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(3) MSS. in the Nagari script written by or belonging to a Bengali, the use of the script among whom is extremely rare and is of a very recent growth:
Kalpa-sutra (6168)-copied by Harikṛṣṇa Cakravarti in 1732 V.S.
Śiva-tāṇḍava (5966)-belonging to Harikṛṣṇa Cakravarti. (4) MSS. of historical interest:
Kāma-ratna (6542). The MS. which was copied in 1635 Ś.E. (1713 A.D.) records that Pharak-Ser (Farrukhsiyār) was the lord of Delhi in that year-the year which is known to be the year of accession to the throne of Farrukh.
III. SPECIAL FEATURES OF THE WORKS
(i) Date.-An idea has already been given about the age of the MSS. described here and one would naturally feel inclined to know something about the age of the works themselves.
The question of the date and authoritativeness of what passes as an original tantra is a difficult one. It is evident that some of them are very late commanding little authority even among the followers of the Tantras. But the actual dates of few of the works can be determined. The position with regard to the digests is of course better, though not always satisfactory. A number of these works are dated while the dates of a few can be ascertained with some amount of certainty from internal or external evidence. A list of the works in which the dates of composition are definitely mentioned is given below.1
6351-2. Kramottama
6233. Mantrarādhana-dipikā 6199. Śāktakrama
6533. Puraścaraṇa-dipikā 6659. Śyāmākalpa-latikā 6694. Anandalahari-tikā 6183. Sāradatilaka-ṭīkā
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
1435 S.E.
1488 S.E.
1493 S.E.
1512 S.E.
1514 S.E.
1527 S.E. 1695 V.S.
1 The date of composition, though indicated, is unintelligible in both the MSS. (6628-9) of the commentary on the Karpurastava by Durgarāma.
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