[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960) › c8.1 # Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c8.1 Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India c8.1 - **Language:** English ### [c8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c8.1) There is the manuscript of a small work entitled \*Ṣaṭpañcāśaddeśavibhāga\* (G. 9660 ; foll. 1B-3B) in the library of the Asiatic Society, Calcutta. While entering it in the \*Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in the Government Collection under the Care of the Asiatic Society of Bengal\*,¹ Pandit H. P. Sastri remarked that it may ‘be part of some Tantra’; but he did not try to find out the Tantra to which it belongs. The \*Ṣaṭpañcāśaddeśavibhāga\* is, however, actually the seventh Paṭala of Book III of the \*Śaktisaṅgama Tantra\*. There are four fragmentary manuscripts of this Tantra in the Society’s library; but only one of them² contains the section in question. A few years ago, Book I (Kālī-khaṇḍa) of the \*Śaktisaṅgama Tantra\*, edited by B. Bhattacharya, was published in the Gaekwad Oriental Series ; but the remaining Books are still in manuscripts. Bhattacharya, formerly Director of the Oriental Institute, Baroda, kindly sent me, at my request, a copy of the \*Śaktisaṅgama Tantra\*, Book III, Paṭala vii. His letter to me dated the 2nd April, 1941, reads : “This reading is based on four manuscripts.........We have in our library only one manuscript of the \*Śaktisaṅgama Tantra\*; but the readings found in it contain omissions and errors which are corrected with the help of other manuscripts. I feel that the accompanying reading is fuller and free from errors as far as the manuscript material permits.” In my edition of the \*Ṣaṭpañcāśaddeśavibhāga\* published here, I have therefore utilised the following three manuscripts :— - [Previous: c7.s1.230](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c7.s1.230) - [Next: c8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c8.2) - [Up: c8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c8) ## Linked texts (1) - [Śaktisaṅgamatantra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.mahavidya.saktisangama) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.sircar-1960.c8.1) · Pramāṇa