[Viśvakarmāśāstra]
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE26347
Type
Manuscrit
Subject
Vāstu, Śilpa
Language
Sanskrit
Tamil
Telugu
Creator
IFP and San Marga Trust
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_007117
Manuscript No.
RE26347
Title Alternate Script
[विश्वकर्माशास्त्र]
Subject Description
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Good but worm-eaten
Folios in Text
165
Folio Range of Text
1a - 165b
Lines per Side
6 - 7
Folios in Bundle
165
Width
3.5 cm
Length
28 cm
Bundle No.
RE26347
Miscellaneous Notes
This text seems to be a manual of śilpaśāstra. Most of the subject matters are related to śilpa and record quotations from śilpaśāstras like: mānasāra, mayamata, mahāviśvakarmīya, citrasāra, sārasvatīya etc.; besides there are some reference to śaivāgamas, they are: vīrāgama, aṃśumān kāśyapa, santānasaṃhitā etc. For details see the contents
Text Contents
1.Folio 1a-3b.[prakīrṇaviṣaya]- Telugu.
2.Folio 4a-4b.prāsādaviṣaya.
3.Folio 5a - 6b.a list of things like cloves etc. for preparing some recipe and also a dhyānaśloka of rāvaṇa.
4.Folio 7a - 10a.madhūcchiṣṭavidhāna - mahāviśvakarmiya.
5.Folio 10b.contains a diagram and verse in Tamil stating the way of finding out the source of underground water.
6.Folio 11a.kaṅkālamūrtidhyāna.
7.Folio 11a - 12b.names of the stars like śataiya" (śatabbhiṣaṅ) etc. (astrological matter).
8.Folio 13a - 13b.ekatalādiharmya.
9.Folio 14a - 14b.the method of finding a good place for digging out a well in Tamil.
10.Folio 15a - 16a.nārāyaṇakavacastotra.
11.Folio 17a - 17b.contains a fragment of śeṣabhāsya in Telugu.
12.Folio 18a - 19b.aṣṭadikpāladhyānaśloka-s in Telugu.
13.Folio 20a - 21a.vighneśvarapūjā (incomplete).
14.Folio 22a.śūrāmā ālayabrahmadaṇḍa lakṣaṇa.
15.Folio 23a - 25b.āyādi including sūtravidhi for making icons.
16.Folio 26a - 26b.a list of things for preparing a receipe in Tamil.
17.Folio 27a - 27b.āyādiviṣaya (?), written in Sanskrit and Tamil.
18.Folio 28a - 28b.rathaparivāra (parimāṇa?) from mayamata.
19.Folio 29a - 30b.yamakaṇṭaka and daśabījalakṣaṇa.
20.Folio 31a.vīrarāghavadhyāna.
21.Folio 31a - 31b.raṅganāthadyāna.
22.Folio 31b - 32b.pañcapāṇḍavadhyāna.
23.Folio 33a.pañcaberapramāṇa, liṅgamanonmami, śakti-unnatapramāṇam , kāmakoṭiamman dhyānam.
24.Folio 33b - 34b.lalitopākhyāna, parivārapramāṇam.
25.Folio 35a - 35b.liṅgaśaktidhyāna - aṃśumān kāśyapa & grāmaśaktidhyāna.
26.Folio 36a - 38a.śilāgrbhaparikṣāvidhi - vaikhānasa atripokta.
27.Folio 38a - 39b.bāṇaliṅgalakṣaṇa.
28.Folio 40a - 43b.dvārapālalakṣaṇa.
29.Folio 44a.vaikuṇṭhamūrtidhyāna.
30.Folio 44b.liṅgaśaktipramāṇa - citrasāra, yātrālakṣaṇa.
31.Folio 45a.puṣpapuṣkalādhiṣṭhāna, kumbhapañjara.
32.Folio 45b.tritalapramāṇa.
33.Folio 46a.manonmanidhyāna, trivargam, adhiṣṭhāna.
34.Folio 46b.adhiṣṭhānanighaṇṭu, nirgamaṃ.
35.Folio 47a.pādavarganighaṇṭu, cāturvarṇaharmya.
36.Folio 47b- 48a.[tritālapramāṇa].
37.Folio 48b.devadaśāyudham, vāstupūjāvidhāna.
38.Folio 49a - 49b.harmya-āyādilakṣaṇa - mānasāra.
39.Folio 50a.dvāraśaktipramāṇa - citrasāra.
40.Folio 50b.liṅgaśaktipramāṇa - citrasāra.
41.Folio 51a - 55b.dīkṣāvidhi - vīrāgama, āyādi - śeṣabhāṣya.
43.Folio 56a - 59a.vāstuhoma - mayamata.
44.Folio 59b.liṅgaśaktipramāṇa.
45.Folio 60a.grāmavinyāsa.
46.Folio 60b.kumbhapañjara, devidaśāyudha.
47.Folio 61a - 61b.sātvikāditribheda, nārācavidhilakṣaṇa.
48.Folio 62a - 69a.ekatālādi harmyalakṣaṇa.
50.Folio 69b.balividhi fror bāṇaliṅga(?).
51.Folio 70a - 71b.pañcaprākāradvāradevatā.
52.Folio 72a - 72b.a fragment of śeṣabhāṣya.
53.Folio 73a - 73b.vāhanavidhi - kāraṇāgama.
54.Folio 74a - 75a.aṅgulavidhi.
55.Folio 76a.parivāravidhi.
56.Folio 77a - 77b.some verses on vāstuśāstra in Telugu script.
57.Folio 78a - 79b.rathalakṣaṇa - prāsādaviśvakarmya.
58.Folio 80a - 92b.[āyādividhi].
59.Folio 92b - 94b.ekatālaharmyādi lakṣaṇa including reference to prastara-s.
60.Folio 95a - 98a.āyādividhāna - sārasvatya.
61.Folio 99a - 105 b.[dvitālādi harmyalakṣaṇa]/ It includes a digram.
62.Folio 106.dhvajadaṇḍalakṣaṇa.
63.Folio 107a - 111a.ekabhaumavidhyādi.
64.Folio 112a - 150b.[gopuravidhāna ] mānasāra.
65.Folio 151a - 154b.jīrṇoddhārakramavidhi/ It gives information about the prastara-s/ It is belong to kāmika.
66.Folio 155a - 155b.adhiṣṭhāna.
67.Folio 157a - 158b.dvāraśodhā, parivāradevatā etc.
68.Folio 160a.some diagram.
69.Folio 162a - 163a.contain a list of the names of the parts of vimāna (?) in Tamil and Telugu script.
70.Folio 164a - 165b.a list of ingredients for preparing recipe in Telugu.
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Manuscript Beginning
Fol - 1b, l - 1; athāvā [athavā] viṣṇu hamemya tu . . . . La pūrve janārdanaṃ । dakṣiṇe . . . . . Mathāpi vā । paścime . . . . . Vaṃ proktaṃ uttare śrīdharaṃ bhavet । nāsikālaṃbanañcai . . . . . ṃbanañcaikalaṃbanam । pañcāṃśadviṃśatārasyāttadardhaṃ
Manuscript Ending
Fol - 165b, l - Telugu
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
Key
manuscripts_007117
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[Viśvakarmāśāstra],
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on September, 11th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/manuscripts/item/385386