A 1267-9 Catuṣpīṭhatantra

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 1267/9
Title: Catuṣpīṭhatantra
Dimensions: 28.8 x 4.5 cm x 75 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Tantra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1078
Remarks: {{{remarks}}}

Reel No. A 1267-9

Remarks Mistakenly labelled (Pratiṣṭhāsārasaṅgraha) Prakaraṇaguhyapīṭhatantra before. This is a retake of B 26-23 Catuṣpīṭhatantra.

Title: Catuṣpīṭhatantra

Subject: Tantra, Bauddha

Language: Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script: Newari

Material: palm-leaf

State: damaged

Size: 28.8 x 4.5 cm

Binding Hole: 1, left of the centre

Folios: 75

Lines per Folio: 5-7

Foliation: letters in the left margin of the verso

Date of Copying:

Place of Deposit: NAK

Accession No.: 1-1078

Manuscript Features

The first folio is damaged. The foliation of many others is lost due to broken edges. Writing is rubbed off in places, particularly in the beginning and end of the manuscript.

Hand changes on exposure 041 (fol. 37) and again on exp. 053 (fol. 49). The first scribe occasionally uses an archaic form of ṇa, as well as an old form of la throughout. Further two types of both sa and śa are used, and two different ways to write rva/rvva. The variants probably reflect the script that was used in the exemplar. The manuscript looks old.

Excerpts

Beginning

°(m) āgatasya na nivarttate |
bhadrasobhanam āhāraṃ bhadrakarmādi kārayet |
bhadradārakajātānā satavarṣāṇi jīvati |
darīdrā(!) dharmacārī tu satyavādī priyam vadet |
ekaparṇṇīratā dehavidyā vākṣatu nāyakā |
sarvasilpakalābhijña svaja[[na]]prīti nityasaḥ |
kuladaṇḍena bhujīta jaladehacyutis tathā ||
vṛṣabhadārako jātā vīryabalasatruṣu |
śṛṅgāra artham aisvarya bahuparṇṇī tu mānayet |
bandhave prabhu sarveṣāṃ pitarā āyu hanyate |
vanijavṛrtti(!)kalpasya āyu ṣaṣṭi tu kalpayet |
ālasyamukharam bhāṣī krūrakarmā durātmakaḥ |
mṛtyusabdasya kalpānte athavā viṣaprāṇakaiḥ ||
.ūrmāṇa dārako jātā nityacitter avasthita |
svalparoṣālpato tuṣṭa bahubhāṣī svajanapriyam |
atikrodhāgniugrasya isvara sarvadāyaka |
hanyā parṇṇikaputrāṇā svadese prabhu nityasaḥ |
kṛṣakarmāṇi kalpasavyādhi kuṣṭhena gṛhate |
varṣāsīti māyūrāṃ(!) svadese mṛtyuka⟪ṣo |⟫s tathā ||
(ma)karo dārako jāta āyu navati ṣaṣṭavat ||
puṇyānāṃ sīlasampannavinayācārarakṣitam |
arthavā(!) rūpasampanna saubhāgya yaṣa(?) rājāte(!)
(exp. 005b1-6) (fol. [2]r)<ref>^{The excerpt is taken from the second folio on the the microfilm.}</ref>

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End

bālāgra satabhagena paramānurūpacintitaṃ |
lakṣyalakṣaṇajñānīnāṃ vijñānaṃ sa svabhāvataḥ |
yasya bindupadasthānaṃ ajñānācetalakṣaṇaṃ |
hṛdi brahmakadvārasya bindudvāran tu mārggataḥ |
gṛhyajñānavijñānasya gurodeśana(!)tatparaḥ |
na tu mārggabāhyānāṃ sāstrenā(!)pi ca dūrataḥ |
sulabhāri(!) ca śāstrāni(!) prayogo py atra (du)larbhaḥ(!) ||
upāyena tu yogīnāṃ guroḥ susrū(!)tatparaḥ |
gurūpadeśamārggena(!) darśayeta vicakṣaṇaḥ |
samāhitaṃ bhāvabhāvena niṣkampan nirupadrutaṃ |
mano pūrvāṅ<ref>^{ṅ is possibly cancelled.}</ref>gamā dharmā mano suddhā mano javā |
tasmāt manomayaiḥ sarvvaiḥ mana(!)saṃbhramabuddhimān |
yad icchej jāyya(!) yogīnāṃ hṛdi cetanasamvaram |
kāraṇaṃ bhūtabījasya na tu tatvāni rūpataḥ |
kāryakārana(!)bījānāṃ na tu tatvādidrakṣataḥ |
rūpādibhavabhogasyā° (exp. 075)<ref>^{The excerpt is taken from the 5th last folio.}</ref> (fol. (72)r1-5)

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Colophon

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 1267/9

Date of Filming: 16-11-1987

Exposures: 81

Used Copy: Kathmandu

Type of Film: positive (scan)

Catalogued by AM

Date: 29-02-2012