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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts

by Rajendralala Mitra | 1871 | 921,688 words

These pages represent a detailed description of Sanskrit manuscripts housed in various libraries and collections around the world. Each notice typically includes the physical characteristics, provenance, script, and sometimes even summaries of the content of the Sanskrit manuscripts. The collection helps preserve and make accessible the vast herit...

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121 No. 3382. tantrarajah | Substance, palm leaf 10 x 2 inches. Folia, 202. Lines, 5 on a page. Extent, 4,040 slokas. Character, Bengali. Date, SK. 1551. Place of deposit, Guptipada, Khudirama Nyayabhushana. Appearance, old. Prose and verse. Incorrect. Tantraraja. A digest of Tantric doctrines and Tantric rites. It treats of the origin and development of languages; of the mystic properties of the various letters of the alphabet; of the sacredness and power of Madhumati Svapnavali and Ananta Sundari, of ablution and anointment; of the tilak mark ; of the purity of the place of worship, of altars ; of various mystic diagrams, various mystic ceremonies entitled nyasas; the ten kinds of moral duties of technically called flowers, such as want of maya, want of Ahankara, of five kinds of moral duties such as ahinsa, control over senses &c. ; of the cases when mental worship is preferable ; of direction as to which finger is to be used for the worship of a female deity; and of the mode of worshipping various Tantric deities and performing various Tantric rites. Beginning. kulabalam kulesanom namaskrtya yathamati | | kaulikanam hitarthaya tantrarajah prakasyate || H. P. S. tatra jnanarnave | tripura dvividha deva bhavata prakatikrta | trividheti ca yaddastu prakataukuru sankara| isvara uvaca | ityadi | End. jivapranau mahadevi madanantadanantaram | indravaujam tatah pascat bhuvane + + + + +|| Colophon. subhamastu sakabdah | 1551 | ito nasti | visayah | vidyaprakaranam | daksinamnayakathanam | uttaramnayakathanam | bhasa srsti-sthitikathanam | svapnavatau-mahatmapra-kathanadi | madhumatau siddhi-kathanam | kakaradinam phalakathanam dharmma- kirttananca | cyanantasundarau-mahatmapra-kathanadi | tatra pujaprakarakathanam | tantrika snanadi-kathanam | yacamana- prakara-tadbhedah | abhisekavidhih | tilakacaryyi | sandhyavidhanam | sthana- sadyadi kathanam | vedi- prakara-bhedah | yantradinirmanavidhih | sricakra-darsanadi-mahatma | cakradi-nasa-prayascittam | bhuta-suddhi- vidhanam | rsyadi-nyasanirupanam | pranayama - kharupadikam | vyapaka-caturasana-samhara- vidya-sada़ाnanadinyasa kathanam | kamakala-dhyanadi-kathanam | amayanahankaradi-dasavidha-puspa- kathanam | ahimsendriyanigrahadi pancavidha-puspa-kathanam | pautha-puja-prakarah | catuhsastuprapacara-kathanam | soda़sopacaradikaurttanam | puspadi-nirupanam | kutra manasopujakarttavyetinirupanam | vastra-dhupa- daupadi-laksana-kaurttanadikam | naivedye deyani | tatra patra - visesa -nirupanadi | padukadi-dana- 16 |

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