Mahākālatantra

The Mahākālatantra is a tantric text focused on Mahākāla, revered in Vajrayāna Buddhism and Śākta/Śaiva traditions. It details rituals, mantras, and mystical rites for supernatural attainments and worldly control, covering topics such as the origin of Mahākāla, fire altars and rituals, mantras, Vajrābhiṣeka, deity worship, and corpse rituals. It also includes practical rites for affection, obstruction, stupefaction, death, rain prevention, pacifying Saturn, removing disturbances, and controlling kingdoms (Mitra, 172). The manuscript features an illustration on folio 1b, while the final folio, 65b, is difficult to read due to washed-out lettering.