Tantrasāra, 1663; তন্ত্রসার,১৬৬৩

Contributor:

Mūrāri Devaśarmmaṇā (scribe)

Name:

Kr̥ṣṇānanda Āgamavāgīśa Bhaṭṭācārya, active 16th century

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1663

Description:

Manuscript is used for contemplation, study, meditation, and recitation and is one author's interpretation of what constitutes the essence (sāra) of Tantra, from a particularly Bengali perspective; has a focus on the goddess Kālī and the Śakta (female, divine energy) influence on Tantric tradition. Opening of text is a table of contents.

Language:

Sanskrit

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Rāma Śarmmaṇ (f. 290v).; Rāma Śarmmaṇ, former owner.

Subject:

Hinduism; Śaivism; Shaktism; Tantrism; Kālī (Hindu deity) Early works to 1800; Kālī (Hindu deity); Tantrism -- Early works to 1800; Shaktism -- Early works to 1800; Śaivism -- Early works to 1800; Hinduism -- Bangladesh -- Early works to 1800

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Tables of contents; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (291 leaves) : paper; 10 x 45 cm

Geographic Subject:

Bangladesh

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 290v); alternate title Bṛhattantrasāra supplied by cataloger.; Written in 7-12 lines per leaf.; 291 leaves foliated 1-290, [i], middle left and right verso.; Dated śaka 1585 (1663) (f. 290v).; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and significant additions in margins; hole in center of each paper folio to mimic palm leaf. Gold flecks mixed into the paper.; Colophon: iti mahāmahopadhyāya śrīkṛṣṇānandanyāyavāgīśabhaṭṭācāryyaviracitas tantrasāraḥ samāptaḥ // śakābdāḥ 1585 // śrī tantrasāro lekhe śrīmūrāri devaśarmmaṇā / [śāke jā]māṣu tithike granthaḥ śrī rāmaśarmmaṇaḥ (f. 290v).; Scribe is Mūrāri Devaśarmmaṇā (f. 290v).; In Sanskrit (Bengali)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 765

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts