A 40-3 Kiraṇatantra
Manuscript culture infobox
Filmed in: A 40/3
Title: Kiraṇatantra
Dimensions: 31 x 4.5 cm x 88 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Stotra
Date: NS 44
Acc No.: NAK 5/893
Remarks:
Reel No. A 40-3
Inventory No. 26570
Title Kiraṇatantra
Remarks Alternative title: Kiraṇāgama
Subject Śaivatantra
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Old Newari
Material palm-leaf
State incomplete
Size 31 x 4.5 cm
Binding Hole 2
Folios 88
Lines per Folio 6
Foliation letters in the left margin of the verso
Date of Copying NS 44 jyeṣṭha (924 CE?)
Place of Copying Bhaktapura
Donor Udayapālasoma
Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 5-893
Used for Edition Goodall 1998
Manuscript Features
The manuscript begins with the 13th folio, but five out of the first 12 folios are found filmed at the end. It also has a table of contents in two folios written in a later hand, and is named kiraṇatantrasya paṭalaparipāṭikā.
Excerpts
Beginning
tatrāpi śaktim aatmīyā(!) mantrāḥ prakhyāpayanti hi |
〇 tena viṃdyās(!) tu te proktā mantrās tarkaparair api |
sarvva〇jñā nityarūpās tu icchārūpavidhāyinaḥ |
garuḍa uvāca |
nityatvaṃ yadi mantrāṇāṃ rūpabhedaḥ〇 kathaṃ punaḥ |
rūpabhedo yadā teṣām anityatvaṃ pra〇sajyate |
bhagavān uvāca |
kāmadās te tathaivoktā rucirūpāṇukāriṇaḥ |
yādṛśā sādha〇kasyecchā tathātmānaṃ prakurvati | (fol. 13r1–3)
End
homas tṛmadhunāktānāṃ tilānām ayutasya tu |
dhyāyet tāṃ satataṃ śuklāṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitām ||
varadābhayahastāṃ tāṃ mālāpuṣpakasaṃyutām |
iyaṃ vāgīśvarī śaktiḥ sarvajñatvaprakāśikā |
bhogadā mokṣadā śuddhā sarvamantrālayā parā |
dhyātvā japati nityaṃ yas tena mantrākhilā khaga |
dhyātvā japtvā bhavanty atra nātra kāryā vicāraṇā |
evaṃ samāsataḥ prokto mātṛkāyāḥ kratur varaḥ |
bṛhattantrodadheḥ sārāt sārāt sārāmṛtaṃ yathā |
uddhṛtaṃ śubhadaṃ śubhraṃ kiraṇaṃ nāma nāmataḥ | (fol. 98v4–99r1)
Colophon
iti kiraṇākhye mahātantre catuḥṣaṣṭiḥ paṭalaḥ || ○ || ślokā 21 ||
samāptañ cedaṃ kiraṇākhyaṃ mahātantraṃ saptatyadhikadvisahasram iti || ○ ||
samvat 44 jeśṭhamāse likhitam idam iti || ❁ || <ref name="ftn1">The rest is written with a different hand. </ref>śubham astu || śrībhaktapurādhivāsino bhaṭṭapaṇḍitācāryaśrīudayapālasomasya pustakam idaṃ || ❁ || granthapramāṇa sahasra 2 śata 7 (fol. 99r1–4)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 40/3
Date of Filming 28-09-70
Used Copy Berlin
Type of Film negative
Catalogued by DA
Date 29-07-2004
Bibliography
Goodall, Domonic 1998
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