Kālikārahasya
Metadata
Bundle No.
T0900
Subject
Śaiva, Tantra
Language
Sanskrit
Creator
IFP and Muktabodha Indological Research Institute
Date Created
2006
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
Key
transcripts_001784
License
Type
Manuscript
Manuscript No.
T0900
Title Alternate Script
कालिकारहस्य
Language
Script
Material
Condition
Good
Manuscript Extent
[Complete]
Folios in Text
8
Folio Range of Text
1 - 8
No. of Divisions in Text
3
Range of Divisions in Text
3 - 5
Title of Divisions in Text
paṭala, adhyāya
Lines per Side
20
Folios in Bundle
8+1=9
Width
21 cm
Length
33 cm
Bundle No.
T0900
Miscellaneous Notes
Copied from a MS belonging to the Adyar Library, Madras, No. 1273. The colophon attributes the text to the mahābhairavatantra. There is an extra page at the beginning which records the content of the text
Text Contents
1.Page 1 - 4.dīkṣāvidhi (tṛtīya).
2.Page 4 - 6.dhyānakramaḥ(kālī) (caturtha).
3.Page 6 - 8.mantrasādhanavidhi - (pañcama).
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Manuscript Beginning
Page - 1, l - 1; kālikārahasya॥ śubham astu ॥ avighnamastu॥ śrīkailāsadharāgrasaudhanilayaṃ śītāṃśubimbasphuranmāṇikyasphuṭasatkirīṭamabhavan mandāramālānvitam। śobhantaṃ pramadairmahābalayutai śeṣāsurāścāsuraiḥ gaurīmantrarahasyavittamamajaṃ pañcānanaṃ śaṅkaraṃ। vyeṣu mantrakoṭiṣu varadāṃ haladāpakam। japatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ cāpi manobhīṣṭaphalapradāḥ।
Manuscript Ending
Page - 8, l - 1; sa tu nāśapate kṣipraṃ kālamṛtyumapi dhruvam। japedavaśyaṃ kāmyārthī grahaṇe candrasūryayoḥ। anena stavarājena pāpanirmālakāriṇaḥ। dakṣiṇā kālikādevi datuṣṭān bhiṣṭān dadāti ca। iti śrīmahābhairavatantre śrīkālikārahasye umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde īśvaraprokto nāma pañcamaḥ paṭalaḥ॥
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
Key
transcripts_001784
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Cite as
Kālikārahasya,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Transcripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on June, 8th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/manuscripts/item/374369