Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2731: Śivarahasya University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2731: Śivarahasya 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 ©2017 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 internal colophon (Part 1, f. 3r). Written in 10-11 lines per leaf. 27 leaves foliated (Part 1) 1-3, (Part 2) 1-3, (Part 3) 1-5, (Part 4) 1-5, (Part 5) 1-2, (Part 6) 1-3, (Part 7) 1-6, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; some phrases written in red. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 2731 9975805533503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/974381564 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/7580553 Seven sections of a larger Tantric treatise and manual on Śaiva ritual and worship containing seven different sections on different topics including Śiva pūja, Liṅga pūja, Pārthiva pūja (worship of an earthen liṅga), and worship of feminine forms of divinity such as Śakti and Dūrgā (in the form of Annapūrṇā). In Sanskrit Śivarahasya शिवरहस्य Colophon: iti śrīśivarahasye ekonatriṃśādhyāye annapūrṇastotraṃ saṃpūrṇam śrī (Part 1, f. 3r).

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 1 item (27 leaves) : 12 x 28 cm Tantrism Śaivism Siva (Hindu deity) Worship (Hinduism) Puja (Hinduism) Durgā (Hindu deity) Shaktism Lingas (Śaivism) Annapūrṇā (Hindu deity) Rites and ceremonies--India Hindu goddesses Prayers (documents) Manuals (instructional materials) Treatises Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--18th century Manuscripts--India--19th century