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MS. Sansk. d. 224

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Bhavānīsahasranāman, 18th cent.?

Contents

The Bhavāmsahasranāman, a stotra enumerating the various names of Śiva’s consort, in the form of a dialogue

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1v] śrīkṛṣṇa | atha Bhavānīsahasranāmaḥ | Kailāsaśikhare ramye | devadevaṃ jagadguruṃ | dhyānopari samāsinaṃ | prasannamukhapaṃkajaṃ ǁ 1 ǁ surāsuraśiroratnaṃ | raṃjitāṃhriyugaṃ prabhuṃ | praṇamya Nandiko devaṃ | baddhvāṃjalir abhāṣata ǁ 2 ǁ Naṃdikeśvara uvāca | devadevaṃ jagannātha | śaṃsayo ’sti mahān mama | rahasyaṃ kiṃcid ichāmi praṣṭu tvāṃ raktavatsala ǁ 3 ǁ
Explicit: [29] iti śrīrudrayāmalaikataṃtre Śivanandi-keśvarasaṃbodha Māhesvarīstotraṃ śrībhavānīsahasra-nāmaśivastuti saṃpūrṇaḥ |

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 29 + i
Dimensions (binding): 23.8 × 14.9 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

probably the middle of the 18th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 357).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1476, p. 273

Availability

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Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1476, p. 273

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