A 247-17 Varṇadhyāna
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Filmed in: A 247/17
Title: Varṇadhyāna
Dimensions: 50 x 20 cm x 7 folios
Material: paper?
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Reel No. A 0247/17 = A 838/41 = Inventory No. 85332
Inventory No. New
Title Varṇadhyāna
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Author Bhairavānanda Ācārya
Subject Tantra
Language Sanskrit
Manuscript Details
Script Newari
Material paper
State complete
Size 51.1 x 20.0 cm
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Folios 7
Lines per Page 8
Foliationnone
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Date of Copying (VS) 1854
Place of Copying Kathmandu, Near by Pashupati-Guhyeswari Temple
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Place of Deposit NAK
Accession No. 3/36 ?
Manuscript Features
Excerpts
«Beginning: »
❖ oṃ namaḥ guruve (!) ||
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || śrīsarasvatyai namo namaḥ ||
vakratuṇḍamahākāya koṭisūryasamaprabhaḥ
abighnaṃ kuru me deva sarva kāryyaṃ śubhaṃ kuru || ||
❁ adhunā saṃpravakṣyāmi kalānāśca yathārthataḥ |
pūrvataś caiva varṇānāṃ tathaivam anupūrvaśaḥ || 1 ||
akāraṃ viṣṇudai(va)tyaṃ vaiṣṇavyācāparājitaṃ ||
śaṃkhacakragadāpāṇiṃ caturvaktraṃ caturbhujaṃ || 2 ||
garuḍāsanam ārūḍhaṃ sarvvaduṣṭanikṛntanam ||
nīlaśrī aṃkatārkṣyastha || iti akāra dhyānaṃ || || (exp. 2t1–4)
«End: »
kṣakāraṃ paṭhate yas tu svayaṃbhuvaruṇātmakaṃ ||
padmāsanasamārūḍhaṃ śaśāṅkāṅkitaśekharaṃ || 1 ||
jaṭāmukuṭasannaddhaṃ pañcavaktraṃ trilocanaṃ ||
animādyāṣṭakaṃ (!) proktaṃ sarvvāyudhavubhūṣitaṃ || 2 ||
daṇḍaṃ kaṇṭhākhyamālāṃ ca gadācakratriśūlianaṃ ||
aṃkuśaṃ ratnapātraṃ ca sarvatroparivāritaṃ || 3 ||
sarvvasiddhikaro hy eṣa kṣakāra paripaṭhyatāṃ ||
brahmaviṣṇumahosādyā(!) nitya dhyāyanti yoginaḥ || 4 || (!)
etan mantravaraṃ prāpya tyajed anyapalāstavat ||
navatattvasamāyuktaḥ kṣakāraṃ paripaṭhyatāṃ || 5 ||
vyādhitaskarasvairebhyo bandhane grahasaṅkaṭe ||
japan smarantaṃ dhyāyaṃśca na bhayaṃ vindate kvacit || 6 ||
ḍaṇḍakanṭhākṣamālācakratṛśūlaaṃkusaratnapātrakhaḍgakhaṭvāṅgaḍamarukalasa iti haste
paṃcavarṇa paṃcamuṣaṃ tṛlocana śivarūpaḥ || || iti kṣakāradhyānaṃ || (exp. 9:5–9 and margin)
«Colophon:»
iti varṇadhyāna saṃpūrṇaṃ śubhaṃm saṃvat 1854 phālguṇa kṛ/// śupati śrīguhyaśvarī nīkaṭa nīvāsina
kāṣṭhamāṃḍapasthāna bhairavā(na)ndaācāryaṇa liṣitaṃmīdaṃ pustakaṃ sampūrṇaṃ śubham
bhūyāt (exp. 9 margin)
Microfilm Details
Reel No. A 0247/17
Date of Filming not indicated
Exposures 10
Used Copy Kathmandu
Type of Film digital copy
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Catalogued by MS/RA
Date 16-01-2014
Bibliography
Remarks The last folio is not photographed at full length on both recto and verso.
retake on A 838-41, A 1223-13
