Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9968895323503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/941983336
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6889532

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Summary

Manuscript is a selection from a larger tantric work containing rites and prayers, that discusses the attainment of siddhis (perfections), levels of understanding and enlightenment associated with special powers. There is a table with Sanskrit characters in the first opening (f. i verso).

Notes

• Title from colophon (f. 5r); alternate title Śakunāvatī from title page (f. i recto).
   
• Written in 10-16 lines per leaf.
   
• 6 leaves foliated [i] 1-5, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with double black line; some folios treated with red wash; cover has decorative border with triangles and flowers in red and black (f. i recto). The orientation of the text is similar to a Western codex reading from left to right.
   

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Colophon

Subjects topical

• Rites and ceremonies--India
• Tantrism

Genres

• Prayers
• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Drawings (visual works)
• Tables (documents)
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

Licenses

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Table of contents

• Front cover 1 verso — Table, f. Front cover 1 verso