Merutantra, circa 1700-1850; मेरुतन्त्र,१७००-१८५०

Date:

1700

Description:

Philosophical treatise on Śaiva tantra presented as a dialogue between Īśvara (Śiva) and Devi (Pārvatī). Manuscript lacks beginning and ending.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Hindu philosophy; Philosophy, Indic; Śaivism; Tantrism; Siva (Hindu deity); Parvati (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Treatises; Dialogues; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (10 leaves) : paper; 36 x 14 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Title from internal colophon (f. 1v-2r).; Written in 8-9 lines per leaf.; 10 leaves foliated 1-10, upper left and lower right verso.; Internal colophon: iti śrīmahāmāyāmahākālānumate merutaṃtreśivapraṇite mudralakṣaṇaprakāśoṣṭamaḥ (f. 1v-2r).; 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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts