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Spandavivṛti, 1820

Name:
Rāmakaṇṭha, Bhaṭṭa, active 1125
Date:
1820
Description:
A supercommentary on the Spandasūtra (Spandakārikā) of Vasugupta and the commentary Spandavṛtti of Kallaṭa.
Language:
Sanskrit
Subject:
Vasugupta. Spandakārikā; Kashmir Śaivism
Resource Type:
Text
Form/Genre:
Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts; manuscripts (documents)
Physical Description:
1 item (50 leaves, bound); 16 x 19 cm
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Title from colophon (f. 49v). Title given in text (f. 2r) is Spandārthasūtrāvalī. Title page (f. 1r) reads Saṭīkāspandavivṛtiprārabhā.; Copied by a brāhmaṇa named Rājānakanidhāna in Kāśī.; Written 13-18 lines per leaf.; Good condition. The first several leaves have come loose from the binding. Part of the text is in brown ink. Mistakes are covered over with yellow, blotched out with black, or indicated by 2 horizontal lines above the syllable in question. Many of the Spandasūtras and some words are highlighted with orange powder. Significant marginal additions.; Begins: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ. daśādikkālāghair akalitacidālokavapuṣaḥ sadā tādṛḱsvātmānubhavitṛtayāvisphuritayaḥ. nijodharmaḥ śaṁbhor anupamacamatkārasarasaḥ paraṁ ́sāktaṁ tattvaṁ jayati jagati spanda iti tat.; Colophon, ff. 49v-50r: saṁpūrṇeyaṁ vṛtyanusāriṇī spandavivṛttiḥ kṛtis tatrabhavato mahāmh̄eśvarācāryaśiromaṇirājānakaśrīmadutpaladevānujīvino rājānakaśrīrāmasyeti śivam. likhitaṁ mayā rājānanidhānākhyavipreṇa svātmamaheśvaravinodārtham kāśyāṁ madhye trilocanacaraṇakamalasamīpe sthitvā pilapilākṣetranivāsamānena śrīgurubālārkasadṛśakāntābālakarāmākhyapreraṇayā likhitaṁ mayā. śrīparamaśivārpaṇam astu. saṁvat 1877 caitramāse kṛṣṇapakṡe amāvasyāṁ somavāsare sampūrṇam iti śubham astu sarvajagatāṁ.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1151
Collection:
Collection of Indic Manuscripts