Siddhanāgārjunatantra
Manuscript No.
T0056
Title Alternate Script
सिद्धनागार्जुनतन्त्र
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॥
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
Key
transcripts_000141
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