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Title

Authors

• Bhaṭṭa Purāṇīka, Bālakṛṣṇa (Son of Nārāyaṇa)

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9970656563503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/954003836
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7065656

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Language

Summary

Manuscript is a section of the Śivarayasya, a purāṇic-style, Tantric work. Text highlights the veneration of Śiva and especially his Vedic manifestation of Rudra, the Howler, through the employment of Vedic mantras. There is a post-colophon addition to the text (f. 10r-10v), also part of the Śivarayasya and dedicated to Rudra.

Notes

• Title from title abbreviations in margins; alternate title Rudramantravibhāgavidhi from colophon (f. 10r).
   
• Written in 7-8 lines per leaf.
   
• 10 leaves foliated 1-10, lower right verso.
   
• Scribe is Bālakṛṣṇa Bhaṭṭa Purāṇīka, son of Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭa Purāṇīka (f. 10r).
   
• Mistakes covered in yellow or blacked out; numerous corrections and additions in margins; accents to aid recitation in red.
   

Extent

Support

Colophon

Subjects topical

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

Genres

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

Licenses

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