Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1178: Paramātmavicāravijñānaśivapūjāprakaraṇa University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1178: Paramātmavicāravijñānaśivapūjāprakaraṇa are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is ©2018 University of Pennsylvania Books & Manuscripts and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Title from colophon (f. 33v). Cataloged by Poleman as Śivapūjāprakaraṇa. He refers to it as an "abridgment," probably on the basis of the colophon, which describes the text as being compiled (saṁgṛhīta) rather than composed by the author. Title from label is Śivavicāra. The author, Paramaśivāśrama, is a pupil of Raghunandāśrama (see colophon). Written 9-17 lines per leaf by multiple hands. Good condition. Mistakes covered over with yellow, crossed through or blotched out with black. Some mistakes indicated by short vertical strokes above the syllable in question. Several words highlighted in orange. Several marginal additions and many marginal corrections. Begins: hariḥ om̐. sarvātmā sarvavitsarvaḥ satyajñānasukhādvayāḥ. prapañcopaśamaḥ śāntaḥ śivātmāsmi svabhāvataḥ (verse 1). bodhānandaṁ svarūpaṁ munivaranikaraiḥ sevyamānaṁ maheśaṁ vyākhyāpīṭhe niṣaṇṇaṁ nijajanahṛdaye sarvadā saṁsphurantaṁ. cinmudrām akṣamālāṁ pralayahutavahaṁ pustakaṁ cāruhastair bibhrāṇaṁ suprasannaṁ gurugurum amalaṁ dakṣiṇāmūrtīḍe (verse 2). śivaṁ sāmbaṅgaṇādhyakṣyaṁ guruṁ vāṇīṁ gurum uhuḥ. natvā paramātmavijñānaśivapūjātra varṇyate (verse 3). Ends: vyākhyāpīṭhe niṣaṇṇaṁ munivaravikaraiḥ sevyamānaṁ maheśaṁ bodhānandasvarūpaṁ nijajanahṛdaye sarvadā saṁsphurantaṁ. cinmudrām akṣamālāṁ pralayahutavahaṁ pustakaṁ cāruhastair vibhrāṇaṁ suprasannaṁ guruvaramaniśaṁ dakṣiṇāmūrtīḍ?e. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1178 9934319373503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86166548 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/3431937 In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī) Paramātmavicāravijñānaśivapūjāprakaraṇa Paramaśivāśrama Colophon: iti śrīparamahaṁsaparivrājakācāryaśrīraghunandanāśramacaraṇasiṣyena śrīparamaśivāśrameṇa saṁgṛhītaṁ paraātmavicāravijñānaśivapūjāprakaraṇaṁ saṁpūrṇam.

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 1 item (33 leaves) : 11 x 25 cm Siva (Hindu deity) Vedanta Worship (Hinduism) Hinduism--Rituals--Texts Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--19th century