A 187-1 Vimalāvatītantra

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 187/1
Title: Vimalāvatītantra
Dimensions: 25 x 9.5 cm x 245 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Tantra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 3/586
Remarks:

Reel No. A 187/1

Inventory No. 87099

Title Vimalāvatī

Remarks

Author Vimalaśiva

Subject Śaiva Tantra

Language Sanskrit

Reference BSP, 4.2, p. 144

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material paper

State incomplete, missing folio: 33

Size 25.0 x 9.5 cm

Binding Hole

Folios 245

Lines per Folio 6

Foliation figures in the lower right-hand margin on the verso

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 3/586

Manuscript Features

Fol. 226 is mentioned twice to the two successive folios.

Excerpts

Beginning

oṃ namaḥ śivāyaḥ(!) ||    ||

yo jantor jjananaṃ sthitiṃ savilayāṃ saṃrakṣaṇānugrahau ||
kurvvāṇo na vinavijyate<ref>We perfer to read virajyate</ref> na ca parai(!) vyāhanyate tudyate ||

natvānāḍimaloṣṇitaṃ<ref>We perfer to read natvānādimalojjhitaṃ</ref> śivam amuṃ śrutvā mataṃ deśikān ||
pūjāhomapavitradāmanavidhiṃ mādṛksmṛtau kurmmahe ||

yuktaṃ dīkṣāpratiṣṭhābhyāṃ ratnābhyāṃ bodhavāridheḥ ||
†svachāgādhāyāranīmamṛdugūḍhārthaṃ† vat[r]manaḥ ||

smṛtvā vāśeṣasiddhāntabhābhiṣiṣyābjabodhakaṃ<ref> We perfer to read vāśeṣasiddhāntabhāviśiṣyābjabodhakaṃ</ref> ||
āryyadharmmaśivācāryyasūryyam ācāryyamārjjakaṃ ||

athautthāya<ref>We perfer to read athotthāya</ref> rajanyante śucir vāpy aśucis sadā ||
prāṇāyāmāyaṣṭāṅgayogajño<ref>We perfer to read prāṇāyāmādyaṣṭāṅgayogajño</ref> hṛtpadmamadhyagaṃ || (fol. 1v1–2r1) _{<references/>}

End

†yat kiṃcit puṣye masthāṃ sakalajanahinirmmitāyām abhūt me ||
tena prīta(!) śivo [ʼ]stu prabhūrakikaruṇānirguṇaṣaḍguṇaśrīḥ ||

uktau mayeṣa dviyanārthaṃ saṃśrīprāgovirṇabāladhiyā ʼtareva nyūna yad atrākalitaṃ budhais tad uddhṛtya satheyā maṃtraṣaheṣvā alivaraṃ śrīyatiramito vimalāvatīṃ vimalāṃ† ||

rājasūtaśrīvallabharājā(!)dīkṣā svagurūpacitā ||    || (fol. 244v1–5)

Colophon

vimalāvatyāṃ pratiṣṭhāvidhiḥ ṣaṣṭhaḥ samāptaḥ ||

lakṣyādhyāmi(!)śrīdharmmaśivapādānugṛhītaśrīviamalaśivakṛtā sārddhadvisa(!)ha śrī(!)vimalāvatī samāptā ||    ||    ||    || ○ || (fol. 244v5–245r1)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 187/1

Date of Filming 01-11-1971

Exposures 248

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks two exposures of fols. 244v–245r

Catalogued by BK

Date 06-06-2008