Śivastotra
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE10849
Type
Manuscrit
Subject
Śaiva, Śivastotra
Language
Sanskrit
Tamil
Creator
IFP and San Marga Trust
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_001833
Manuscript No.
RE10849l
Title Alternate Script
शिवस्तोत्र
Subject Description
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Good but slightly injured
Folios in Text
4
Folio Range of Text
58a - 61
Lines per Side
4 - 18
Folios in Bundle
157
Width
4.5 cm
Length
15.5 cm
Bundle No.
RE10849
Other Texts in Bundle
Previous Owner
tyāgarājapaṇṭāra
Previous Place
Jaffna, Sri Lanka
Miscellaneous Notes
This text contains 37.5 śloka-s in praise of śiva. The whole stotra is found incorporated by aghoraśivācārya in his kriyākramadyotikā pp.120-123 (cidambaram edn.). Both according to the text under notice and aghoraśivācārya's work, the śloka-s are classified under divisions containing 15, 8, 5.5, 7 and 2 śloka-s, mentioning for their source, raurava, vidyāpāda, paṭala 2, śloka 6-19 for the first, śrīmatkiraṇa vidyāpāda, paṭala 1, śl.1-9 for the second, ṣaṭsāhasrikā for the third and śrīmanmataṅgapārameśvara, vidyāpāda, paṭala 1, śl. 16-21a for the fourth. This stotra contains the word kālañjaranivāsinam in the fourth pāda of the first śloka. This word means that śiva has a shrine in kālañjara, a town and hill-fort, near bundelkhand in banda Dt., Madhyapradesh. In fol. 60b the five kinda of veeLvi (fire rituals) in Tamil and fol. 61a names of ekādaśarudra, aṣṭabhairava and various ingredients for the homa, etc. fol. 61b the list of samit-s for navagraha-s and the description of the maṇḍala at funeral place are mentioned
Manuscript Beginning
surādhipannamaskṛtya śaśāṅkakṛtaśekharam। kapālamālinandevaṃ praṇato'smi sadāśivam। kāleśvaraṃ mahākālaṃ kālañjaranivāsinam
Manuscript Ending
jaya jaya jagak(d)a(e)kamātarīśejaya jaya vinatātmapālaneśe। jaya jaya karuṇāmṛtāmburāśe jaya jaya giriśe namaḥ prasīda॥
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
No. in Descriptive Catalog
172.12
Key
manuscripts_001833
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Cite as
Śivastotra,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on April, 8th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/378982