Basics
Year (Gregorian calendar)
c. 850
Name in local script
महिम्नः स्तव
, महिम्नः स्तोत्र
, महिम्नः-पार स्तव
, शिवमहिम्नः स्तोत्र
Alternative names
Śivamahimna-stotra
, Dhūrjaṭistotram
, Śivamahimnaḥ stava
, Mahimnaḥ stava
, Śivamahimnaḥ stotra
, Mahimnaḥ stotra
, Mahimnaḥ-pāra stava
, Mahimnaḥ-pāra stotra
, Mahimna-stava
, Mahimna-stotra
, Śivamahimna-stava
Disciplines
Genres
Languages
Length
32 (+8/9) verses
Works
Commentaries on this work (1)
Mahimnastotra-ṭīkā
Manuscripts
Related Manuscripts (1)
Scholarship and Resources
Scholarship (1)
Introduction
Editions (2)
Odds and Ends
More facts
Often given with the ungrammatical labels Mahimnastava or Mahimnastotra, the Mahimnaḥstava [MS] is an important hymn (stotra) in praise of Śiva attributed to a certain Puṣpadanta.
, Written in an elegant poetic (kāvya) register, the MS hymn is a résumé of the Purāṇic Śiva as it has allusions to all his significant attributes as well as the major legends and episodes related to him.
, The MS is occasionally attributed to Grahila or Kumārila Bhaṭṭa.
, The popularity of the text is attested by the widespread distribution of manuscripts as well as the many commentaries.