A 43-14 Śāradātilaka

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 43/14
Title: Śāradātilaka
Dimensions: 36 x 6 cm x 58 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Maithili; none
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Tantra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/1635
Remarks:

Reel No. A 43-14 Inventory No. 67716

Title Śāradātilakatantra

Subject Śāktatantra

Language Sanskrit

Text Features

Manuscript Details

Script Maithili

Material palm-leaf

State incomplete

Size 36 x 6 cm

Binding Hole 1

Folios 58

Lines per Folio 5

Foliation figures in the left margin of the verso

Donor

Owner / Deliverer NAK

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 4-1635

Used for Edition no/yes

Manuscript Features

Available folios are 1–57 and 173. Fols. 51–57 are numbered 2–8 and filmed in wrong order. This MS covers up to 8.68 from the beginning and 11.33–11.50.

Excerpts

Beginning

ter anyaḥ saguṇaḥ sakalaḥ smṛtaḥ |

saccidānandavibhavāt (sakalāt) parameśvarāt |

āsīc chaktis tato nādo nādād bindusamudbhavaḥ |

śivaḥ śaktimayaḥ sākṣād tridhāsau bhidyate punaḥ |

bindur nnādo bījam iti tasya bhedāḥ samīritāḥ | 〇

binduḥ śivātmako bījaṃ śaktir nnādas tayor mithaḥ |

samavāyaḥ samākhyātaḥ sarvvāgamaviśāradaiḥ |

raudrī bindos tato nādāj jyeṣṭhā bījā〇d ajāyata |

vāmā tābhyaḥ samutpannā rudrabrahmaramādhipāḥ | (fol. 2r1–3)

End

āsanaṃ siṃhamantre(ṇa) dadyād uktena deśikaḥ |

mūrttiṃ saṃkalpya mūlena tasyām āvāhya pūjayet |

ṣaḍaṅgāni ya〇thāpūrvvaṃ kesareṣv arcayet sudhīḥ |

gnyādipādāṣṭakotpannā mūrttayo rcyā bahiḥ punaḥ |

jātavedāḥ saptajihvo havyavāhanasaṃjñakaḥ |

aśvodarajasaṃjño nyaḥ pu〇nar vvaiśvānarāhvayaḥ |

kaumāratejāḥ syād viśvamukho devamukhaḥ smṛtaḥ |

tato bhūsalilāgnīrā[[n ā]]tmanentān namonvitān |

caturdikṣu samabhyarcyet koṇeṣv etatkalāḥ punaḥ |

pūrvādidikṣu saṃpūjyā jārṇādyāḥ varṇṇaśaktayaḥ |

jāgratā tapanī vedagarbbhā dahanarūpiṇī |

indukha (fol. 173v3–5)

Colophon

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 43/14

Date of Filming 06-10-70

Exposures 62

Used Copy Berlin

Type of Film negative

Remarks

Catalogued by DA

Date 13-04-2005

Bibliography

Arthur Avalon Śāradātilakatantram. Text with Introduction. Reprint. Delhi Motilal Banarsidass 1982.