaṃvāde jīvanmuktisvarūpavarṇanaṃ nāma aṣṭādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ //18 // caitravadya // 14 // caṃdravāra // saṃvat // 1863 // śake // 1728 // idaṃ pustakaṃ śrīsāṃbacaraṇarajavyaṃ kaṭarāvamahājanopanāmakena likhitaṃ śubhārthaṃ śrīrastu // śubham astu // (f. 107r-107v).

Subjects topical

• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Rāma (Hindu deity)
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Hindu mythology
• Dharma

Genres

• Prayers
• Hymns
• Poems
• Dialogues
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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