Śivamahimnastotra/ Stava

Metadata

Bundle No.

RE20069

Type

Manuscrit

Subject

Stotra, Śiva

Language

Sanskrit

Creator

IFP and San Marga Trust

Date Created

2009-2010

Source

Institut Français de Pondichéry

License

Key

manuscripts_004829

Manuscript No.

RE20069i

Title Alternate Script

शिवमहिम्नस्तोत्र/ स्तव

Author of Text

Puṣpadanta

Author of Text Alternate Script

पुष्पदन्त

Subject Description

Language

Script

Type

Manuscript

Material

Condition

Good but edges-broken

Folios in Text

2

Folio Range of Text

[32a-33b]

Lines per Side

5 - 7

Folios in Bundle

46

Width

3.2 cm

Length

38.2 cm

Bundle No.

RE20069

Miscellaneous Notes

This text contains the complete text of the śivamahimnas stava and not the vyākhyāna as mentioned in the colophon since many folios are lost. A few interlineated notes are found in between some verses

Manuscript Beginning

mahimnaḥ pārante paramaviduṣo yadyasadṛśi[ī] stutir brah,ādīnām api tad avasannās tvayi giraḥ। athāvācyas sarva[s] sva[mati]pariṇāmāvadhigṛṇan mamāpyeṣa[s] stotre hara nirapavādaḥ parikaraḥ।

Manuscript Ending

aghorān nāparo mantro nāsti tattvaṃ guro[ḥ] param।37। dīkṣā dānan tapas tīrtha[ṃ?] dānaṃ[dhyānaṃ?] yāgādikāḥ kriyāḥ। mahimnas tavapāṭhasya kalān nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm।38। iti mahimnas stavavyākhyā samāptā।

Bibliography

Printed under the title:1/ śrīśivamahimnastotra Gandharvarāja Puṣpadhantācāryyamukhakamalagītam; Hariharapakṣīya Madhusūdanīṭīkā samalaṅkṛtam, Tadau ca nārāyaṇapati śarmaṇā viracitā saṃskṛtaṭīkā, saṃskṛtapadyānuvāda, Bhāṣaṭīkā, Bhāṣāpadyānuvāda, Bhāṣābimba, pañcamukhyākhyayā vyākhyāyā samvalitam - 2nd ed. Varanasi - Cawkhamba Sanskrit Sansthana 1983. (kāśi saṃskṛta granthamālā or haridāsa saṃskṛta granthamāla samākhya; 21), 2/ śivamahimnastotram / puṣpadamtapraṇītam; mūla saṃskṛta anvaya, hindi tathā english Bhāṣāntara ke sahita lakṣmīnārāyaṇa oṃkāralāla joṣi - 2 saṃskaraṇa - varanasi, chowkhanbā oriental 1986 (Chowkhamba rājaseva granthamālā 3), 3/ śivamahimnastotra indunāmāka hinduvyākhyāsahitam: - Banārasa siṭi (varanasi): Chowkhamba Samskṛta sirija Aphisa 1950 saṃ 2000 (Haridasa saṃskṛta Granthamālā 123)

Catalog Entry Status

Complete

No. in Descriptive Catalog

401.9

Key

manuscripts_004829

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Śivamahimnastotra/ Stava, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on September, 12th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/381978