A 963-4(2) Nityaprakāśa

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 963/4
Title: Nityaprakāśavivaraṇapañjikā
Dimensions: 30 x 4 cm x 142 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: unknown
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Karmakāṇḍa (vaidika, āgamika, tāntrika etc.)
Date: NS 327
Acc No.: NAK 6/8
Remarks:

Reel No. A 963-4b

Title: Nityaprakāśa

Author: Gaṅgādhara

Subject: Tantra

Language: Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script: Newari

Material: palm-leaf

State: almost complete, slightly damaged

Size: 30.0 x 4.0 cm

Binding Hole: 1, left of the centre

Folios: 122

Lines per Folio: 5

Foliation: figures in the left margin of the verso

Date of Copying: NS 327 (~ 1207 AD)

King: Arimalla

Donor: Śrīdhara

Place of Deposit: NAK

Accession No.: 6-8

Manuscript Features

The first folio and a couple of others are slightly broken at the margins. Folios 94 to 96 are missing.

The manuscript contains Nityaprakāśavivaraṇapañjikā and Nityaprakāśa.

Excerpts

Beginning

tatas tān sarvvabhūteśān sarvvakilbiṣanāśanān |
maṃdadhā ṃāṇḍatī(rtha)tvapradā vacmi phalāptaye ||
nādabiṃdvarddhacaṃdreṇa yuktā kriyā purobhavet |
... /// hṛtpurā ||
jvālālayalakulīśamūrttīn duravirekhikā(?) |
dvitīyapraṇavaḥ sarvvavidyā vāgīśatāpradaḥ ||
bhūteśādidhaneśān yugalayugavat kṛte.../// (fol. 3r1-2)

Excerpt

khātaḥ pādakāṃtimāḥ |
savisarggā ca saṃhārī kevalaṃ mokṣadāyinī ||
na nādinīśikhāgrasthāgrasanāthe na raṃdhrake | (fol. 19r1)

Sub-Colophons

iti caturvviṅśatiprakāśakārapaṃḍitaśaivācāryaśrīvīracaṃdrakṛte nityaprakāśe divyoghayajanāditṛtīyaḥ pra‥śaḥ || ❁ || (fol. 26r3-4)

iti caturvviṃśatiprakāra(!)paṃḍitaśaivācāryaśrīvīracaṃdrakṛte nityaprakāśe kramādiprakāśaś caturthaḥ || || ❁ || (fol. 31v1-2)

Excerpt

athādyāṃ vacmi sarvveṣāṃ pūrvvoktāṃ pādasaṃsmṛtiṃ |
avivarttasamādhyākhyā yasyāḥ praghuṣyate budhaiḥ ||
anyān nabhād ṛte mūrttiḥ kathaṃ sadāśivajitāḥ |
syād ānaṃdayatī cāpi nigadyate gadāt paraṃ ||
sarvvaśūnyaṃ mahāśūnyaṃ tatvaṃ syād yadi mādhyamaṃ |
tathāpy etādṛśaṃ vaṃtaṃ(?) saṃtīha varvvarā api ||
tasmāt tridhānvayokti(tvā)t piṃḍaghnī (fol. 35v4-5)

End

koṃkaṇākhyamahādeśesāgaro+++++
++++++++++++++++||
vakrakuñjeśvarī devī bhavasthā parameśvarī |
tatrādhipatyam akhilaṃ pātālatalavāsināṃ ||
nāgarājābhiṣekaṃ tu (teja) (fol. 36(?)v4-5)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 963/4

Date of Filming: 15-11-1984

Exposures: 145

Used Copy: Berlin

Type of Film: negative

Remarks: Several pages are difficult to read due to overexposure.

Catalogued by AM

Date: 09-07-2010