University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1983

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DS ID:

DS6833

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1983

Title:

Śāradātilaka

Tantras

Date:

17--].

eighteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 11 x 30 cm

Note:

The nineteenth chapter (paṭala) of the Śāradātilakatantra, complete in 134 verses. Title from colophon and from left margins of verso leaves.
Written 11-12 lines per leaf.
Fair condition. Manuscript has a vertical fold down its middle. Mistakes crossed through or blotched out with black. A couple marginal corrections.
Text begins (f. 1r): śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ. atha vakṣye mantraratnaṁ samastapuruṣārthadaṁ avāpūryena japtena divyaṁ jñānaṁ munīśvarāḥ (verse 1). dakṣiṇāmūrtaye pūrvaṁ tubhyaṁ padam anantaraṁ vaṭamūlapadasyāṁ te padaṁ paścānnivāsine (verse 2).
Text ends: bahunā kim ihoktena mantreṇānena bhūtale sadṛśo nāsti mantronyo bhūtanigrahasādhakaḥ (verse 134).
Colophon (f. 5v): iti śrīśāradātilake ekonaviṁśatimaḥ paṭalaḥ. sābārpaṇam astu.

Keyword:

Manuscripts

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Tantrism

Hindu mantras

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9934319563503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3j09w695/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania