Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9958213743503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/809542633
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5821374

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Summary

Small manuscript for private or public recitation or prayer, dedicated the veneration of one's spiritual guide or guru considered, in this context, a manifestation of the Hindu deity Śiva on earth. Presented as a dialogue between the deity Śiva (in the form of Īśvara) and the goddess Pārvatī.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 10r).
   
• Written in 11-15 lines per leaf.
   
• 10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes crossed or blacked out.
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Gurus
• Śaivism
• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit

Genres

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

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