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MS. Sansk. d. 38 (R)

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Svacohandalalitabhairava Mahātantra, A. D. 1068.

Contents

Summary of Contents: The Svacchandalalitabhairava Mahātantra, treating the usual Tantric topics in the form of a dialogue between Devī and Bhairava, in fifteen paṭalas, of which this MS. contains 5-10 entirely, a small part of 11 and 12, and the colophons of 4 and 15.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Palm-leaves, held together by two boards and a string passing through a hole to the left of the centre.
Extent: + +
Dimensions (binding): × cm.

Condition

ff. 1–60, 97–159, 162–166, 168–171, 177, 180 + an unknown number are lost. The rest is well preserved.

Hand(s)

Nepalese.

ibid.: rājāśrīpradyumnadevasya rājye Janārddanasiṃhena svapustakaṃ likhitam iti |

History

Origin: A. D. 1068.

last leaf, verso: saṃvat 183 ⟨1063⟩ māghakṛṣṇapratipada śaneśvara (?) dine |

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1900 from Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1460, pp. 266-267

Availability

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Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1460, pp. 266-267

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