Details

Subjects:

Tantrism.
Rāma (Hindu deity).
Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts.
Hinduism -- Rituals.

Form/Genre:

Texts.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).

Notes:

Title from f. 90.
Author: "Ānandavana, pupil of Mukundavana" (New Catalogus Catalogorum, vol II, p. 113).
Written 10 lines per leaf.
Fair condition. Some leaves fraying on edges. Some water damage evident. Orange powder rubbed over invocation, sectional colophons, and some words.
Chart on f. 2 verso.
Begins: o̐ṁ namaḥ śrīrāmāya namaḥ. ta[o̐ṁ?] saṁsṛtivāridhiṁ trijagatāṁ naurnāma yasya prabhor yenedaṁ sakalaṁ vibhāti satataṁ jātaṁ sthitaṁ saṁhṛtaṁ. taścaitanyaghanaḥ pramāṇavidhurovedāntave[dyo] vibhus taṁ vande sahajaprakāśam amalaṁ śrīrāmacaṇḍraṁ paraṃ.
Five chapters (paṭala). Lacks end. Colophon of fourth paṭala (f. 90): iti yantradhāraṇakramaḥ. iti śrīmatparamahaṁsaparivrājakācāryhaśrīmanmukundavanaśrīcaraṇaśiṣyānandavanaviracitāyāṁ śrīrāmārcanacandrikāyāṁ caturthaḥ paṭalaḥ.
Ends f. 111: mahāviṣṇusamāstv[e] [ ] teṣāṁ lokāḥ sanātanāḥ.

Cited in:

Listed in Theodor Aufrecht, Catalogus Catalogorum, vol. III (Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, 1962 [1896]), p. 112.
Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 4366 (UP 583).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 583

OCLC:

399665070