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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326 Tantrasara A summary of the Tantric cult, comprising mantras, diagrams and rituals for the adoration of the different Hindu divinities, both Sakta and Vaishnava. By Krishnananda Bhattacharya. The work is held in high estimation, and has been very extensively quoted as a standard authority. Beginning. natva krsnapadadvandam brahmadisuravanditam | End. gurucca jnanadataram krsnanandena dhimata || tattadgranthagatad vakyannanartham pratipadya ca | saukaryaीrthakrt sanksepat tantrasarah pratanyate || gamanagamane jangiki sa tanuyayo phalani kudali | udita kulakamadhenuresa bhajatam kanksitakalpavallavim || vedarthasastra viparita vilokanena prayobhavadyajana lopamaveksya matah | tadbhudhakuta visadikaranesu jatan matah ksamakha tava padayugesu yace || yad yanmaya natha vimudhabudya spastikrtam guhyatamantu tantre | ksantavyametat karunanidhana krodho na carcah khalu pamaresu || Colophon. iti srimahamahopadhyaya srikrsnananda bhattacaryaviracite tantrasare tatiyapari- cchedah || samapto'yam tantrasarah || visayah | bahutaratantradibhyah tantrika diksadi visayaka pramananyuddhrtya yathakrameneha sangr hitah | atra trayah paricchedah santi | tatra prathame, prathamam laksanacakradi, tato vyavastha | tad yatha - gurulaksanam, sisyalaksanam, kulakulacakram, rasicakram, naksatracakram, akathahacakram, rnighanicakram, akada़macakram, diksakalah, varaniyamah, tithiniyamah, naksatraniyamah, yoganirnayah, karana- nirnayah, lagnanirnayah, nisiddhamasatithiniyamah, malanirnayah, malayam maniniyamah, asanabhedah, malasamskarah, purascaranam, bhaksyadiniyamah, varjya- dravyani bhutalipih, strinam homadhikarah, anyatrakarapurascaranam, purascarana- prayogah, kurmacakram, mantranam dasasamskarah, matakayantram, grahanapurascarana- sankalpah, kalavatidiksaprayogah, candravaryagninam kalanam nama, soda�sangadi- dhupah, pancayatano diksa, sanksepadiksa, sarvatobhadramandalam, navanabhamandalam, trilohi mudra ceti | tad yatha - samanyapuja, dvitiye prathamam samanyapujadi, tato mantrah | sandhyaprayogah, snanavidhih, gayatri, gayacodhyanam, pujaprayogah ; bhuvanesvari-