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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OF CULTURE ASININ OF INDIA GOVERNMENT OF SL 131 the leading rites and ceremonies which the followers of the Sakta sect of the Trantrics are required to perform. CONTENTS: I. Proper place for Ekalinga. The Kurmachakra diagram. Corpses, their varieties. Internal worship. Offering of water to the manes. Offering of Arghyas. Rosaries. The great internal worship. The great yajna. II. Classification of worshippers. Divya or Celestial class. Vira or heroic class. Pashu or animal class. Listening, contemplation, &c. Means of knowing one's self. True knowledge. Conduct of the class called China or Chinese. Duties of Kaulas. Rules regarding the five M.'s Sakti defined. Routine of Kaulas. Duties on particular occasions. III. Worship of virgins of different ages. Sacrifice of shejackals. Worship of Kula. Recounting of rosaries. Sanctification of rosaries. Drinking for pleasure prohibited. Worship without spirituous drinks condemned. IV. Purification of articles of worship. Identity of one's self. Articles of worship derived from bastards, &c. V. Tue ita of Vijaya. Hermitage. Worship of shoes. Form of Kamakala. Secret worship. Turificatory rites. Rites on cremation grounds. Rite called Nila. VI. Rites for becoming Vira. Worship of Sakti. Praise of nonduality. &c. VII. Diabolical rites for causing stupefaction, subjugation, &c. Beginning. mala sripara devatajiyugale sakramam kamada End. purnanandayatinoti sivaratantranusara kramat | sri diksagurupadapadmayugaladhyanatmano nilo detajnana vinasanaya vidusamamada samdrdaye || sahabara mahapadme pratah sirasi nirmale | purnendumandalayute udasphatikasannibham || gandhanalepitam santam varadabhayapaninam mandasmitam nijaguru ka vasyenavalokitam | ityadi | prasajna tena govya kulinaih siddhidetave | bhavacuda़ाmanim vicya kulacuda़ाmanim tatha | tantra cuda़ाmanim vacya viratantra kajama ||