A 181-7 Mahākālasaṃhitā

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 181/7
Title: Mahākālasaṃhitā
Dimensions: 41 x 17 cm x 110 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Tantra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 4/1875
Remarks:


Reel No. A 181/7

Inventory No. 32698

Title Mahākālasaṃhitā

Remarks chapter 1–17

Author

Subject Tantra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material paper

State complete

Size 41.0 x 17.0 cm

Binding Hole none

Folios 110

Lines per Folio 14–17

Foliation figures on the verso, in the upper left-hand margin under the marginal title mahā or mahākāla and in the lower right-hand margin under rāmaḥ; chapter number is written beside rāmaḥ

Date of Copying ŚS 1753. VS 1888

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 4/1875

Manuscript Features

Excerpts

Beginning

svasti śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||    ||

śrīmahākāla uvāca ||

guhyakālyās tu mantrāṇāṃ aṣṭāviṃśatidhāḥ priye ||
sarvvāgameṣu gopyās te na prakāśyāḥ kadācana⟨ḥ⟩ ||

mantrāṇā[ṃ] bhedato dhyānabhedā[ḥ] syur vvividhā[s] tathā ||
yaṃtrabhedā api tathā vāhanānāṃ bhidās tathā ||

yo mantro yena cābhyasta⟨ṃ⟩s ta[n]trāmnāyaḥ prakīrttitaḥ ||
brahmaṇā ca vaśiṣṭhena rāmeṇa ca tathā priye ||

hiraṇyākṣānujenāpi kubereṇa yamena ca ||
bharatena daśāsyena balinā vāsavena ca ||

viṣṇunānyaiś ca devaiś ca daityendrai[r] vividhair api ||
upāsitā siddhiheto[r] labdhe(!) siddhiś ca bhūyasī ||

śatavaktrāśītivaktrā ṣaṣṭivaktrā tathaiva ca ||
ṣaṭtriṃśadānanā viṃṣadānanā parikīrttitā || (fol. 1v1–4)

End

pavitrārohaṇaṃ karma rājye yasya mahīpate ||
jāyate devividhyaktaṃ(!) dhanyarāṣṭraṃ tad ucyate ||

na durbhikṣaṃ na cotpātā nā(!) mārī nāgnitaskarāḥ ||
tetir(!) na paracakraṃ ca nānye kecid upadravāḥ ||

pratyūhā nāśam āyāṃti galaṃti vividhā mayā ||
nākāle ⟨śri⟩mṛ(!)yate kaścid avagrāho na jāyate ||

na daridro na vā duḥkhī nopasargeṇa pīḍitaḥ ||
nākālamṛtyuvān ko pi tasya rāṣṭre bhijāyate ||    || (fol. 17v11–13)

Colophon

iti śrīmahākālasaṃhitāyāṃ damanāropaṇapavitrāropaṇavidhānakathanan nāma saptadaśatamaḥ paṭalaḥ ||    ||

śāke 1753 saṃvat 1888 sāla bhādravadi 30 roja 3 śubham ||    || rāmaḥ || rāmaḥ || (fol. 17v13)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 181/7

Date of Filming 16-10-1971

Exposures 115

Used Copy Kathmandu (scan)

Type of Film positive

Remarks

Catalogued by MD

Date 12-07-2013