Details

Standardized Title:

Tantras. Vārāhitantra. Caṇḍīpāṭhakrama.

Other Title:

Kroḍatantra. Caṇḍīpāṭhakrama
Haragaurīsaṁvāda. Caṇḍīpāṭhakāmyaphala
Marīcitantra. Caṇḍīpāṭhaphalakramavidhāna

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 Devīmāhātmya. Title "Caṇḍīpāṭhakrama" from colophon, f. 3r. Title abbreviation in upper left of verso folios reads "Caṇḍī." Cataloged by Poleman as Caṇḍīpāthaphalakramavidhāna from the [Marīcitantra] Marīcikalpatantra. Cf. UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 156.
Written 11 lines per leaf.
Fair condition. Leaves 1 and 5 worm-eaten, affecting parts of seven lines of text. Mistakes crossed through or blotched out with black. Marginal corrections.
Begins (f. 1v): śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ śatacaṁḍividhi likhyate vārāhitaṁtre caṁḍipāṭhap[!]alaṁ devi śṛṇuṣva vadato mama śatāvartyā tu pāṭhānāṁ yathāvat kathayāmi te 1
Colophon, f. 3r: iti śrīvārāhitaṁtre haragaurisaṁvāde caṁḍipāṭhakramaḥ sampūraṇaṁ
Heading, f. 3r: iti kroḍataṁtre caṁḍipāṭhakramaḥ
Colophon, f. 3v: iti kroḍataṁtre śatāvartticaṁḍipāṭhaphalaṁ samāptam
Heading, f. 3v: athāto haragaurisaṁvāde caṁḍīpāṭhakāmyaphalaṁ vakṣate
Colophon,f. 4r: iti haragaurīsaṁvāde kāmyapāṭhavidhiḥ
Heading, f. 4r: atha marīcikalpavidhir likhyate
Colophon, f. 5r: iti śrīmarīcikalpe taṁtre brahmāgastyasaṁvāde caṁḍīpāṭhaphalakramavidhānaṁ samāptam yādṛśaṁ pustakaṁ dṛṣṭvā tādṛśaṁ likhitaṁ mayā yadi śuddham aśuddhaṁ ca mama doṣo na dīyate phāguna kṛṣṇa 4 saṁ* 1918

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 4524 (UP 2430).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2430

OCLC:

406607890