Volume 3 (1874)

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Kádimata Tantra alias Shodasá-nityá Tantra. An original Tantra
in thirty-six Paṭalas on various isoteric forms of worship of Sákta
divinities. The MS. ends with the first verse of the thirty-sixth chapter.
Contents : I, Manifestations of Tantras ; II, a diagram called Nátha-
mandala ; III, daily salvation ; IV, V, worship of Lalitá ; VI, occasional
forms of worship; VII, description of Kámes'vari; VIII, do. of Bhaga-
máliní ; IX, do. of Nityachchhinná ; and X, do. of Bherundá ; XI, do.
of Vahnívásiní; XII, do. of Rájes'varí; XIII, do. of Bhavadbhutí; XIV,
do. of Duritá; XV, do. of Sundarí; XVI, do. of Nityá; XVII, do. of
Nílapatáká; XVIII, do. of Vijayá; XIX, do. of Sarvamaṅgalá; XX,
do. of Jválámáliní; XXI, do. of Chhinná; XXII, do. of Kurukuntá;
XXIII, do. of Váráhí; XXIV, set formulas in which these god-
desses are to be meditated upon; XXV, the Mátrikás or primary
mothers ; XXVI, mystic mantras of do.; XXVII, regulation of
the breath during worship; XXVIII, description of Lokatá ; XXIX,
altars; XXX, offering of clarified butter on fire, with reference to
Sákta divinities ; XXXI, XXXII, advantages of performing homas ;
XXXIII, various diagrams appropriate for S'ákta divinities; XXXIV,
S'ákta sports and amusements; XXXV, various desires appropriate
to S'áktas; XXXVI, knowledge of self.
Beginning. अनाद्यन्तोऽपराधीनः स्वाधीनभुवनत्रयः ।
जयत्यविरतो व्याप्तखदिक्कालो विनायकः ॥
भगवन् सर्वतन्त्राणि भवतोक्तानि मे पुरा ।
नित्यानां षोडशानाञ्च न [anādyanto'parādhīnaḥ svādhīnabhuvanatrayaḥ |
jayatyavirato vyāptakhadikkālo vināyakaḥ ||
bhagavan sarvatantrāṇi bhavatoktāni me purā |
nityānāṃ ṣoḍaśānāñca na ] + + नि कृत्स्रशः ॥
तेषामन्यान्यसापेक्षाज् जायते मतिविभ्रमः ।
तस्मात्तु निरपेक्षं मे तन्त्रं तासां वद प्रभो ॥
श्टणु कादिमतं तन्त्रं पूर्णमस्यानपेक्षया ।
गोप्यं सर्वप्रयत्नेन गोपनं तत्र चोदितम् ॥
कथं कादिमतं नाम्ना तन्मे ब्रूहि महेश्वर ।
कादि कालीति शक्तीस्ताः पुरा तत्तन्मते मया ॥
[ni kṛtsraśaḥ ||
teṣāmanyānyasāpekṣāj jāyate mativibhramaḥ |
tasmāttu nirapekṣaṃ me tantraṃ tāsāṃ vada prabho ||
śṭaṇu kādimataṃ tantraṃ pūrṇamasyānapekṣayā |
gopyaṃ sarvaprayatnena gopanaṃ tatra coditam ||
kathaṃ kādimataṃ nāmnā tanme brūhi maheśvara |
kādi kālīti śaktīstāḥ purā tattanmate mayā ||
] Colophon. इति षोडश नित्यातन्त्रे श्रीकादिमते पञ्चत्रिंशत् पटलम् ॥०॥
विषयः ।
पापानां वर्जनं पुण्यकरणे कौतुकं सदा ।
परस्तवननिन्दासु विरतिः (इतः खण्डितम् )
इह षट्त्रिंशतपटलाः सन्ति । तत्र १प्रथमे, तन्त्रावतारादिवर्णनम् । ९ये,
[iti ṣoḍaśa nityātantre śrīkādimate pañcatriṃśat paṭalam ||0||
viṣayaḥ |
pāpānāṃ varjanaṃ puṇyakaraṇe kautukaṃ sadā |
parastavananindāsu viratiḥ (itaḥ khaṇḍitam )
iha ṣaṭtriṃśatapaṭalāḥ santi | tatra 1prathame, tantrāvatārādivarṇanam | 9ye,
]