Kālacakra, circa 1700-1850. = कालचक्र, १७००-१८५०.
- Publication:
- circa 1700-1850.
१७००-१८५०. - Format/Description:
- Manuscript
1 item (14 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 27 cm - Contained In:
- Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 695
- Online:
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda)
https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p35m6266f - Status/Location:
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- Subjects:
- Divination.
India.
Hindu astronomy.
Hindu astrology.
Divination -- India.
Tantrism.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Parvati (Hindu deity). - Form/Genre:
- Treatises.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Dialogues.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts. - Language:
- In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)
- Summary:
- Manuscript is a narrative presented as a conversation between the Hindu deities Pārvatī and Śiva that serves as a treatise and guide on Hindu astronomy from a Tantric perspective, correlating between the heavenly bodies and Tantric doctrine.
- Notes:
- Title from colophon (f. 14v).
Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
14 leaves foliated 1-13, [14], upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti kālacakraṃ samāptaṃ // idaṃ truṭīpatraṃ ekādaśasthapatre niraṃkapṛṣṭe dvitīyapaṃktisthaṃ bodhyaṃ pa.11 paṃ.2 [//] (f. 14v).
Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins. Final folio is written in a different hand. - 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 4809 (UP 695).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 695
- OCLC:
- 867635384