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Tantra and Dharma Teachers from Kashmir in Nepal The oldest manuscript of the Krtyakalpataru	by	Michael Witzel
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Abstract - Tantra and Dharma Teachers from Kashmir in Nepal
An early Devanagari MS of the 12th century work KRtyakalpataru that was found in Nepal includes notes in early Sharada and Newari scripts which indicate its use in India and in Nepal by a Kashmiri Pandit. As other sources indicate, extensive travel of this type was not unusual, and this helps to account for the close relation between Kashmiri and Nepalese Tantra texts. -- Such long distance cultural relationships spanning the subcontinent are in urgent need of detailed study. Evidence from MSS such as the present one, though usually neglected by scholars, provide important materials for this endeavor.
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