A 158-6 Tārārahasyavṛtti

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 158/6
Title: Tārārahasyavṛtti
Dimensions: 27 x 12 cm x 91 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Tantra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/129
Remarks:

Reel No. A 158-6

Inventory No. 76906

Title Tārārahasyavṛtti

Remarks

Author Śrīśaṃkara

Subject Tantra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material Nepali paper

State incomplete

Size 27.0 x 12.0 cm

Binding Hole

Folios 91

Lines per Folio 7

Foliation figures in both margins on the verso under the abbreviation tārā. in the upper left-hand margin and the word rāma in the lower right hand margin

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1/129

Manuscript Features

On the first page is written: Tārārahsayapatra

There is also a date VS 440

Excerpts

Beginning

oṃ namaḥ śrīdurgādevyai ||    ||

ujjitānandagahanāṃ sarvadevasvarūpiṇīṃ ||
parām vāgrūpiṇīṃ vande mahānīlasarasvatīṃ ||

nīlataṃtraṃ samādāya siddhisārasvataṃ paraṃ ||
vīramaṃtraṃ matsyasūktaṃ gāndharvapherevīṃ tathā ||

gurūṇāṃ ca mataṃ jñātvā kṛtā śrīśaṅkareṇa vai ||
sarvāmnāya sametaṃ vai rūdrajāmalavṛttikā || (fol. 1v1–4)

End

yathātathaṃ tatpriya (!) kṛtvā siddhīśvaro bhavet ||
tasmāt ṣoḍaśaparyyaṃtaṃ yuvatiti (!) pracakṣate ||

tatra bhāvaprakāśaś ca tadbhāvaḥ paramāmataḥ ||
rakṣitavyā prayatnena akṣatās tā na kārayet ||

na viṣṇus tu hariḥ śaṃbhur na devī nāpi ṣoḍaśaḥ ||
na ca mṛtyuṃjayo vāpi na nyāsā nāpi //./ (fol. 91v4–7)

Colophon

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Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 158/6

Date of Filming 12-10-1971

Exposures 95

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks two exposures of fols 71v–72r;
The first of the two mentioned above is out of focus.

Catalogued by AP/SG

Date 03-07-2007

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