Caṇḍipāṭhakrama, [1750-1850].

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Tantras. Vārāhitantra. Caṇḍīpāṭhakrama.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Puranas. Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa. Devīmāhātmya.

Puranas.

Caṇḍi (Hindu deity).

Hindu chants.

Tantrism.

Genre:

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (87 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 18 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 156

Other Title:

Kroḍatantra. Caṇḍīśatāvṛttikrama

Haragaurītantra. Caṇḍīpāṭhakāmyaphala

Marīcatantra. Caṇḍīpāṭhaphalakrama

Marīcitantra. Caṇḍīpāthaphalakrama.

Place of Publication:

[1750-1850].

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).

Notes:

This manuscript compiles several short texts on the fruits of reciting the "Caṇḍī," i.e. the Devimāhātmya. Title from f. 1r and colophon, f. 4r. Cataloged by Poleman as "Marīcitantra. Caṇḍīpāṭhakrama from the apagastyasaṁvāda." Cf. UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2430.

Written 9-11 lines per leaf.

Good condition. Leaves very brown. Mistakes covered over with yellow, crossed through or blotched out with black. Marginal corrections.

Begins, f. 1r: śrīgaṇeśāya nama vārāhitaṁtre haragaurisaṁvāde caṁḍīpāṭhaphalaṁ devi śṛṇuṣva gadato mama ekāvtyādipāṭhānāṁ yathāvat kathayāmi te 1

Colophon, f. 4r: iti vārāhitantre haragaurisaṁvāde caṁḍīpāṭhakramaḥ samāptaḥ

Heading, f. 4r: atha kroḍataṁtre caṁḍīśatāvṛttikramaḥ

Colophon, f. 5v: iti kroḍataṁtra śatāvṛtticaṁḍīpāṭhaphalaṁ samāptaṁ

Heading, f. 5v: haragaurītaṁtre caṁḍīpāṭhakāmyaphalaṁ vakṣyate

Colophon, f. 6r: iti haragaurītaṁtre kāmyapāṭhavidhiḥ

Heading, f. 6r: atha marīcakalpavidhir likhyate

Colophon, f. 8v: iti śrīmarīcataṁtre agastyasaṁvāde caṁḍīpāṭhakramaḥ sampūrṇaṁ

Cited in:

Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 4523 (UP 156).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 156

OCLC:

406584381