A 188-8 (2) Vāmakeśvaratantra

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 188/8
Title: Vāmakeśvaratantra
Dimensions: 25 x 11 cm x 18 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Tantra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/4885
Remarks: A1291/25(f

Reel No. A 188-8 MTM Inventory No.: 85088

Title Vāmakeśvaratantra

Subject Śaivatantra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material Indian paper

State complete

Size 25.0 x 11.0 cm

Folios 30

Lines per Folio 10-12

Foliation figures in lower right-hand margin of the verso

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 5/4885

Manuscript Features

MTM contains root text and commentary on fifth chapter in separate foliation 1-12

and 1-18 of Vāmakeśvaratantra

Excerpts

Beginning

śrī dviradamūrttir jayate (!) tarām |

gaṇēśagrahanakṣatrayoginirāśirūpiṇīṃ |

devīṃ mantramayīṃ naumi mātṛkāṃ pīṭharūpiṇīṃ 1

praṇamāmi mahādevīṃ mātṛkāṃ parameśvarīṃ |

kālakallohalollolakalanāśamakāriṇīṃ 2

yad akṣaraikamātrepi saṃsiddhe(!) spardhate naraḥ

ravitārkṣyeṃdukandarpaśaṃkarānalaviṣṇubhiḥ 3 (fol. 1v1–3)

End

pūrvapaści[ma]ko(!) dvārau prāṇāyāmā†sakau† smṛtau ||

kālo dhāmani bhūtāni navacakrā(!)sthanukrayā(!)t ||

karaṇeṃdriyacakrasthāṃ devīṃ saṃvitsvarūpiṇīṃ |

viśvāhaṃ kṛtipuṣpais tu pūjayet sarvasiddhaye || || śrīr astu || (fol. 18r9–11)

Colophon

iti vāmakeśvaro(!) taṃtre nityāṣoḍaśa(!)kārṇave japavidhānaṃ paṃcamaḥ paṭalaḥ || [[ rāmanagaravā○jyotirvidupākhyaśrīkṛṣṇaśarmaṇaḥ pustakam idam (fol. 18r11)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 188/8

Date of Filming 01-11-1971

Exposures 36

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks text available in exp. 17(15)-34; two exposures of fols. 2–4r

Catalogued by MS

Date 13-05-2008

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