Kāraṇāgama (Utsavapaddhati)
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE04231
Type
Manuscrit
Subject
Śaiva, Śaivasiddhānta, Āgama, Utsava
Language
Sanskrit
Creator
subrahma.nya
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_000622
Manuscript No.
RE04231
Title Alternate Script
कारणागम (उत्सवपद्धति)
Uniform Title
Kāraṇa-Uttara
Subject Description
Language
Script
Scribe
Subrahmaṇya
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Good
Lines per Side
5 - 8
Folios in Bundle
45
Width
3.5 cm
Length
42 cm
Bundle No.
RE04231
Previous Owner
śaṅkararāma vādhyār
Previous Place
Tirunelveli
Miscellaneous Notes
Fols. 28a, 30a-32b, 35a-36b and 40a-45b are written in different hands. Fol. 46b is blank; ther is no fol. 25 but this does not affect the continuity of the text. This Ms. describes all the rites connected with mahotsava (yearly festival) from Anujñā and Kṣetrabali to Caṇḍayāga. The treatment is based on the Makuṭāgama (fol.1a) for the preliminary note, on the kāmikāgama for Dhvajārohaṇavidhi and on the Kāraṇāgama for the rest. Vide:- iti kāraṇe utsavapaddhatiḥ samāptā. This Ms. is identical with IFI. T. 428, called Mahotsavavidhi with very slight variations in readings. Writing on Fols. 13a and 29b, seems to have abreak but there is no actual break in the text. The introductory part (fol. 1a-1b) speaks about the greatness of the śivaśāstra and offers an interpretation for ṣaṭkarma (fol.1a, 1.3 and4). Fol. 46a deals with dvārapūjā and homamantra-s
Text Contents
1.Folio 1.anujñā.
2.Folio 2.kṣetrabali.
3.Folio 2b - 3a.mṛtsaṅgrahaṇavidhi.
4.Folio 3.dhvajāṅkurārpaṇavidhi.
5.Folio 3b - 4a.kautukabandhanavidhi.
6.Folio 4b - 6a.vṛṣādhivāsavidhi.
7.Folio 6b - 7b.vāstubali.
8.Folio 8a - 10a.dhvajārohaṇavidhi including daśadānavidhi.
9.Folio 10a.bhaktotsavavidhi.
10.Folio 10a - 11a.bherītāḍana-bherītāḍanāhavānavidhi.
11.Folio 11a.annaliṅgapūjāvidhi.
12.Folio 11b - 12b.āhvānabali.
13.Folio 12b - 13a.utsavāṅkura-ācāryarakṣābandhana.
14.Folio 13a - 22b.maṇḍapapujāvidhi and kumbhasthāpana.
15.Folio 23.pañcāvaraṇārcana, īśānādimūrtyāvāhana, vedapārāyaṇa, kumbhasthāpana and japa.
16.Folio 23b - 34b.agnikārya.
17.Folio 34b - 35b.prathamadinotsava.
18.Folio 36a.dvitīyadivasotsava.
19.Folio 36b.tṛtīyadivasotsava.
20.Folio 36b - 37a.caturthadivasotsava.
21.Folio 37.pañcmadivasotsava.
22.Folio 37b - 38a.ṣaṣṭhadivasotsavavidhi.
23.Folio 38b - 40a.saptāmadivasotsav, naṭeśotsava.
24.Folio 40.aṣṭamadivasosava, bhikṣāṭanotsava.
25.Folio 40b - 41b.mṛgayātrā, rathārcanā, rathotsava.
26.Folio 41b - 42a.navamadivasotsava-tirthakaūkabandhana, tīrthādhivāsana.
27.Folio 42b - 43a.cūrṇotsava.
28.Folio 43a - 44a.avabhṛrthanāna, maṇḍapakumbha, mūlaliṅge saṃyojana.
29.Folio 44b.ācāryapūjana.
30.Folio 44b - 45a.dhvajāvarohaṇa.
31.Folio 45.maunabali.
32.Folio 45b.caṇḍayāga, utsavaprāyaścitta.
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Manuscript Beginning
atha vakṣye viśeṣeṇa utsavasya vidhiṃ śṛṇu।
Manuscript Ending
śrībālasubrahmaṇyo rakṣatu। śrīdevīsahāyam॥
Bibliography
Printed under the title: kāraṇāgama, pub. Mayilai Alagappa Mudaliyar, Chennai, 1921
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Kāraṇāgama (Utsavapaddhati),
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on September, 10th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/manuscripts/item/377771