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| subjects = [[Subject Mantra|Mantra]]
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| acc no = NAK 4/1575
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'''Reel No.''' A 176/16

'''Inventory No.''' 35122

'''Title''' Mantrakośa and Varṇabhairava

'''Remarks''' according to the colophon the ''Mantrakośa'' is associated with the ''Kālānalatantra''.

'''Author'''

'''Subject''' Śaivatantra

'''Language''' Sanskrit

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== Manuscript Details ==

'''Script''' Devanagari

'''Material''' paper

'''State''' Complete; the upper right-hand portion of fol. 5r and the lower right-hand portion of fol. 5v are damaged, with some loss of text.

'''Size''' 26.0 x 10.5 cm

'''Binding Hole'''

'''Folios''' 29

'''Lines per Folio''' 7

'''Foliation''' Figures in the upper left-hand margin under the abbreviation ''maṃ. koṣa.'' and in the lower right-hand margin under the word ''rāmaḥ'' on the verso; in the upper left-hand margin the foliation starts from 58 and goes up to 86, and in the lower right-hand margin the foliation starts from 5 and goes up to 33. Folio numbers are here cited according to the foliation in the right-hand margin.

'''Scribe''' In the colophons the scribe gives his names as Ravindrānanda for the ''Mantrakośa'' and as Vindrānandopāya (?) for the ''Varṇabhairava'', but judging from the script the scribe of both texts seems to be the same person.

'''Date of Copying''' SAM (NS) 958 (''Mantrakośa''), 959 (''Varṇabhairava'')

'''Place of Deposit''' NAK

'''Accession No.''' 4/1575

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== Manuscript Features ==

The MS contains the following texts:
# ''Mantrakośa'' (on fols. 5r–13v, exps. 2–11t)
# ''Varṇabhairava'' (on fols. 14r–33r, exps. 11b–30b)

On fol. 33v is written: ''maṃtrakos''(!).

== Excerpts ==

=== Beginning 1 ===

oṃ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||

ātmā · a · phalaṃ · ā · daśā · I · varṇa · ī · bhūta · u · ///-(2)dvāra · ḷ · āśā · ḹ · indriya · e · rāśi · ai · viśva · o · indra · au · tithi · aṃ · kalā · aḥ ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|| -/// (3) ā · cāndramasī · I · vaidhavī · ī · aiṃdavī · u · amā · ū · amṛtā · ṛ · candrikā · ṝ · modinī · ḷ · jyotsnī · ḹ · (‥)(4)ti · e · tārā · ai · amalā · o · asmayā · au · saumyā · aṃ · kaumudī · aḥ || (fol. 5r1–4)

=== End 1 ===

bṛhatkūṭa▒ rathantara▒ khecarī▒ mandāra▒ hemakūṭa▒ ratnakūṭa▒ aparājita▒ ḍākinī▒ manthāna▒ samayakūṭa▒ gahvarakūṭa▒ maṃtrakūṭa▒ merukūṭa▒ varṇakūṭa▒ ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|| (fol. 13v1–4)

=== Colophon 1 ===

iti kālānalasya mantrakoṣaḥ ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||

śrīyū(!)kṛṣṇānandasyātmajaśrīravi(!)ndrānandena liṣi(!)tam || saṃ 958 miti bhādraśudi 7 ro 2 śubham bhūyāt ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|| (fol. 13v4–6)

=== Beginning 2 ===

❖ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||

sahasracchadāmbhojamadhyopaviṣṭaṃ <br/>
nitāṃtapraśāṃtaṃ sadā śaktijuṣṭaṃ ||<br/>
śriyā yuktam īḍe guruṃ suprasannaṃ <br/>
girośaṃ sphuraddhaṃsapīṭhe niṣasme ||

yāmalādīni taṃtrāṇi samālokya bahūni ca ||<br/>
nānāmuninibaddhāṃś ca tathā saṃpūrṇasaṃhitām ||<br/>
sādhakānāṃ mataṃ jñātvā svayaṃ yuktyā nirūpya ca ||<br/>
maṃtrāṇāṃ taṃtrasaṃgatyai rāmagopālaśarmaṇā ||<br/>
sādhakānāṃ tathā prītyai vargabhairava ucyate ||

tatrādau varṇotpattisthānajñānārthaṃ varṇadeśanā || (fol. 14r1-4)

=== End 2 ===

vilokya nānātaṃtrāṇi jñātvaiśvaramatāni ca ||<br/>
akārādikṣarāṃtavarṇabhairava īritaḥ ||<br/>
yad atra likhitaṃ bhrāṃtyā tad doṣa kṣamyatāṃ mune ||<br/>
śaknoti kathitaṃ ko vā vāgvidagdhyaṃ maheśituḥ ||

oṃ tat sat || vikhyātaḥ kaviratnamiśradharaṇīgīrvāṇavācaspatir yogīśas tanujas tadīyaguṇayuk santarkavidyāpatiḥ || ācāryyo janitaḥ sutaḥ śrutigurur lakṣmyādinārāyaṇas taddhīrātmajarāmanāthatanayasyaiṣā kṛtī rājate ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;|| (fol. 33r3–6)

=== Colophon 2 ===

iti śrīrāmagopāladevaśarmmakṛtau varṇabhairavaḥ samāptaḥ ||&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;||
saṃ 959 caivadi 7 ro 7 || śrīvindrānandopāyena likhitaṃ |
(fol. 33r6-7)

== Microfilm Details ==

'''Reel No.''' A 176/16

'''Date of Filming''' 25-10-1971

'''Exposures''' 32

'''Used Copy''' Kathmandu

'''Type of Film''' positive

'''Remarks''' The recto and verso sides of fols. 6–10 have been microfilmed in reverse order.

'''Catalogued by''' RK

'''Date''' 04-07-2007

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