This text, in the form of dialogue between śiva and devī, describes the power diagram of gāyatrī. Fol. [51A] contains a fragment of the aṣṭatriṃśat kalānyāsa; fol. [52], a few lines on yoga; fols. [53a], prāsādamantravyākhyā(?); fols. [54a-55b], an incomplete version of [pūjā]liṅgasya [pūjāmukhacarcā?]; fol. [56], conjugation of some verbal roots; fol. [57], a fragment of some work on śaivism; fol. [58], [dhātupāṭha?]; fol. [59] has some lines in Tamil prescribing herbal preparations for driving away one's enemies, etc

Manuscript Beginning

gāyatrīcakram। śrīkāntimatīveṇuvaneśvaro rakṣatu। kailāsaśikharāsīnaṃ 'sivaṃ papraccha pārvatī। gāyatryā[ś] cakraṃ mama brūhi maheśvarā[ra]। īśvarau( )uvāca। sādhu pṛṣṭhaṃ tvayā devi sarvalokasukhāvaham। sādhakānāṃ .......ḍṛṣṭamātrṇa siddhidaṃ। rahasyātirahasyan tam atigopyañ ca sundari। śiṣṭānāṃ sādhakānāñ ca sādhūnāñ ca prakā.....r̤khāṇānduṣṭacittānāṃ durjanānāṃ a( )varjayet।

Manuscript Ending

etac cakrasya māhātmyaṃ vaktā 'srotā ca durlabhaḥ। tasmāt cakrasya māhātmyaṃ saṃkṣepeṇa mayoditam। tvanmāyāmohitā loke tvat svarūpan na vetti hi। tvat kaṭākṣekṣaṇenaiva tvan māṃ sāyujyam āpnuyāt। gāyatrīcakraṃ samāptam। hariḥ om। śubham astu। karakṛtam aparādha........ marhantu santaḥ। śrīkāntimatīdānanāthābhyān namaḥ।

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Complete

No. in Descriptive Catalog

458.1

Key

manuscripts_005277

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Gāyatrīcakra, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on September, 10th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/manuscripts/item/383496