1700–1850

Kāmaratna

ms_coll_390item_762 · University of Pennsylvania

Sanskrit Devanāgarī Script Tantrism school of Hindu philosophy Tantric Rituals
Repository University of Pennsylvania
Reference No. ms_coll_390item_762
Language Sanskrit
Date 1700–1850

About this Manuscript

The pape manuscript is Kāmaratna is a tantric text by Śrīnātha. The text consists sixteen upadeśa(chapters). The manuscript consists complete 16 chapers. The text deals with subjects as Tantra, Mantra, Yantra and also medical topics. It contains a rituals and practices intended to influence or gain control over the opposite sex, along with other subjects. The text features numerous yantras symbolic diagrams (f. 6b–10b, 11b, 12b–18a, 23b–24a, 40b–41b, 42b–46a),accompanied by inscriptions, depicting human figures, animals, architectural forms, and decorative floral motifs. Title is taken from colophon (f. 62). It is written in 4–16 lines per leaf.; 62 leaves are foliated 1–62, upper left and lower right verso. Mistakes are covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; some folios covered in yellow turmeric powder.

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Catalogue Metadata

Title Kāmaratna
Repository University of Pennsylvania
Reference Number ms_coll_390item_762
Collection Collection of Indic Manuscripts
Language Sanskrit
Script Devanāgarī
Subject Classification Tantrism school of Hindu philosophy, Tantric Rituals, Erotic Content, Witchcraft, Unconventional medical practices, Diagrams of Yantras.
Date 1700–1850
Place of Origin United States of America
IIIF Manifest Public IIIF manifest available

Subjects & Keywords

Tantrism school of Hindu philosophy Tantric Rituals Erotic Content Witchcraft Unconventional medical practices Diagrams of Yantras.