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• bibid: 9954757353503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/781861662
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5475735

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Summary

Praise (stotra) of the Hindu deity Śiva and a thousand of his different names. Presented as a dialogue between the Hindu deity Kṛṣṇa, the legendary sage Mārkaṇḍeya, the legendary author Vyāsa, and others. Text attributed to the Padmapurāṇa though no section, chapter, or verse is mentioned; it is employed in various celebrations and festivals honoring Śiva.

Notes

• Title from title page (f. 1r).
   
• Written in 8 lines per leaf.
   
• 20 leaves foliated 1-20, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and extensive additions and notes in margins by a second scribal hand; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double red line.
   
• Well used manuscript with residual hand oils from turning folios, especially on right side.
   
• Likely written in Maharashtra, as the regional deity Pāṇḍuraṅga (a form of Kṛṣṇa) is named in the colophon (f. 20r).
   
• Non-Latin script record.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Krishna (Hindu deity)

Genres

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

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