Adhvasaṅkhyāna
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE10864
Type
Manuscrit
Subject
Śaiva, Śaivasiddhānta
Language
Sanskrit
Creator
IFP and San Marga Trust
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_001960
Manuscript No.
RE10864k
Title Alternate Script
अध्वसंख्यान
Subject Description
Language
Script
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Bad and damaged
Folios in Text
2
Folio Range of Text
22b - 23a
Lines per Side
5 - 12
Folios in Bundle
114
Width
3.6 cm
Length
38.8 cm
Bundle No.
RE10864
Other Texts in Bundle
Previous Place
Vedaranyam
Miscellaneous Notes
This text deals with the purification of the path (adhvan) which are 6 (mantra,pada, varṇa, tattva, bhuvana and kalā). Incidentally the measurements for some of the pāśa-s (bonds) and created beings and objects are also given. This purification is intended to be used in the act of initiation. The treatment is short and has no beginning. The source is not known. See. 1. Suprabheda, Vidyāpāda, ch.3, Madras edn., 1908; 2. Mataṅgapārameśvarāgama IFI. Pub. no. 56, VIdyāpāda ch. 24; 3. mṛgendrāgama, Vidyāpāda, pp. 345-456, Devakkottāi edn., 1928
Manuscript Beginning
tṛṇāt saṇṇavatilakṣaṃ latāyā navatī kramāt। sthāvarāśītilakṣantu pāṣānaṃ pañcaviṃśatiḥ॥ kramayorviṃśatītyakṣīnāgānāntu tathaiva ca।
Manuscript Ending
mānuṣāścaiva vikhyātāḥ kramāt bhedāścaturdaśa। evaṃ krameṇa saṃśodhya dīkṣākāle viśeṣataḥ॥
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
No. in Descriptive Catalog
178.11
Key
manuscripts_001960
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Cite as
Adhvasaṅkhyāna,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on August, 10th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/manuscripts/item/379109