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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9959371413503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/838638260
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5937141

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Summary

Manuscript is used for public or private recitation or prayer and worship (pūjā), venerating and praising a thousand names associated with the Hindu deity Śiva. Manuscript is part of a larger work known as the Śivarahasya. Presented as a discourse between Hara (Śiva) and his son Kumāra (known also as Kārttikeya). Originally contained two paintings, which have been cut out from the front (f. 1) and back (f. 13) folios.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 13v); title of larger work Śivarahasya from colophon.
   
• Written in 6-8 lines per leaf.
   
• 13 leaves foliated 1-13, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1728 (1671) (f. 13r).
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red; vertical margins marked with single broad red line and two thin black lines. Borders of two miniature paintings that have been cut out (f. 1, 13) remain.
   
• Some folios are blue colored.
   

Extent

Support

Colophon

Subjects topical

• Śaivism
• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Hinduism--Prayers and devotions
• Hindu hymns, Sanskrit
• Puja (Hinduism)
• Kārttikeya (Hindu deity)

Genres

• Dialogues
• Poems
• Prayers
• Hymns
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--17th century
• Manuscripts--India--17th century

Licenses

• Text

  These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 409: Śivamukhyasahasranāmastotra are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.

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Decorations

• fol. 1v-2r — illustration removed f. 1v
• fol. 13v — illustration removed f. 13v