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IO San 777a

Record Id:
032-003720578
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IO San 777a
Title:
Series of Yoga tracts with character of Tantra literature.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
ff.51
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Sanskrit
Scripts:
Devanagari
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1799
Date Range:
1700-1799
Era:
CE
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IO San 777a

Series of Yoga tracts with character of Tantra literature.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Title: Series of Yoga tracts with character of Tantra literature.
"[The last lines contain a list of the subjects which were treated:] kariṣyāmi tvadājñeyamiti vijñāpanaṃ mama|bhūśuddhiṃ bhūtaśuddhiṃ ca pravilāpanamātṛkāṃ||prānapratiṣṭhāmajapāṃ agniprākāraveṣṭanaṃ|mahīyaṃtraṃ śiroyaṃtraṃ pīṭhākhyaṃ hṛdayāvhayaṃ||
ff. 9v-9v
"
Incipit: [The first piece begins:] asya śrī āsanamaṃtrasya merūpṛṣṭha ṛṣiḥ kūrmo devatā sutalaṃ (sic!) chaṃdaḥ āsane viniyogaḥ praṇavasya parabrahma ṛṣiḥ paramātmā devatā daivī gāyatrī chaṃdaḥ prāṇāyāme viniyogaḥ atikrūramahākāyakalpāṃtadahanopamabhairavāya namastubhyamanujñāṃ dātumaṛhati yāgabhūmāvakṣatapuṣpānnikṣipya bhūmiṃ prārthayet.
ff. 1v-1v
"[The second piece treats Sandhyā, incipit begins:] trikoṇamardhyehnīkāraṃ koṇāgre praṇavena tu daṃḍe tu vyāhṛtiścaiva saṃdhyāyaṃtraṃ vilikhyaset (sic!).
ff. 10r-10r
" "[The second piece ends:] ācamya saṃdhyā saṃāptā||
ff. 16r-16r
" "[The third piece called saṃdhyāvaṃdanavidhiḥ:] asya śrīsaṃdhyāvaṃdanamaṃtrasya sāṃdīpanī bhagavānṛṣiḥ anuṣṭup chaṃdaḥ brahmā devatā śobhanavaktraṃ bījaṃ nīlagrīvā iti śaktiḥ netreti kīlakaṃ vaṃdanārthe viniyogaḥ.
ff. 16r-16r
" "[The fourth piece is called Layayoga. incipit begins:] praṇamya śirasā devaṃ kṛtāṃjalirabhāṣata| jīvanmuktipadopāyaṃ kathayasveti pṛcchati||
ff. 17r-17r
" "[The fourth piece ends:] ityamanaskakalpakhaṃḍe īśvaravāmadevasaṃvāde layayogaḥ prathamaḥ||
ff. 21r-21r
" "[The fifth piece is called Śaivasiddhānta. Incipit begins:] vāmadevaḥ bhagavaṇ deva deveśa paramānaṃda suṃdara| tvatprasādānmayā labdhaḥ pūrvayogaḥ savistaraḥ||
ff. 21r-21r
" "[The fifth piece ends:] dāṃtānāṃ kuśalānāṃ ca satataṃ mokṣamichatāṃ|śraddhāvatāṃ suśiṣyāṇāṃ śāstrametat prakāśayet||śāstrametat prayatnena sadābhyāsaṃ mumukṣubhiḥ|yasya dhāraṇamātreṇa svayaṃ tattvaṃ prakāśate||iti śrīśaivasiddhāṃte||(sic!)
ff. 26v-26v
" "[The last piece is called Siddhasiddhāntapaddhati. The incipit begins:] ādināthaṃnamaskṛtvā śaktiyuktaṃ jagadgurūṃ| vakṣye gorakṣanāthoyaṃ siddhasiddhāṃtapaddhatiṃ||
ff. 26v-26v
" "[The last piece ends with a long series of ślokas:] vidadhātvaṛthanilayaṃ bhaktānugrahamūrtimān|smarānaṃdabharaṃ cetogaṇapatyabhidhaṃ mahaḥ|| śrī|| iti gorakṣanāthakṛtau siddhasiddhāṃtapaddhatau avadhūtayogilakṣaṇaṃ nāma sarvaṃ ṣaṣṭhopadeśaḥ||
ff. 51r-51r
"

An author's name mentioned only for the last of these texts.

There is a mystical figure in the middle of the first page.

Authorities quoted: Lalitāsvachanda, fol.37a, 1.9; Pratyabhijñā, fol.37b, 1.2; Vāmakeśvaratantra, ibid. 1.5; Bakulaka, fol.38a, 1.1; Śivānandācārya, fol.38a, 1.5; Tattvasaṃhitā, fol.39a, 1.8; Śaṃkarācārya, fol.39b, 1.3; cārvākāścaturāḥ svataṛkanipuṇā dehātmavāde ratāḥ fol.48a, 1.6.

The fourth (fol.17a) and the fifth piece (fol.21a) bears a pauranic character, it is part of an Amanaskakalpakhaṇḍa.

The last piece is by Gorakṣanātha(also Śaṃkaranātha, see the last couplets) in six upadeśas.

There is a note by Colebrooke on the first page: "Avadhūta yogī lacṣaṇa by Goracṣa nātha. Other forms observed by Avadhūta Yogīs". But this only holds good for the last chapter of the last piece. There is a mystical figure in the middle of the first page.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: ff.51
Dimensions (leaf): 26.6 × 11.4 cm.
Dimensions (written): 20 × 7 cm.

Condition

damaged binding, badly worm-eaten

damagaed binding, many wormholes throughout the manuscript

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 9

Hand(s)

clumsy but clear writing.

History

Origin: 1700-1799

Provenance and Acquisition

H.T. Colebrooke

Availability

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Surrogates

Microfilm IOL 2321

Bibliography