Śakticakravibhavaprabhava, circa 1700-1850; शक्तिचक्रविभवप्रभव,१७००-१८५०

Alternate Title:

Spandanirṇaya

Name:

Kṣemarāja, active 11th century

Date:

1700

Description:

Beginning of a Kashmiri Śaiva Tantra philosophical commentarial work, likely the Spandanirṇaya by Kṣemarāja (disciple of Abhinavagupta), on the concept of internal vibrations (spanda) of the heart and the manifestation of divine powers (śakti). Manuscript lacks an ending.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic; Śaivism; Shaktism; Tantrism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Commentaries; Treatises; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper; 10 x 24 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from incipit (f. 1r); alternate title Spandanirṇaya supplied by cataloger.; Written in 12 lines per leaf.; 2 leaves foliated 1-2, upper left and lower right verso.; Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1935

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts