Details

Standardized Title:

Tantras. Vāmakeśvaratantra. Nityāṣoḍaśikārṇava

Subjects:

Tantrism.
Yoginīs.
Hindu goddesses.
Siva (Hindu deity).
Śaivism.
Hindu philosophy.
Philosophy, Indic.

Form/Genre:

Treatises.
Dialogues.
Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Summary:

Tantric, philosophical treatise dealing with śaktism (feminine power) and yoginīs (goddesses); presented as a dialogue between the goddess Devi and Īśvara (Śiva).

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 14r).
Written in 9-11 lines per leaf.
14 leaves foliated 1-14, upper left and lower right verso.
Colophon: iti śrīmadvāmakeśvaratatro nityāṣoḍaśakārṇave bahusūpāṣṭakaprastāre śrītripurasuṃdarīvidyāyāṃ paṃcamaḥ paṭalaḥ // ānaṃdānadavidye yaṃ samāptāyācatuḥ śatī (f. 14r).
Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; vertical margins marked with double black line.

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 4614 (UP 2424).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2424.

OCLC:

963980236