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Merutantra, circa 1700-1850. = मेरुतन्त्र, १७००-१८५०.

Publication:
circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०.
Format/Description:
Manuscript
1 item (10 leaves) : paper ; 36 x 14 cm
Contained In:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1961
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Subjects:
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.
Śaivism.
Tantrism.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Parvati (Hindu deity).
Form/Genre:
Treatises.
Dialogues.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.
Language:
In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
Summary:
Philosophical treatise on Śaiva tantra presented as a dialogue between Īśvara (Śiva) and Devi (Pārvatī). Manuscript lacks beginning and ending.
Notes:
Title from internal colophon (f. 1v-2r).
Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.
10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.
Internal colophon: iti śrīmahāmāyāmahākālānumate merutaṃtreśivapraṇite mudralakṣaṇaprakāśoṣṭamaḥ (f. 1v-2r).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.
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 4541 (UP 1961).
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1961.
OCLC:
951674108