Rauravatantra - Paścimābhimukhārcanāvidhi

Metadata

Bundle No.

RE20052

Type

Manuscrit

Subject

Śaiva, Śaivasiddhānta, Āgama, Arcana

Language

Sanskrit

Creator

IFP and San Marga Trust

Date Created

2009-2010

Source

Institut Français de Pondichéry

License

Key

manuscripts_004591

Manuscript No.

RE20052ff

Title Alternate Script

रौरवतन्त्र - पश्चिमाभिमुखार्चनाविधि

Uniform Title

Raurava

Subject Description

Language

Script

Type

Manuscript

Material

Condition

Bad and injured

Folios in Text

2

Folio Range of Text

39a - 40a

Lines per Side

6 - 9

Folios in Bundle

165

Width

3.3 cm

Length

39 cm

Bundle No.

RE20052

Other Texts in Bundle

Previous Owner

svāmināthabhaṭṭar

Miscellaneous Notes

This text deals with the procedure of worshipping the deity which faces the western direction in the temple. This is in print, IFP. no. 18.1, ch. 11

Manuscript Beginning

paścimābhimukhaṃ vakṣye samāsāt kathayāmi te। san[d]madvāraṃ ca vaktrākhyaṃ maṇṭapādīni paścime। prāk diśāttadiśāmūrtin[ṃ] paścime tu prakalpayet। paścimoditadik[ṅ]mūrtiṃ pūrvāyāṃ diśi kalpayet। sthāpayen mūlaliṅgaṃ ca paścimābhimukhaṃ yathā। gomukhaṃ caṇḍikāṃ caiva saumyayāṃ jaladhārakān।

Manuscript Ending

śivārcanaṃ śive liṅge miśraṃ ca sakalaṃ vinā। sarveśvaraṣaḍadhvātmā śivāyety arcanaṃ ruro। śeṣaṃ prāgvat prakartavyam arcanoktaṃ viśeṣetaḥ। iti raurave tantre paścimābhimukhārcanāvidhipaṭalaḥ। śrīsomasundaragurave namaḥ।

Bibliography

Printed under the title: rauravāgama, vols. I II III, ed. N. R. Bhatt, PIFI No. 18, Pondicherry, IFI, 1961 1985 1988

Catalog Entry Status

Complete

No. in Descriptive Catalog

386.32

Key

manuscripts_004591

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Rauravatantra - Paścimābhimukhārcanāvidhi, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on September, 10th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/manuscripts/item/381740