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IO SAN 3011

Record Id:
032-003720347
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Reference (shelfmark):
IO SAN 3011
Title:
Ānandatantra
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
ff.84
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Sanskrit
Scripts:
Devanagari
Start Date:
1750
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1750-1799
Era:
CE
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IO SAN 3011

Ānandatantra

Contents

Language(s): sa

Title: Ānandatantra

In 20 paṭalas, treating in form of diologues between Śrī Devī and Kāmeśvara of the mysteries of liṅga and śakti worship in all details. Also on the negation of caste distinctions, on the various systems of philosophy, and on Tantric philosophy and sectarianism in particular.

Other titles given to it in the first colophon are Nityāṣoḍaśikārṇavatantra and Bhagamālinīsaṃhitā; the latter title being derived from one of the names under which the goddess is invoked in vii.160.

The ms. was transcribed from a Telugu copy and is written in verse form, as if intended for press.

According to a note, in the hand of Mr. C.P. Brown, this work "is exceedingly popular in the South of India", though it seems to be unknown in Northern India.

Incipit: ānandakandabhūtāya jagadānandahetave | namaḥ satatabhogāya mahāliṅgāya śambhave ||1|| merūpṛṣṭhe sukhāsīnaṃ mṛgāṅkakṛtaśekharaṃ | kāmeśvaraṃ mahādevaṃ śrīdevī paripṛcchati ||2|| f. 1r
Colophon: iti dvātriṃśatkoṭivistīrṇe vidyāsvarūpaṃ nāma viṃśatitamaḥ paṭalaḥ | ānandatantraṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ || f. 84r
Explicit: sarvasaubhāgyasampannaḥ siddhikāntāpatirbhavet | malliṅgārcanaheturyastvayā pṛṣṭaḥ kuleśvari ||109|| sa mayā viśadaḥ proktaḥ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi ||110|| f. 84r

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: ff.84
Dimensions (leaf): 31.7 × 19 cm.
Dimensions (written): 27.5 × 14 cm.

Condition

Good

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 23

22-24 lines in a page.

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1750-1799

Provenance and Acquisition

C.P. Brown

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Surrogates

Microfilm IOL 198

Bibliography