Kālikā Purāṇa

The Kālikā Purāṇa is one of the 18 Upa-purāṇas. It is the foundational text for the Śākta tradition in Eastern India, particularly in Assam and Bengal. It is unique for its detailed focus on the worship of Goddess Kāmākhyā and the rituals of the Kāmākhyā Temple. The text typically consists of 90 to 93 chapters (depending on the recension), containing approximately 9,000 verses. Attributed to Vyāsa. The Manuscript here describes several chapters the first four chapters are named with number of chapters including ; f.3 kāmaprādurbhāva, f.5b dvitīyodhyāya, f.7b ratyuvāca, f.9 vasantotpatti, after that only name of the chapters has mentioned but number has not mentioned including; bhairavavaṁśakīrtanam, rājanītisadācāraviśeṣa varnanam. It is written in sanskrit language and biscript(Devanagari and Newari). Interastingly in the first part 2 folios are written in devanagari script and after that the newari script has contain nin the complete script and handwriting also changed. The colophone part has mentioned at the end of the text also date and scriber has mentioned on that.