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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9970391433503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/953488915
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7039143

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Summary

Manuscript contains adhyāya 5 of the seventh aṃśa of a larger work called the Śivarahasya, which is itself part of a work on Tantra called the Rudrayāmalatantra. It is dedicated to the praise of the city of Vārāṇasī (Kāśī) a sacred pilgrimage center for the Hindu deity Śiva.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 5v).
   
• Written in 10-11 lines per leaf.
   
• 5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   
• A single wooden board supports the manuscript.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Hinduism--Prayers and devotions
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Śaivism
• Tantrism
• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Pilgrims and pilgrimages--India

Genres

• Prayers
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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