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Title

Vedasārābhidhaśivasahasranāman
वेदसाराभिधशिवसहस्रनामन्

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2342
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9972245213503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/961266840
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7224521

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Devotional work dedicated to the deity Śiva, especially highlighting that god's Vedic connections and presenting one thousand names associated with him.

Notes

• Title from title page (f. 1r); alternate title Vedasārābhidhāsahasranāman supplied by cataloger.
   
• Written in 6-7 lines per leaf.
   
• 46 leaves foliated 1-46, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
   

Extent

1 item (46 leaves) : 9 x 15 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Hindu hymns

Genres

• Prayers (documents)
• Hymns (documents)
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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