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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151 No. 738. guptasadhanatantram | Substance, yellow country paper. Folia, 21. Lines, 6-7 on a page. Extent, 484 s/lokas. Date ? Place of deposit, Mandalakhanda, Vikramapura, Dhaka, Kalikumara Bhattacharya. Appearance, old. Verse. Generally correct. Guptasadhana Tantra. An original Tantra on the esoteric, secret adoration of Sakti, according to the Kaula cult. The MS. examined comprises twelve chapters, but the work in its entirety is probably much larger. Beginning. kailasasikhare ramye nanaratnopasobhite | End.. tam kadacit sukhasinam bhagavantam trilocanam || papracchaparaya bhaktya devi lokahitaya vai | devyuvaca | deva deva mahadeva lokanugrahakaraka | kulacarasya mahatmam� purva m vai svacitam maya || tat katham gopitam deva mama pranesvara prabho | kathayakha mahabhaga yadyaham tava vallabha || nityam nitya mahesani yah sprsen (?) mantramuttamam | sa putah sarvapapebhyah sadasivasama bhavet || Colophon. iti guptasadhanatantre dvadasah patalah | visayah | 1, patale | kulacaratatsadhanakathanam | 2, 3, pancangopasanadi | 4, atma- siddhupayah | 5, masikajapavivaranam 6, daksinayah prakaradi | 7, mantra- daraprabhrti | No. 739. jatimala | Lines, 8 on a page. ? Place of deposit, Substance, yellow country paper. Folia, 2. Extent 67_s/lokas. Character, Bengali. Date Mandalakhanda, Vikramapura, Dhaka, Babu Vaikunthanatha Chakravarti. Appearance, old. Verse. Generally correct. Jatimala. An account of the origin of the different Hindu castes, differing in some respects from the well-known work of this name which forms a part of the Rudra Yamala Tantra. The MS. is imperfect and the author's name cannot be ascertained.