Siddhanāgārjunatantra

Metadata

Bundle No.

T0056

Subject

Kaumāra, Āgama

Language

Sanskrit
Tamil

Creator

IFP and Muktabodha Indological Research Institute

Date Created

2006

Source

Institut Français de Pondichéry

Key

transcripts_000141

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Type

Manuscript

Manuscript No.

T0056

Title Alternate Script

सिद्धनागार्जुनतन्त्र

Subject Description

Language

Script

Scribe

P. Neelakanta Sarma

Date of Manuscript

19/09/1961

Material

Condition

Good

Manuscript Extent

Complete

Folios in Text

229

Folio Range of Text

1 - 229

Lines per Side

20

Folios in Bundle

229

Width

22 cm

Length

34 cm

Bundle No.

T0056

Miscellaneous Notes

Copied from a MS belonging to Ramaswami Iyer, Karaikkal. Here and there meaning was given for some verses. This bundle has content list in page 1. The opening page reads: " SIDDHANAAGAARJUNA TANTRA The manuscript of Siddhanāgārjuna tantra belongs to Sri Ramasvāmi Iyer of Karaikkal. It is in the form of two note books, one half foolscap size and the other half the above size. The manuscript is written in Tamil script probably by a hand foreign to Sanskrit knowledge, which seems to have multiplied the generally existing errors that come across in tantra manuscripts. The matter covers about 200 pages in both the manuscripts. There are about 30 and 20 lines per page with a normal handwriting. The transcript written in Devanāgari script runs upto 226 pages. There are twelve different chapters though the work itself mentions at the begining, to contain only nine divisions. Almost all subjects relating to Shanmukha Upāsanā are treated here. Apart from kavacas, mālāmantrās, yantras etc, two sahasranāmāvalīs of Shanmukha and a gītā require special mention. The gītā named as Shanmukha gītā contains eleven adhyāyas and goes on the lines of Bhagavadgīta. P. Neelakantha Sarma, 19/09/1961 "

Text Contents

1.Page 1 - 5.śivapārvatīsaṃvādaḥ.
2.Page 6 - 12.varṇanākhaṇḍaḥ.
3.Page 13 - 20.praṇavastotram.
4.Page 21 - 25.yantrakhaṇḍaḥ.
5.Page 1 - 12.kavacam.
6.Page 1 - 13.mālāmantrakhaṇḍaḥ.
7.Page 1 - 51.sahasranāmakhaṇḍaḥ.
8.Page 1 - 9.tāṇḍavaṣaṇmukhastotram.
9.Page 1 - 8.mahāmālāstotram.
10.Page 1 - 52.gurusahasranāmāvalī.
11.Page 1 - 2.subrahmaṇyapañcaratnam.
12.Page 1 - 54.ṣaṇmukhagītā.
13.Page 1 - 3.brahmaṇyasūtrāṇi.
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Manuscript Beginning

Page - 1, l - 1; siddhanāgārjunatantre śrīguruṣaṇmukhopāsanakhaṇḍa mantrasaṃpuṭaḥ kumāropāsanakhaṇḍaḥ anukramaṇī 1. śivapārvatīsaṃvādaḥ 2. varṇanākhaṇḍaḥ 3. yantrakhaṇḍaḥ 4. kavacakhaṇḍaḥ [saṃkalpaḥ] śuklāmbaradharaṃ - - - oṃ bhūḥ - - - mamopātta samastaduritakṣayadvārā śrīparameśvaraprītyarthaṃ śrīsubrahmaṇyaprasādasiddhyarthaṃ mamābhīṣṭacintitasarvakāmanāsiddhyarthaṃ śrīsubrahmaṇyamahāmantrajapaṃ kariṣye - mūlamantrajapaḥ - śrīḥ śivapārvatīsaṃvādarūpo'yaṃ granthaprārambhaḥ - śrīpārvatyuvāca - bhagavan sarvalokeśa sarvalokaikavandita। guhyāt guhyatamaṃ tattvaṃ śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ॥ 1॥ nānāgamaprastutaṃ tu skandopāsanalakṣaṇam। amṛtaṃ sārabhūtaṃ tu punaḥ śrotavyamarhati॥ 2॥

Manuscript Ending

Page - 54, l - 14; dadāti tasya saṃtuṣṭaḥ kumāro bhogamuttamam। putrānpautrāndhanaṃ dhānyaṃ paśuratnādisaṃpadaḥ॥ 51॥ vidyārthino bhavedvidyā sukhārthī sukhamāpnuyāt। kāmānsarvānlabhetkāmī muktimānte prayānti te॥ 52॥ iti trividhavastunirūpaṇaṃ nāma ekādaśo'dhyāyaḥ śrīgurunāthārpaṇamastu॥

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transcripts_000141

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Siddhanāgārjunatantra, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Transcripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on September, 11th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/manuscripts/item/372726