Details

Subjects:

Śaivism.
Tantrism.
Aghorīs.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Manuscript used for contemplation, study and recitation and is a work related to the philosophy, rites, and values associated with Tantric forms of Śaivism such as the Aghorī Śaivas.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 5v).
Written in 9 lines per leaf.
5 leaves foliated 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śivapaṭalaṃ śubham bhavatu (f. 5v).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
Sold and wrapped together along with Item 724.

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 4621 (UP 725).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 725

OCLC:

880424105