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Title

Authors

• Puṣpadanta, active 10th century

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9959555633503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/844235331
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5955563

Publisher

Language

Summary

Manuscript to be used for public or private recitation and prayer and is dedicated to the praise and worship of the Hindu deity Śiva; contains a vivid description of Śiva as the one who haunts cremation grounds along with his demon followers among other descriptions.

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 10r); alternative title Mahimnaḥstotra provided by cataloger.
   
• Written in 5-6 lines per leaf.
   
• 10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Dated saṃvat 1864 āṣāḍasudi 13 śukra (Saturday, July 18, 1807) (f. 10r).
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with triple black lines. Some folios treated with yellow turmeric powder.
   

Extent

Support

Colophon

Provenance

• Formerly part of the royal library in Kathmandu (Kantipur), Nepal, possibly commissioned by king Bhimsen Thapa (reigned 1806-1837).
   

Subjects topical

• Śaivism
• Siva (Hindu deity)
• Devotional literature, Sanskrit
• Hinduism--Prayers and devotions

Genres

• Poems
• Prayers
• Hymns
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--Nepal--19th century

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