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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
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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