A 41-2 Kulālikāmnāya

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 41/2
Title: Kulālikāmnāya
Dimensions: 26.5 x 5 cm x 20 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Newari; none
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Tantra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1697
Remarks: Vidyāpīṭhārcanaprakaraṇa

Reel No. A 41-2 Inventory No. 36451

Title Kulālikāmnāya Vidyāpīṭhārcanaprakaraṇa

Subject Śāktatantra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Newari

Material palm-leaf

State incomplete

Size 26.5 x 5 cm

Binding Hole 1 in the centre-left

Folios 20

Lines per Folio 5

Foliation figures in the left margin of the verso

Owner / Deliverer NAK

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1-1697-10

Used for Edition no/yes

Manuscript Features

Fols. 8 and 10 are Missing. There are seven extra folios in the end, which contain visualisations of various śaiva deities and part of a devyaṣṭakastotra. Some folios are broken.

Excerpts

Beginning

❖ śrīdevy uvāca ||

sādākṣa(!)tatvamaṇḍalaṃ pramāṇātītagocaram ||

yad uktaṃ sarvaśiddhāntais tvatprasādāvadhāritaṃ ||

antaḥkaulā bahiśsaivā śaucācāreṣu brāhmaṇā (!) |

tribhi (!) kkarma tva〇yā deva suguptaṃ prakaṭīkṛtaṃ |

jñātan tam astrarājaṃ ca matakāryavibhedataḥ ||

idānī (!) śrotum icchāmi vidyāsadanapūjanaṃ |

triṣv oliṣu ca sānva(yaṃ) yathāvidhy anupūrvaśaḥ ||

āsanaṃ mūrttimūlañ ca mudrāvṛkṣādhidaivataṃ || (fol. 1v1–4)

End

āgameṣu bahutve pi karttavyaṃ svagurumaṃ (!) ||

kathitam va (!) deveśi mayā śrutaṃ yathā 〇 priye ||

na kathed yasya kasyāpi rahasyaṃ paramādbhutaṃ ||

guhyād guhyataraṃ kārya jananījāragarbhavan ||

rakṣaṇīyaṃ praya〇tnena caurebhyo dravinaṃ yathā || ❁ || (fol. 15r2–4)

Colophon

iti śrīcaturāśītisahasrasaṃhitāyāṃ kulālikāmnāye śrīsiddhapīṭhāvatāre śrīmatkukārāmate vidyāpīṭhārccanaprakaraṇan nāma pañcatriṃśatimapaṭalaḥ samāptaḥ |||| (fol. 15r4–5)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 41/2

Date of Filming 27-09-70

Exposures 24

Used Copy Berlin

Type of Film negative

Catalogued by DA

Date 11-03-2005

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