Tvaritarudravidhāna, circa 1700-1850.
त्वरितरुद्रविधान

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Tantras. Rudrayāmalatantra. Selections.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Rudra (Hindu deity).

Rudra.

Durgā (Hindu deity).

Durgā.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Śiva.

Śiva (Hindu deity).

Tantrism.

Hindu mantras.

Hinduism--Rituals--Texts.

Hinduism.

Hinduism--Rituals.

Rites and ceremonies--India.

Rites and ceremonies.

India.

Genre:

Texts.

manuals (instructional materials)

treatises

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (8 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 21 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1386

Place of Publication:

circa 1700-1850.

१७००-१८५०.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Primarily a collection of Tantric mantras (words or phrases of power) for use in rites and ceremonies dedicated to the Hindu deity Tvaritarudra, a god combining Rudra (a lower form of Śiva according to Tantric tradition) and his consort or divine energy (śakti) Tvarita (a lower form of the goddess Dūrgā).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 8r).

Written in 8-12 lines per leaf.

8 leaves foliated 1-8, upper left and lower right verso.

Colophon: iti rudrayāmale madanamāhārṇ avoktaṃ tvaritarudravidhānaṃ sa[ma]ptaṃ // (f. 8r).

Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.

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 4571 (UP 1386).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1386.

OCLC:

909587970