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Title

Śivārcanadīpikā
शिवार्चनदीपिका

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2267
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9972100393503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/960909924
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7210039

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Śaiva philosophical treatise and instructional work discussing and commenting on Śiva worship. Reference to Sadāśiva, a particular form of Śiva, suggests a possible relationship to the Śaivasiddhānta branch of Śaivism.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 123r).
   
• Written in 7-9 lines per leaf.
   
• 121 leaves foliated 1-102, 105-123, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout.
   

Extent

1 item (121 leaves) : 11 x 25 cm

Support

Paper

Colophon

Colophon: iti śivārcanadīpikāsamāptaḥ / śrīsāṃbasadāśivārpaṇam astu / iti śivaṃ (f. 123r).

Subjects topical

• Śaivism
• Tantrism
• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Hindu philosophy
• Śaiva Siddhānta
• Philosophy, Indic

Genres

• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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