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Title

Śivasahasranāman
शिवसहस्रनामन्

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2534
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9973909043503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/968935860
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7390904

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript used in private or public recitation and prayer focusing on the praise and worship of the Hindu deity Śiva, presenting one thousand of the god's names. Text may identify itself as part of the Śivarahasya, a purāṇic-style work, though written as Śivarasya (f. 1r).

Notes

• Title from title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 7 lines per leaf.
   
• 38 leaves foliated [i], 1-37, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered in yellow.
   

Extent

1 item (38 leaves) : 12 x 19 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

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

Genres

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

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