B 26-20 Tattvabodha

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 26/20
Title: Tattvabodha
Dimensions: 32 x 2.5 cm x 7 folios
Material: palm-leaf
Condition:
Scripts: Maithili
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Tantra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1607
Remarks:

Reel No. B 26-20

Title: Tattvabodha

Subject: Tantra

Language: Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script: Maithili

Material: palm-leaf

State: imcomplete

Size: 32.0 x 2.5 cm

Binding Hole: 1, in the middle

Folios: 6

Lines per Folio: 4

Foliation: figures in the left margin of the verso

Date of Copying:

Place of Deposit: NAK

Accession No.: 1-1607

Manuscript Features

Extant folios: nos. x, 3, 4, 8, 7, 9

The foliation of the first folio on the microfilm is illegible (maybe 23). It begins:

°vimahābhāge lokānāṃ hitakāriṇi |
smārito ham anādīni tatvāni paramātmanaḥ ||
cidrūpā sā mahāmāyā ....bbahuphalapradā |
brahmaprakāśinī mantraiḥ sākṣāt kriyate svayaṃ ||
saiva tu manasi deve si(!) na jānāsi kalāṃ nijāṃ ||

Excerpts

Beginning

°tīyaṃ tadantaraṃ |
bālābījatīyañ(!)<ref>^{ac: °yatīñ}</ref> ca tṛtīyam iha kathyate |
eṣā vidyā mahādevi karaśuddhikarī matā ||
vāguraṃ kāya.... antabhuvanasvarasaṃyutā |
śaktiḥ sarggāntanābhūmitāsavāḥ(?) punar nnābha(?)<ref>^{or: llābha}</ref> sa eva ca |
śaktir aukārasaṃyukto vahnir bbindur vvisarggavān |
eṣā tu paramā vidyā mahātripurabhairavī |
mantro yaṃ bālāyāḥ samudākṛtaḥ ||
anayā vidyayā devi (anu)nyāsam ihocyate |
vyāpakānyāsabījaṃ me yathāvad avadhāraya | (fol. 3r1-2) <references/>

End

śraddhayā jāyate siddhir iha loke paratra ca |
śraddhāhīnasya devo (pi) siddhir jjanmaśataiḥ kutaḥ |
śradadhānasya(!) niyataṃ siddhiḥ karatale sthitā |
tatvabhaktasya hṛdaye yad yat saṃpratipadyate |
tad tad eva vijānīyād devatāyāś cikīrṣitaṃ ||
siddhim ākāṃkṣatā tatra sādhanīyam anārataṃ |
iti te gaditaṃ devi dhāraṇīyaṃ vaco mama |
nityam abhyāsayogena sthirāṃ siddhim avāpsyasi ||
likhitaṃ pustakaṃ yasya gehe samanutiṣṭhati |
naśyanti vipadas tasya gadyād iva mahora⟪sa⟫gāḥ |
kiṃ punaś cintyamānasya jānataḥ śivabhaicasā (?) || (fol. 9v1-4)

Colophon

iti tatvabodhe guptavidyāyāṃ caturthaḥ paṭalaḥ || (fol. 9v4)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 26/20

Date of Filming: 27-09-1970

Used Copy: Kathmandu

Type of Film: positive (scan)

Catalogued by AM

Date: 07-02-2012