A 176-2 Manthānabhairavatantra

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 176/2
Title: Manthānabhairavatantra
Dimensions: 41.5 x 18 cm x 73 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Tantra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 3/164
Remarks:

Reel No. A 176-2

Inventory No. 34940

Title Manthānabhairavatantra

Subject Śaivatantra

Language Sanskrit

Reference BSP, 4.2, p. 62–63, No. 3/164

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material paper

State incomplete, folios begins from fol. 96 and available up to 168r

Size 41.5 x 18.0 cm

Folios 73

Lines per Folio 11

Foliation figures on the verso, in the upper left-hand margin under the marginal title maṃ.bhai.yo.and in the lower right-hand margin under the word śrīrāmaḥ

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 3/164

Manuscript Features

Scribe leaves few letters blank.

Excerpts

Beginning

śrīnāthapādukebhyo (!) namaḥ || ||

yā sūkṣmā nirvvikā (!) aparaparaparā yā parākhyā parecchā

durvoma (!) bodhagamyā paramaśīvamayīr (!)gu(2)ṇāsvasvarūpo (!) ||

– – – – svarūpās tu nigaṇanamitā (!) vakrikākhyā prasiddhā,

ādau madhyāvaśāne trividhagatiyutānāṃ (!) parā(3)khyaṃ (!) namāmi || (fol. 1v1–3)

End

paṃcāmṛtamayīnyāsaṃ paṃcocāram (!) ajānataḥ ||

bhakṣayaṃ(6)ti dīpakāya vaitarāya śavasmṛtaḥ || (!)

bhakṣayet tatsvarūpeṇa uccare (!) dhyānayogataḥ ||

trikoṇasahitaṃ ⟨sahitaṃ⟩ sarvvaṃ bhakṣaṇīyaṃ prayatnataḥ ||

maṇḍa(7)le dīpakāyaṃ ca kāraṇa (!) parameśvara ||

aprakāśyaṃ tu deveśa atyaṃtakuladīpakaṃ || (!)

preṣa- (fol. 168r5–7)

Sub-colophon

|| iti śrīkādibhede parāṣaṭkanirnnayasūtraṃ (!) || (fol. 165v10)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 176/2

Date of Filming 24-10-1971

Exposures 76

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks two exposures of fols. 132v–133r,

Catalogued by MS

Date 18-05-2007