Śaivabhūṣaṇa
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE20042
Type
Manuscrit
Subject
Śaiva, Śaivasiddhānta, Āgama, Nibandha
Language
Sanskrit
Tamil
Creator
daiva"sikhaama.nibha.t.tar
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_004491
Manuscript No.
RE20042a
Title Alternate Script
शैवभूषण
Subject Description
Commentary Alternate Script
With Tamil gloss
Scribe
Daivaśikhāmaṇibhaṭṭar
Date of Manuscript
saka 1520 [1598 A.D.]
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Good but slightly injured
Folios in Text
152
Folio Range of Text
1a - 152b
Lines per Side
4 - 8
Folios in Bundle
200
Width
2.5 cm
Length
44 cm
Bundle No.
RE20042
Other Texts in Bundle
Miscellaneous Notes
The same as Cat. no. 194.4 for the beginning. Two leaves between fols. 152 and 153 contain Tamil verses and a few lines enumerating the qualities of a śaiva. Fol. 163a contains a few lines from a commentary on the siddhāntasārāvali; fol. 181a contains some lines about the placing of gems and stones while building the temple; fol. 198 contains a few lines on bherītāḍana and a few riddles; fols. 199 and 200 have some statements regarding pollution and purification
Manuscript Beginning
śrīvidyākāntisa[mprā]ptyai seve dantaralānana [dantāvalānanam] dampat..........pāyinaḥ। samyagaiśvaryasā [samprāp]tyai śabdārthāvaga........jānanam। anyonyapuṇyasaṃsiddhāv anyonyāśrayasampadau।
Manuscript Ending
śaivabhuṣaṇam itya etac chāstraṃ śrotṛrasāyanam। dhāryam āryais sadā kaṇṭhe paramānandakāraṇam। inta ślokārtham yeppaṭiyeṉṉil śakābdam 1520 varuṣamākiya parāpava varu. kārttikai m.(1598 A.D.) mattiyil māṇikyasurabhaṭṭar kumāraṉ daiviśikhāmaṇibhaṭṭa svahastalikhitaṃ. 350 ślokamāka inta śaivabhūṣaṇaśāstramāntatu paramānandasvāmiyālee aruLicceytateṉṟaṟika। yātoruvaṉāṉavanaku[yātoruvaṉāṉavaṉ avaṉatu ?] śaivabhūṣaṇaśāstrattai naṉṟākapāṭikiṟaṉavanee inta śāstrattukku bhūṣaṇame na........śāstraṃ karaṇāmṛtāya paramānandakāraṇamāyirukkum eṉṟum appaṭiyāṉa śaivabhūṣaṇattai pūjyarāya irukkiṟapeerkaL sadākālamum kaṇṭhattil_e dharikkak kaṭavarkaLeṉṟaṟikā[a]। hariḥ oṃ। śrīmīnākṣīsametacomasundareśvarāya namaḥ।
Bibliography
Printed under the title: caivapūṣaṇam in Grantha script and Tamil commentary, ed. by K. M. Cuppiramaṇiya Cāstri, pub. at civākama cittānta paripālana caṅkattār, 1925. See SAIVA-SIDDH 0030, IN 11137, RE 6298
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
No. in Descriptive Catalog
377.1
Key
manuscripts_004491
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Cite as
Śaivabhūṣaṇa,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on September, 12th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/manuscripts/item/381640
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