A 204-3 Svacchandalalitabhairavatantra

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 204/3
Title: Svacchandalalitabhairavatantra
Dimensions: 42 x 12 cm x 90 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Tantra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/43
Remarks: I, +A 203/

Reel No. A 204/3

Inventory No. 73448

Title Svacchandalalitabhairava

Remarks The following information is given in the PTL: I, +A 203/

Author

Subject Śaiva Tantra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material paper

State complete

Size 42.0 x 12.0 cm

Binding Hole(s)

Folios 90

Lines per Page 10

Foliation figures in the right-hand margin of the verso

Scribe Dhanarāma

Date of Copying NS 846

Place of Copying

King

Donor

Owner/Deliverer1/43

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No.

Manuscript Features

Although fol. 8 does not appear separately in the MS, the text is continuous. The figure 8 is also inserted on fol. 7.

Fol. 57 has been was inserted later in Devanagari script. Probably the original leaf was lost and a certain reader added it later.

There are two exposures of fols. 10v–11r.

Excerpts

Beginning

❖ oṁ namaḥ śivāya ||

kailāsaśikharāsīnaṃ, bhairavaṃ vigatāmayaṃ |

caṇḍanandīmahākāla,gaṇeśavṛṣabhṛṃgibhiḥ |

kumārendrayamādi[[tya]]brahmaviṣṇupuraḥ[[saraiḥ ||]]

Stūyate parameśāna, gaṇamātṛnisevitaṃ ||

sṛṣṭisaṃhārakarttāraṃ sthitir vvilayakārakaṃ |

anugrahakaraṃ deva praṇatārttivināśanaṃ || (fol. 1v1–2)

End

anyāś ca siddhayaś citrā, adhamā madhyamottamā[ḥ] |

anyatantra[ṃ] samutthāya, sādhayanti na saṃśayaḥ |

evaṃ saṃkṣepataḥ proktaḥ (me)rakan tu varānane |

satato ʼbhyāsayogena, dadanti carukaṃ svakaṃ |

yasya saṃprasanā[d] devi, vīreśaśadṛso bhavet |

tasyā dhyānārccanāhomaṃ japaṃ ca varavarṇṇini |

karttavyaṃ bhāvitātmena tataḥ siddhyanti mantriṇaḥ || || ❁ || || (fol. 91v7–9)

Colophon

iti svacchandalalitabhairavamahātantramantrapīṭhe cchosmādhikāro nāḥ? paṃcadaśamapaṭalaḥ || samāptaḥ || 15 || ❁ || || ||

yā(!)thā dṛsta(!) tathā liṣitaṃ liṣiko(!) ṇā(!)sti doṣaṇaṃ (!) || jada (!) śuddham asudhaṃ(!) vā || ❁ || || ṛtuvedavasucābde, phālguṇe sitapaye ⟪‥ ‥ ‥⟫[[tithiviṣṇu]]guruvāre, dhanarāmasya likhitaṃ(!) || śubham astu sarvvadā⟨ḥ⟩ || (fol. 91v9–10)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 204/3

Date of Filming 10-11-1971

Exposures 93

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks

Catalogued by BK/RK

Date 26-06-2012

Bibliography