A 189-16 Śivanṛtya
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 189/16
Title: Śivatāṇḍavatantra
Dimensions: 29 x 13 cm x 48 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Tantra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/5085
Remarks:
Reel No. A 189/16
Inventory No. 66962
Title Śivanṛtya
Remarks According to the colophon, the Śivanṛtya is a subsection of the Nāgendraprayāṇa (one section of the Śivatāṇḍavatantra).
Author
Subject Śaiva Tantra
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Devanagari
Material paper
State incomplete; the right-hand part of most folios is damaged, with the loss of 3–4 akṣaras per line.
Size 29.0 x 13.0 cm
Binding Hole
Folios 48
Lines per Folio 10–11
Foliation figures on the verso, in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation nṛtya. and in the lower right-hand margin under the word rāma
Scribe Vratarāja Śarmā
Date of Copying ŚS 1650, VS 1785
Place of Copying Prānavārā village in the kingdom of Morang
King Harinārāyaṇa Sena
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5/5085
Manuscript Features
The MS contains paṭalas 1–14 of the Śivanṛtya.
Available folios: 3–50
An extraneous unnumbered folio (recto and verso) appears between fols. 12 and 13. It begins:
sūryyodayaṃ samārabhya ghaṭikādaśakaṃ kramāt |
ṛtavas tu⟨r⟩ vaśantādyā ahorātraṃ dine dine ||
…
Three later lines contain a stotra in praise of Bhagavatī:
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
bhavāni stotuṃ tvāṃ prabhavati caturbhir nna vadanaiḥ
prajānām īśānas tripuramathana[ḥ] paṃcabhir api
na ṣaḍbhiḥ senānīr ddaśaśatamukhair apy ahipatiḥ
⟨s⟩tadanyeṣāṃ keṣāṃ kathaya katham asminn avasaraḥ || 1 || || || || || ||
The verso contains <<< … >>> lines from the Kaularahasya:
vagalākramaḥ || || tryambakabhairava || … iti kaularahasye ||
The last folio (fol. 50v) contains different names of the Goddess. To some of them figures are added, perhaps referring to the relevant chapters of the text. The text reads:
oṃ gaṇapataye namaḥ || ||
mahādevyai namaḥ ||
sādhyavarṇasaṃkhyā likhyate ||
yadudgataṃ (kramāṃtarggataḥ) || || satyam evaṃ || ||
devadatta durgā jvālāṃśumālinī mātaṃgī vanadurggā śivadūtikā kaṃṭakī hiṃgulā 32 kālī 15 … jananī ṛddhiḥ vratarāja 49 (Vratarāja being the name of the scribe and 49 the number of folios)
On the back cover-leaf (exp. 51) is written: 123.
Excerpts
Beginning
gaṇām apsarasaṃ vaśīkuryān na saṃśayaḥ ||
kanyā li[[khe]]d varārthaṃ vai ekādaśaśatāvadhiṃ || 15 ||
sumukhaṃ suṃdaraṃ svacchaṃ varaṃ prāpnoty asaṃśayaḥ ||
ayutāvarttane hy asmin nirddhanī sadhanī bhavet || 16 ||
prakṛtir (‥‥)munibhūr mmānaṃ jñeyaṃ vicakṣaṇaiḥ ||
vahunātra kim uktena viśvāso hy a⟪‥⟫[[tra]] kāraṇaṃ || 17 ||
Sub-colophon
iti śrīdakṣiṇāmūrttipārvvatīsaṃvāde śivanṛtye sthirāṃke ekonapaṃcāśa(!)koṣṭhavidhis tri(!)tīyapaṭalaḥ || || 3 || ||
Beginning of the 4th paṭala
śrīdakṣiṇāmūrttir uvāca ||
śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi yaṃtraṃ trailokyamohanaṃ ||
yasya darśanamātreṇa svayaṃ deveśvaro bhavet || 1 || (fol. 3r1–5)
End
vilomagatinā lekhyaṃ pūrvakoṣṭhavidhānataḥ ||
sādhyaṃ (‥)tra varārohe bhavānī bhavatāriṇī || 414 ||
pūrvvokṭeś cāṣṭagaṃdhais tu vilikhet prāṇavallabhe ||
dhārayen ma(sta)ke bhadre mama tulyo hi jāyate || 415 ||
karttā harttā svayaṃ devi jāyate mānavottamaḥ ||
idaṃ yaṃtrādhirājaṃ ⟨t⟩tu mayā tubhyam udīritaṃ || 416 ||
tava snehād varārohe aprakāśyaṃ prakāśitaṃ ||
gopanīyaṃ prayatnena svayonir iva suṃdari || 417 ||
iti yaṃtrarājādhirājaśivatulyaṃ yaṃtraṃ || || 54 || || || (fol. 49v2–6)
Colophon
iti sarvvataṃtrottame nagendraprayāṇe śrīdakṣiṇāmūrttipārvvati(!)samvāde śivanṛtye carāṃke ṣoḍaśakoṣṭhayaṃtravivaraṇaṃ caturddaśaḥ paṭalaḥ || || śrī || ||śrī || ||śrī || ||
śāke 1650 saṃvat 1785 bhādrapadamāse śukle pakṣe tṛtīyāyāṃ tithau tṛti(!)yaprahare iṃduvāsare 2 hastanakṣatre 13 śuklayoge 24 moraṃgarājye prānavārāgrāme śrīharinārāyaṇasenanṛpatiḥ(!)samaye śrīvratarājaśarmmaṇā likhitam idaṃ pustakaṃ || || || śubham astu || || || śrīr astu || || ||
yādṛśaṃ pustakaṃ dṛṣṭvā tādṛśaṃ likhitaṃ⟨m⟩ mayā ||
yadi śuddham aśu⟨r⟩ddhaṃ⟨m⟩ vā mama doṣo na dīyate || ❁ || || ❁ || || || (fol. 49v6–10)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 189/16
Date of Filming 03-11-1971
Exposures 52
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film positive
Remarks
Catalogued by BK
Date 30-06-2008
