A 42-7 Manthānabhairavatantra

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 42/7
Title: Manthānabhairavatantra
Dimensions: 59.5 x 5.5 cm x 214 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari; none
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Tantra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 3/788
Remarks:

Reel No. A 42-7 Inventory No. 34918

Title Manthānabhairavatantra

Author

Subject Śāktatantra

Language Sanskrit

Text Features

Manuscript Details

Script Nagari

Material palm-leaf

State incomplete

Size 59.5 x 5.5 cm

Binding Hole 1 in the centre

Folios 200+14

Lines per Folio 5

Foliation figures in the left margin of the verso

Illustrations carved images on wooden covers

Date of Copying

Place of Copying

Owner / Deliverer NAK

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 3-788

Used for Edition no/yes

Manuscript Features

Excerpts

Beginning

❖ || oṃ namo mahābhairavāya ||

prathamaṃ caṃdrakuryākhyaṃ (!) guhyanāthaṃ dvitīyakaṃ |

tṛtīyaṃ sumbhadevaṃ ca kalmāśā〇khyaṃ caturthakam |

paṃcamaṃ vaṭapuryākhyaṃ virājaṃ ṣaṣṭham eva ca |

pravvāsaṃ (!) saptamaś caiva kāṃśālākhyaṃ tu cāṣṭamaṃ |

nava〇maṃ bhogadevaṃ ca biṃbaṃ devi dvipaṃcamā |

ekādaśaś ca khaḍgākhyai (!) dvādaśaṃ rudram eva ca |

dhārāśivaṃ trayodaśaṃ ca mudrāsphoṭaṃ caturddaśaṃ |

baṃkāpuraṃ paṃcadaśaṃ bhujasphoṭa ṣaḍ ucyate |

ṣoḍaśaite mahāsiddhā kuṃkaṇe hy adhikāriṇaḥ | (fol. 1v1–2)

End

pūjānte arccayet sarvvān guru (!) sarvvopacārakaiḥ || 〇

vastrair ābharaṇaiḥ hṛdyaiḥ gobhūaśvahemagajādibhiḥ |

pradakṣiṇaśataṃ kuryāt sāṣṭāṃgaṃ ca namaskāraṃ | 〇

kṛtam ārambha (!) śāstrasya vyākhyālekhanakeṣu vā ||

ye samāptaṃ varārohe kṛtvā siddhiprado bhavet |

athavā na kṛte devi vilopāt maraṇaṃ bhavet ||

pacyate niraye ghore pā⟪da⟫vādākhya〇m amaṣṭakaṃ |

idaṃ rahasyaṃ kaulāgamo gopanīyaṃ prayatnataḥ |

gopanā siddhyate sarvvaṃ satyaṃ satyaṃ 〇 na saṃśayaḥ |

idānīṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ caturvviṃśasahasrakaṃ |

kule taṃtre catuḥ proktaṃ aṣṭāviṃśasahasrakaṃ || ❁ || (fol. 199v4–200r2)

Colophon

iti mahāmanthānabhairava⟪ā⟫yajñe śatakoṭipravistīrṇṇe 〇 anvaye navakoṭyāvatāre śrīcaturviṃśatisahasre taṃtrābhidhāne namaskārāśīrvādava〇rṇṇano nāma trinavatitamaḥ paṭalaḥ || ❁ || ❁ || ❁ ||

samāptaṃ śrīśrīmatabhaṭṭārakaṃ || ❁ || ❁ || ❁ || ❁ || ❁ || ❁ 〇 ||

iti śubham || ❁ || ❁ || ❁ || maṃgalamahāśrī || ❁ || ❁ || (fol. 200r2–3)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 42/7

Date of Filming 28-09-70

Exposures 223

Used Copy Berlin

Type of Film negative

Remarks

Catalogued by DA

Date 11-03-2005

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