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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4 ing Vamachara. Three kinds of nocturnal worship. The dead of night (mahanisa) defined. Drinking by Brahmans. Purification of liquor by expiation. Rules for drinking. Yoni-kavacha defined. Sacrifices. Discussion about mantras. Special diagrams. Characteristics of Gurus. The rite of Puras 'charana. A rite at a burning ground. Burning ground defined. A rite performed with a corpse. Panchamunda and other rites. Rite for making mantras fruitful. Amulets bearing the name of Sakti. A rite with a creeper (Latasadhana.) Women fit for the rite. Rules for initiation. Various kinds of yantras or symbols of Sakti. Purification of Vajra and other flowers. Hymns and amulets of Ekajata. Amulets of Ugratara, Nilasarasvati, &c. Amulet of Ugratara. Ontology. Expiations for Kaulas. Consecrations. Beginning. pranamyaikajatam bhaktya matrkatyayanim tatha | karomyekajata kalpam tena vighnovihanyatam || atha yadyapi taragratara naulaikajata caikarupa, tathapi khalviha tasamakhyabhedavasatah bhedayukta eva | taduktam yatha taratantre | End. ekaiva hi mahadevi namabhedattidha bhavet | pranavavyatirekena trtauyaikajata bhavet || ityadi | visaharyyapi sampradayah I katyayaninakharacandracakora cittah sriramakantatanayeाvyatanat sivasya | tantram vilokya vajravaikajata khyakalpa sri tarinivisayasamsayanasakam vai || Colophon. iti srikatyayanyatmajaviracite sragamasanga he ekajatakalpe kalau tara- vidyacaitanyapramanam nama soda़sah patalah | ityekajatakalpah samaptah | 1287 sala | visayah | taragrataranaulaika jatadinamekarupatve'pi samakhyabhedadbheda iti nirupanam | tatra mantrabhedakathanam | ekajatadhikare pratah krtyadinirupanam | sahasraravivecanam | kundalinya cyavasthanadinirupanam| pratahkrtyam vina pujadau dosasrutikathanam | pasuvirayah pratahkrtye visesa- kathanam | tatra snanavidhikathanam | samkalpakathanam | sracamanavidhih | sandhyavidhih | arghyadanavidhih | gayatraujapavidhih | patitasandhyavyavasthakathanam | samkrantyadau vaidika sandhyanisedhe'pi tantrika- sadhyaya jyavasyakatvakathanam | takadavapi tantroktasandhya pujadinam karttavyatakathanam | tantrika- tarpanavidhih | kamanavisese vastraparimanakathanam | yagabhuminirnayah | pujadinirupanam | cangali-