Saiva hymns
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Title:
Saiva hymns
Abbreviated Title:
Shaiva hymns
Creator:
Sāhibakaula, 1629-
Kauṭalya
चाणक्यः
Publication Date:
Language:
Sanskrit
Kashmiri
Physical Description:
259 folio leaves

Subjects

Subjects / Keywords:
Triṃśikā
Shathaka
Poetry -- Sanskrit ( lcsh )
महादेव
Mahādeva
वालखिल्य
Vālakhilya
Siva (Hindu deity) ( lcsh )
शिवः
शिव
Genre:
poetry
Spatial Coverage:
Asia -- India
एशिया -- भारत
जम्बुद्वीपः -- भारतम्
Coordinates:
21 x 78

Notes

Scope and Content:
A miscellany, comprising Sanskrit poems on Shaiva religion and philosophy [Shaivism, शैव संप्रदाय, शैवसम्प्रदायः] (chief being Jnana-kriya-dvaya-shataka, Milana's Svatmo-palabdhi-shataka, and Haga’s Paramarchana-trimsika and Chitta-santosha-trimsika), Chanakya's [Kauṭalya's] Raja-niti and a Niti-shataka with Kashmiri supplement, Sāhibakaula’s Janma-charita (a Kashmiri religious tract in verse), etc. ( English,English,,, )
Content Advice:
Table of Contents: 1. Hymn to Mahadeva & Valakhilya-stava. Folios 1-7. - 2. Jnana-kriyadvaya-shataka. Folios 9-25. - 3. Milana’s Svatmopalabdhi-shataka. Folios 25-41. - 4. Maha-mahesvara Naga’s Paramarchana-trimsika. Folios 41-48. - 5. Maha-mahesvara Naga's Chitta-santosha-trimsika. Dated Samvat 36. Folios 48-56. - 6. Samskrita-manjari, a description of scenes beheld in a day. Folios 57-66. - 7. Unfinished tract, Folios 67-68. - 8. Sāhibakaula’s Janma-charita, a Kashmiri verse tract. Dated Samvat 36, Karttika su.9. Folios 69-140. - 9. Kauṭalya's Raja-niti. Dated Samvat 36. Folios 142-228. - 10. A Nlti-sataka. ff.229-251 - 11. Kashmiri supplement, ff.251-254. - 12. Sanskrit horoscope, Folios 255-256.
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Sāhibakaula, 1629- : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/70519227
General Note:
The Sanskrit is written in Sharada script
General Note:
A Triṃśikā, often translated into English as "Thirty Verses on Manifestation Only", is a brief poetic treatise
General Note:
A Shathaka is a literary work, usually comprised of one hunderd poems or verses. The name derives from the Sanskrit word Shata, meaning a hundred.
General Note:
The Sanskrit spelling of Kauṭalya is चाणक्यः
General Note:
VIAF (name authority) : Kauṭalya : URI http://viaf.org/viaf/70519227
General Note:
Mahadeva is a term often applied to Shiva (Siva), meaning "the great god"

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SOAS University of London
Holding Location:
SOAS University of London
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Resource Identifier:
MS 44390 ( SOAS manuscript number )