A 994-4 Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇatantra

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 994/4
Title: Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇatantra
Dimensions: 32 x 4.5 cm x 48 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Bauddha; Tantra
Date: NS 547
Acc No.: NAK 3/687
Remarks:

Reel No. A 994-4

Inventory No. 22162

Title Caṇḍamahāroṣaṇatantra

Subject Tantra, Bauddha

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material palm-leaf

State slightly damaged

Size 32.0 x 4.5 cm

Binding Hole 2

Folios 48

Lines per Folio 6

Foliation figures in the right margins of the verso

Date of Copying NS 547 (~1427 CE)

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 3-687

Manuscript Features

The writing is rubbed off on a few folios, still the manuscript is legible in most places. From folio 40 onwards there is a second foliation, which seems to correct the original one, which goes back to 30 there.

Excerpts

Beginning

oṃ namaḥ caṇḍamahāroṣaṇāya || evam mayā śrutam ekasmin samaye bhagavān vajrasatvaḥ sarvvatathāgatakāyavākcittahṛdayavajradhātvīśvarībhage vijahāra | anekaiś ca vajrayogivajrayo(ginī)gaṇaiḥ | tadyathā śvetācalena vajrayoginā pītācalena vajrayoginā | raktācalena vajrayoginā | śyāmācalena vajrayoginā | mohavarjya(!) ca vajrayoginyā | piśunavajryā ca vajrayoginyā | rāgavajryā vajrayoginyā | iṣyā(!)vajryā ca vajrayoginyā | evaṃ pramukhair yogiyoginīkoṭiniṣuta(!)śataśahasraiḥ atha bhagavān vajrasatvaḥ kṛṣṇācalasamādhiṃ samāpadyedam udājahāra | bhāvābhāvavinirmuktaś caturānandaikatatparaḥ niḥprapañcasvarūpo haṃ sarvvasakalya(!)varjjitaḥ | (fol. 1v1-4)

«Sub-Colophons»

ity ekallavīrākhye śrīcaṇḍamahāroṣaṇatantre tantrāvatāraṇapaṭalaḥ prathamaḥ || || (fol. 2v2-3)

ity ekallavīrākhye śrīcaṇḍamahāroṣaṇataṃtre maṇḍalapaṭalo dvitīyaḥ || || (fol. 4r2-3)

ity ekallavīrākhye śrīcaṇḍamahāroṣaṇatantre 'bhi(ṣeka)++s tṛtīyaḥ || || (fol. 6v1)

(i)ty (e)kallavīrakhe(!) śrīcaṇḍamahāroṣaṇatantradevatāpaṭalaś caturthaḥ || || (fol. 8v6-9r1)

ity ekallavīrākhye śrīcaṇḍamahāroṣaṇatantre mantrapaṭalaḥ pañcamaḥ || || (fol. 10r1)

etc. etc.

End

bījenāpi vinā dhyāyād ekacittasamāhitaḥ |
piban bhuñjan svapan tiṣṭhan gacchan caṅkamann(!) api

sarvvāvasthāsthito yogī bhāvayed devatākṛtiṃ |
athavā kevalaṃ so(khyaṃ) yogi dvanda(!)nanditaṃ |

tāvad dhi bhāvayed bhāḍhaṃ yāvat sphuṭatāṃ vrajet |
gate tu prasphuṭe yogī mahāmudreṇa śidhyati || (fol. 47v4-6)

Colophon

ity ekallavīrākhye śrīcaṇḍamahāroṣaṇatantre devatī(!)sādhanapaṭalaḥ pañcaviśatimaḥ(!) || idam avocat bhagavān śrīvajrasatvas te ca yogiganā bhagavato bhāṣitam abhyanaṇndann iti |

ity ekallavīraṃ nāma caṇḍamahāroṣaṇatantraṃ samāptaṃ ||

ye dhammā(!) hetuprabhavā hetur tteṣāṃ tathāgato hy avadat teṣāñ ca yo nirodha evaṃvādī mahāśravaṇaḥ || deyadharmmo yaṃ pravra(!)mahāyānayāyinaḥ | śrīṣaḍakṣarī mahāvihārāhivāśinaḥ(!) bhikṣuśrījīvarakṣasya yad atra puṇyaṃ tad bhavatv ā(!)mātāpitṛvūrvvaṅgama(!) kṛtvā sala(!)satvarāśer anuttarajñānaphala +pta iti ||

svayaṃ likhitaṃm itiḥ || || samvat 547 agahanaśuddhi 15 (vā)ṣpativāśare || śubhaḥ || (fol. 47v6-48r3)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 994/4

Date of Filming 22-04-1985

Exposures

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive (scanned)

Catalogued by AM

Date 06-01-2011