Details

Standardized Title:

Tantras. Vārāhitantra. Caṇḍīpāṭhakrama.

Other Title:

Kroḍatantra. Caṇḍīśatāvṛttikrama
Haragaurītantra. Caṇḍīpāṭhakāmyaphala
Marīcatantra. Caṇḍīpāṭhaphalakrama
Marīcitantra. Caṇḍīpāthaphalakrama.

Subjects:

Puranas. Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa. Devīmāhātmya.
Caṇḍi (Hindu deity).
Hindu chants.
Tantrism.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

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