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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317 No. 924. tantrikapujapaddhatih | Substance, country paper, 112 X 54 inches. Folia, 10. Lines, 12 Prose. on a page. Extent, 250 slokas. Character, Bengali. Date, ? Place of deposit, Calcutta, Government of India. Appearance, old. Generally correct. Tantrikapuja-paddhati. Guide to daily rituals according to the Tantras. Contents: Rules for the threefold Sandhya worship; washing of the face on such occasions for Vaishnavas; offering of Argha; certain manipulations called nyasa; intellectually placing certain letters of the alphabet on fourteen different lotus-like organs of the body; nyasa in connexion with different members of the body; intellectually placing certain deities on six different parts of the body; placing of those divinities on the organic and sensuous functions of the body; Pranayama; placing of divinities in their proper places and on their respective seats; intellectual worship; arrangement of the instruments of worship ; the worship of the seats of the gods; worship of the gods. Beginning. atha tantrika sandhyaprayogah | yacamya jale gange cetyadina suryamandalattirthama- bahya mulena kusena bhumau trivaram jalam ksipet | End. samharamudraya krtva (?) tattejah puspaih sarddham khahrdayamanayet | tata aisanyam ca- tuskonamandalam krtva taca nirmalyasesam om visvakmenaya nama iti dadyat | Colophon iti pujapaddhatih samapta | visayah | tantrikasandhyavidhih | vaisnavacamanavidhih | samanyarghasthapanadividhih | karangulisu hrdayadisada啶糿gesu ca matakanyasah | sarirantasthacaturdalapadme vasa- sasadicaturvarnanyasah | sarvangapratyangadisu matakavarnanyasah | sada啶糿gesa kesa- vadikirtyadidevatadvandvanyasah | punastatra pranadi-matyaditattvanyasah | prana- yamah| devatapithanyasah| manasapuja | sankhasthapanadiprakarah | pithapuja | devatapuja | No. 925. pranatosini | Substance, country paper, 182 X 62 inches. Folia, 304. Lines, 13 on a page. Extent, 19,513 slokas. Character, Bengali. Date of printing Place of deposit, Calcutta, Government of India. Appearance, decayed. Prose and Verse. Correct. SK. 1743.