University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1151: Spandavivṛti are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is © and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. 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. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1151 9934318783503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86166547 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/3431878

A supercommentary on the Spandasūtra (Spandakārikā) of Vasugupta and the commentary Spandavṛtti of Kallaṭa.

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī) Rāmakaṇṭha, Bhaṭṭa, fl. 1125 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. 1 item (50 leaves, bound) ; 16 x 19 cm Kashmir Śaivism Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century Manuscripts--India--19th century