Details

Standardized Title:

Tantras. Rudrayāmalatantra. Selections.

Subjects:

Tantrism.
Śaivism.
Hindu goddesses.
Rites and ceremonies -- India.
Rites and ceremonies.
India.
Hindu hymns, Sanskrit.
Devotional literature, Sanskrit.

Form/Genre:

Hymns (documents)
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Tantric hymn dedicated to the great goddess Devī, which is a section of both the Ghaṭatantra and the Devīmāhātmya as presented in the Rudrayāmalatantra. Manuscript was folded into three sections to make it easy to carry for uses including recitation and rituals.

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 4v).
Written in 12-13 lines per leaf.
4 leaves foliated 1-4, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīrudrayāmale ghaṭataṃtre devīmahātmye saptaśatikāyāṃ devīsuktavarṇanaṃ nāmatrayodaśo 'dhyāyaḥ // (f. 4v).
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 4576 (UP 2791).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2791.

OCLC:

975834694