A 892-6(2) Varṇamālā

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 892/6
Title: Varṇamālā
Dimensions: 22.8 x 8.2 cm x 5 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Tantra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/76
Remarks:

Reel No. A 892-6 MTM Inventory No.: 83065

Title Varṇamālā

Subject Tantra

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material Nepali paper

State complete

Size 22.8 x 8.2 cm

Folios 1

Lines per Folio 7

Foliation figures in both middle margin of the verso, word śrī is with left foliation of right hand margin and śrī is written in the middle of the left-hand margin on the verso

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1/76

Manuscript Features

Excerpts

Beginning

atha vakṣye varṇamālāṃ yāṃ (2) jñātvā siddhibhāg bhavet |

gurūpadiṣṭamārggeṇa cintayed yatamānasaḥ ||

viśuddhe ṣoḍaśadale ⟪satvan⟫ [[varṇaṃ]] (!) dhyāyet sa(3)vindukān |

hṛdaye dvādaśadale kādiṭhāntān savindukān

maṇipūle (!) ḍādiphāntān nābhau daśadale smaret (fol. 5r1–3)

End

athāsyā varṇamālāyā vakṣyate japanirṇayaḥ

(6) grathitā śaktisūtreṇa haṃsameruvibhūṣitā |

akārādikṣakārāntā mātṛkā varṇarūpiṇī || ○ ||(fol. 5v5–6))

Colophon

iti varṇa(7)mālā samāptaṃ (!) || || (fol. 5v6–7)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 892/6b

Date of Filming 05-07-1984

Exposures 2

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks varṇamālā begins on 5th exposure

Catalogued by MS/SG

Date 18-07-2005

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