Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1993 Bhavānīsahasranāmastotra / भवानीसहस्रनामकथन
Title
Bhavānīsahasranāmastotraभवानीसहस्रनामकथन
Other related names
- Bhuskuṭa, Ballāḷa, scribe
- Gāḍagīla, Janārdana Koṇḍadeva, former owner
Call number
Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1993(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)
Alternate identifiers
- bibid: 9970479403503681
- http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/953736576
- http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7047940
Publisher
University of PennsylvaniaLanguage
In SanskritSummary
Text praising one thousand names of the Hindu goddess Bhāvānī. Work is a small, pocket sized manuscript, to be used in private or public devotion and worship (pūjā). Presented as a dialogue between the gaṇa (follower of Śiva) and the deity Śiva (named Īśvara in the text, f. 31r). Part of a larger Śaiva work on Tantra, the Rudrayāmalatantra.
Notes
- Title from colophon (f. 31r).
- Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
- 32 leaves foliated 1-32, upper left and lower right verso.
- Scribe is Ballāḷa Bhuskuṭa (f. 31r).
- Dated śaka 1674 (1752) (f. 31r).
- Unclear watermarks of a coat of arms.
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; vertical margins marked with quadruple red line.
Extent
1 item (32 leaves) : 9 x 14 cmSupport
PaperColophon
Colophon: iti śrudrayāmalake saṃhitāyāṃ paramarahasyaṃ naṃdikeśvara īśvarasaṃvāde bhavānīsahasranāmastotraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ // (f. 31r).Provenance
- Formerly owned by Janārdana Koṇḍadeva Gāḍagīla (f. 31r), likely from the town of Gāḍagīla.
Subjects topical
- Hinduism--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800
- Devotional literature, Sanskrit--Early works to 1800
- Bhavānī (Hindu deity)--Early works to 1800
- Siva (Hindu deity)--Early works to 1800
- Śaivism--Early works to 1800
- Tantrism--Early works to 1800
Genres
- Prayers
- Dialogues
- Watermarks
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
- Manuscripts--India--18th century
Licenses
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