A 185-2 Rādhātantra

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 185/2
Title: Rādhātantra
Dimensions: 25 x 11 cm x 86 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Tantra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/5036
Remarks:

Reel No. A 185-2 Inventory No. 43498

Title Rādhātantra

Subject Śaivatantra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material paper

State complete

Size 25.0 x 11.0 cm

Folios 86

Lines per Folio 9

Foliation figures on the verso, in the upper left-hand margin under the marginal title rādhā and in the lower right-hand margin under the followed marginal title tantra

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 5/5038

Manuscript Features

Excerpts

Beginning

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || ||

śrīpārvaty uvāca ||

gaṇeśanandicandreśaviṣṇunā parisevita (!) ||

deva deva mahā(2)deva mṛtyuṃjaya sanātana ||

rahasyaṃ vāsudevasya rādhātaṃtraṃ manoharaṃ ||

pūrvaṃ hi sūcitaṃ deva kathāmātreṇa śaṃ(3)kara ||

kṛpayā kathayeśāna taṃtraṃ paramadurllabhaṃ ||

īśvara uvāca ||

rahasyaṃ vāsudevasya rādhātaṃtraṃ varānane ||

(4) atyaṃtagopanaṃ taṃtraṃ viśuddhaṃ nirmalaṃ sadā || (fol. 1v1–4)

End

oṃ harekṛṣṇagovinda oṃ hrīṃ janārdana hṛṣīkeśa hṛīṃ oṃ ||

eta(7)t te kathitaṃ devi harināma suśobhanaṃ ||

etan nāma varārohe sadā vibhabavarddhanaṃ ||

anenaiva vi(8)dhānena guhyaṃ yaḥ kārayet sadā ||

tasya tasya ca deveśi mahāvidyā hi siddhyati || (fol. 86r6–8)

Colophon

i(9)ti vāsudevarahasye rādhātaṃtre ekatriṃśaḥ paṭalaḥ samāpta (!) || ❁ || śubham || ❁ || (fol. 86r8–9)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 185/2

Date of Filming 31-10-1971

Exposures 89

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks two exposures of fol. 46v–47r,

Catalogued by MS

Date 23-08-2007

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