Kālikāsahasranāmastotra
ms_coll_390item_437 · University of Pennsylvania
Introduction
About this Manuscript
The manuscript is a Kālikāsahasranāmastotra. It consists 1000 names of kali. This is a tantra text. Kāli is the one of the form of Parvati. On the first page of manuscript there is a star within the flower. It is usvally use for tantra. The stotra explains glory and power of the Kālikā. The stotra is chant by Śiva itself. The manuscript is not in the good condition. Title is taken from colophon (f. 15a). The manuscript is written in 10–12 lines per leaf.; 14 leaves are foliated 1–7, 9–15, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes are covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins drawn with double lines in black or red ink. Owner of the manuscript is Veṇīmādhava Puṇatāmakara which is written on the last page of the manuscript along with his alternative name Purātāmakara.
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Catalogue Metadata
| Title | Kālikāsahasranāmastotra |
| Repository | University of Pennsylvania |
| Reference Number | ms_coll_390item_437 |
| Collection | Collection of Indic Manuscripts |
| Language | Sanskrit |
| Script | Devanāgarī |
| Subject Classification | Tantrism school of Hindu philosophy, Śaivism, Śaktism, Hindu Legends, Darśanaśāstra. |
| Date | 1700–1850 |
| Place of Origin | United States of America |
| IIIF Manifest | Public IIIF manifest available |