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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts

by Rajendralala Mitra | 1871 | 921,688 words

These pages represent a detailed description of Sanskrit manuscripts housed in various libraries and collections around the world. Each notice typically includes the physical characteristics, provenance, script, and sometimes even summaries of the content of the Sanskrit manuscripts. The collection helps preserve and make accessible the vast herit...

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161 Darsapurnamasa. Directions for the performance of the Darsa Paurnamasa rites according to the rules of Asvalayana and Apastamba. Beginning. athato darsapurnamaso vyakhyasyamah | prataragnihotram hutva darbhasvasino darbhan dharayamanah pavitrapanih patnagra saha prananayamya darsana yacye parnamasena yacy End. visayah | iti sankalpa | bhuh svaha bhuvah svaha suvah svaha bhurbhuvah suvah svaha | ityapastambasakhayam darsapurnamasau mamapta || T|| asvalayanapastambanuyayo darsapurnamasa tiprayogah | No. 755. samayacaratantram | Folia, 16. Lines, Date ? Place Appearance, old. Prose. Substance, country yellow paper, 972 X 4 inches. 9 on a page. Extent, 300 s/lokas. Character, Nagara. of deposit, Calcutta, Government of India. Generally correct. Samayachara Tantra. An original Tantra treating the details of the Kaula cult. Contents: meaning of the word Samayachara; a mantra of Sarasvati; a hymn to Vijaya; Tantric duties, and the necessity of observing them; the fourteen articles of offering necessary for Sakta worship, and their purification; the five daily prayers; various kinds of gesticulation for effecting pacification, subjugation, paralysis, disputes, absence of mind, and destruction ; eastern, western, northern and southern sects of Kaulas, their special divinities, and their rosaries; various kinds of seats for worship with special objects; places meet for counting the rosaries; sacraments for mantras; two classes of Kaulas, the Vamachara and the Dakshinachara; enumeration of Tantras and Yamalas; the five essentials of Tantra worship-fish, flesh, gesticulation, wine, and female society; procedure for acquiring influence over Sakti ; places sacred to Sakti ; sacrifices ; special mantras ; special sacraments for mantras, on their birth, vivification, &c. ; females to be accepted as Sakti and males as Siva; wet and dry forms of worship. Beginning. sriparvatyuvaca | bhagavamstvam gunadhara sarvatra karunanidhe | Z idanim srotumicchami samayacaramuttamam || yah pura samayacarah purvamnayesu kirttitah | tam punah srotumicchami sadamnayesu yadbhavet ||

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