Cambridge University Library MS Add. 1049.1, Pārameśvaratantra

Language: Sanskrit
Date: 828
Indoskript editor: Camillo Formigatti
Dynasty:
ID: 919
Place of origin: Kathmandu (85° 18' long., 27° 42' lat.)

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Literature

Metadata:

Script	Late Gupta (Siddhamātṛkā?)
Language	Sanskrit
Material	Palm leaf
Lines	3 to 5 lines per page, approximately between 60 and 68 akṣaras per line
Dimensions	Folio height: ca 38.5 cm, width: ca. 3.8 cm
Dating	252 Aṃśuvarman/Mānadeva era, corresponding to 828 CE
Basis of dating	intrinsic date
Origin	Nepal
Current location	Cambridge University Library MS Add.1049.1

Edition(s):

Goodall, Dominic. 1998. Bhaṭṭa Rāmakaṇṭha's commentary on the "Kiraṇatantra". Vol. 1 Chapters 1-6, critical edition and annotated translation (Pondichéry: Institut français de Pondichéry-École française d'Extrême-Orient).

Goodall, Dominic. 2004. The Parākhyatantram: a scripture of the Śaiva Siddhānta, a critical edition and annotated translation (Pondichéry: Institut français de Pondichéry-École française d'Extrême-Orient).

Harimoto, Kengo. 2011. “In Search of the Oldest Nepalese Manuscript.” Rivista Degli Studi Orientali 84 (1-4), pp. 85–106.

Kengo Harimoto. 2017. “The Dating of the Cambridge Bodhisattvabhūmi Manuscript Add.1702.” In Indic Manuscript Cultures through the Ages: Material, Textual, and Historical Investigations, pp. 355–76.

Sanderson, Alexis. 2001. “History through Textual Criticism in the study of Śaivism, the Pañcarātra and the Buddhist Yoginītantras”, in François Grimal (ed.), Les Sources et le temps. Sources and Time: A Colloquium, Pondicherry, 11-13 January 1997, Publications du département d'Indologie vol. 91 (Pondicherry: Institut Français de Pondichéry/École Française d'Extrême-Orient), pp. 1-47.

Additional information:

The glyphs were extracted from the complete list of akṣaras on f. 9, starting on line 2 just before the right-hand string hole. The list includes the following signs in this order: a, ā, i, ī, u, ū, ṛ, ṝ, ḷ, ḹ, e, ai, o, au, aṃ, aḥ, ka, kha, ga, gha, ṅa, ca, cha, ja, jha, ña, ṭa, ṭha, ḍa, ḍha, ṇa, ta, tha, da, dha, na, pa, pha, ba, bha, ma, ya, va, ra, la, śa, ṣa, sa, ha, kṣa. Some ligatures occurring on this folio have been also added to the sample.

Sample page:

Sample page available on https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-ADD-01049-00001/18