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Tripurasundarīvidyā. Paṭala 1-5, circa 1700-1850.
त्रिपुरसुन्दरीविद्या. पटल १-५,
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- Format:
- Manuscript
- Standardized Title:
- Tantras. Vāmakeśvaratantra. Nityāṣoḍaśikārṇava
- Language:
- Sanskrit
- Subjects (All):
- Tantrism.
- Yoginīs.
- Hindu goddesses.
- Śiva (Hindu deity).
- Śiva.
- SÌiva (Hindu deity).
- Śaivism.
- Hindu philosophy.
- Philosophy, Indic.
- Genre:
- treatises
- dialogues
- Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
- Manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 1 item (14 leaves) : paper ; 10 x 24 cm
- Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 2424
- Place of Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
- १७००-१८५०.
- Language Note:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Tantric, philosophical treatise dealing with śaktism (feminine power) and yoginīs (goddesses); presented as a dialogue between the goddess Devi and Īśvara (Śiva).
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 14r).
- Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
- 14 leaves foliated 1-14, upper left and lower right verso.
- Colophon: iti śrīmadvāmakeśvaratatro nityāṣoḍaśakārṇave bahusūpāṣṭakaprastāre śrītripurasuṃdarīvidyāyāṃ paṃcamaḥ paṭalaḥ // ānaṃdānadavidye yaṃ samāptāyācatuḥ śatī (f. 14r).
- Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; vertical margins marked with double black line.
- 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 4614 (UP 2424).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2424.
- OCLC:
- 963980236
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