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Marginalia<\/b><\/p>

On the bottom left margin of folio 2r<\/a>, a small correction was added, probably by the original hand.<\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Subject(s)", "value": "Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Śaiva; Śākta; Tantra" }, { "label": "Associated Name(s)", "value": "Jayaratha" }, { "label": "Format", "value": "Tālapatra" }, { "label": "Data Source(s)", "value": "Direct inspection." }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "Sanskrit." }, { "label": "Alternative Title(s)", "value": "Vāmakeśvara; Vāmakeśvarīmata; Vāmakeśvaratantra" }, { "label": "Condition", "value": "Incomplete. Folio 3<\/a> is damaged on the upper left margin and slightly worm eaten. Some akṣara<\/i>s are faded, but still readable." }, { "label": "Script", "value": "
Nepālākṣarā in black ink. <\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Excerpts", "value": "
Incipit:<\/b> [2r1]<\/a>na yasyā mātrāṣṭakaṃ sthitaṃ | vande tām aṣṭavarggasthā mahāsiddhyaṣṭakeśvarīṃ || 11 || kāmapūrṇṇajakārākhyaṃ śrīpīṭhāntanivāsinīṃ | caturājñākoṣabhūt[<\/i>āṃ<\/i>]<\/i> naumi śrītripurām ahaṃ || 12|| ❈ || [2r2] śrī devy uvāca || bhagavan_ sarvvamantrāś ca bhavatā me prakāśitāṃ | catu◎ṣaṣaṣṭiñ ca tantrāṇi mantṛṇāṃm<\/i>(!)<\/i> uttamāni tu || 13 || mahāmāyā [<\/i>sambara<\/i>]<\/i>ñ ca yoginī jālasa[<\/i>mbaraṃ<\/i>]<\/i> | tatvasamba¦[2e3]rakaṃ deva bhairavāṣṭakam eva ca || 14 || bahurūpāṣṭakaṃ jñānaṃ jāma¦◎lāṣṭakam eva ca | candra[<\/i>jñā<\/i>]<\/i>naṃ vāsukiñ ca mahāsaṃmohanan tathā || 15 ||<\/div>
Explicit:<\/b> [3r2]<\/a> punaḥ pūrvvavad evādyāṃ śaktivistārya bheda[3r3][<\/i>yet_<\/i>]<\/i> | urdhvavahnim adhovahnimadhye vahnivivarjjitaṃ || 34 || vi◎stārya bhedaye<\/i>(!)<\/i>śakti<\/i>(!)<\/i> adhastād ūrdhvavahninā | tato madhyādiśa[<\/i>ktyū<\/i>]<\/i>rddhvaśaktiṃ vistāra[<\/i>yed adha<\/i>]<\/i>ḥ || 35 || [3r4] tathaiva saṃpūṭīkuryāt_ sarvvacakraṃ sureśvari | tāñ ca tena ma[<\/i>he<\/i>]<\/i>◎sāni vahnicakrena bhedayet_ || 36 || granthibhedakrameṇaiva sarvvordhvasarvvabādhyataḥ | madhyorddhvaśaktipa¦[3r5]ryantaṃ ādiśaktyā vidhiṃ priye || 38 || tato bāhyastu<\/i>(!)<\/i> śaktyantaḥ śa◎kti \u2014 \u2014 \u2014<\/i><\/div>" }, { "label": "Physical Location", "value": "Cambridge University Library" }, { "label": "Abstract", "value": "

These palm-leaf fragments written in Nepālākṣarā contain a passage of the Nityāṣoḍaśikārṇava<\/i> (verses 11a8-39b2), a text of the Śaiva Śākta tradition (Śrīvidyā). Traditionally, this work is considered to constitute the first part of the Vāmakeśvaratantra<\/i>, the second part being the Yoginīhṛdaya<\/i>. The Nityāṣoḍaśikārṇava<\/i> consists of four hundred verses in five chapters and deals with the external worship of the goddess Tripurasundarī. The date of the work is unknown, but it must have been in existence by the beginning of the thirteenth century, when it received a commentary by the Kashmirian Jayaratha. It appears likely that our two fragments are what has survived of a manuscript, in which the scribe started to copy the Nityāṣoḍaśikārṇava<\/i> from the beginning, but abruptly broke off his endevour in the middle of verse 39, which is followed by plenty of blank space. Our leaves are found in a bundle containing a fragment of the Yoginīhṛdaya<\/i> (Or.722.6<\/a>), one leaf of the Kuśopadeśa<\/i> (Or.722.1<\/a>), as well as many hitherto unidentified fragments of Buddhist, Śaiva and generally Tantric texts, to which they don't seem to be related, although they appear to be equally old. Both the kind of palm leaf and the script are different to other folios in this bundle.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Nityasodaṣikārṇava" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "Nina Mirnig., CUDL PID Workflow" }, { "label": "Material", "value": "Palm leaf (Corypha).

Folio height: 5 cm, width: 32.9 cm. <\/p>" }, { "label": "Layout", "value": "Written area height: ca. 3.2-3.5 cm, width: ca. 29.2-29.5 cm.

6 lines per page, approximately 57 akṣara<\/i>s per line.<\/p> Akṣara height: ca.4-5 mm. Interlinear space height: 1 mm. One string hole left from the centre, framed by a blank square space. String hole spaces height: ca. 2.3-2.6 cm, width: ca. 2.5-2.7 cm.

<\/p>" }, { "label": "Date of Acquisition", "value": "March 1906 (handwritten note in pencil in the List of Oriental MSS.: \"1906 March Bequeathed by Professor Cecil Bendall See also Or.810-822\")." }, { "label": "Foliation", "value": "

1. Original: Nepālākṣarā numeral, mid-right margin, folio 2 verso.<\/p>

1. Original: Letter numeral, mid-left margin, folio 2 verso.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Bibliography", "value": "

Descriptions of the manuscript<\/b><\/p>

List of Oriental MSS. Class Catalogue of Oriental MSS.<\/i> (Cambridge: 1900\u2013).<\/div>
LVP = de La Vallée Poussin, Louis and Caroline Mary Ridding, U[niversity.L[ibrary].C[ambridge]. Catalogue of Sanskrit MSS [unpublished card catalogue]<\/i> (Cambridge: 1916).<\/div><\/div>

Manuscripts<\/b><\/p>

NGMCP: 40 listed manuscripts<\/a>, 22 catalogued manuscripts<\/a> (some of the manuscripts contain the text together with a commentary, and some manuscripts catalogued as Vāmakeśvaratantra<\/i> contain only the Yoginīhṛdaya<\/i>).<\/div>
A list of manuscripts is also given by Kaula (1945).<\/div><\/div>

Edition(s)<\/b><\/p>

Āgāśe, Kāśīnātha Śāstrī (ed.), Nityāṣoḍaśikarana from the Vāmakeśvaratantra<\/i>, The Anandasrama sanskrit series vol. 56 (Poona: Ānandāśrama Press, 1908).<\/div>
Kaula, Madhusūdana (ed.), The Vāmakeśvarīmatam: with the commentary of Rājānaka Jayaratha<\/i>, Kashmir series of texts and studies vol. 66 (Srinagar: Research Department Jammu and Kashmir Government, 1945).<\/div>
Kṛṣṇānandasāgara (ed.), Vāmakeśvarīmatam: Śrīmadrājānakajayarathaviracitavivaraṇopetam<\/i>, Śrīśivo'haṃsāgaragranthamālā vol. 13 (Varanasi: Krishnananda Sagar, 1985).<\/div><\/div>

Secondary Literature<\/b><\/p>

Dvivedī, Vrajavallabha, Nityāṣoḍaśikārṇavaḥ: Śivānandakr̥tayā R̥juvimarśinyā Vidyānandakr̥tayā Artharatnāvalyā Ca Saṃvalitaḥ<\/i>, Yogatantra-granthamālā vol. 1 (Vārāṇasī: 1968).<\/div>
Finn, Louise M., The Kulacūḍāmaṇi tantra and the Vāmakeśvara tantra with the Jayaratha commentary<\/i> (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1986).<\/div>
Goudriaan, Teun and Sanjukta Gupta, Hindu tantric and Śākta literature<\/i>, History of Indian literature (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1981) vol. 2,2.<\/div>
Magee, Michael (ed.), Vamakesvarimatam (text with Engl. transl.)<\/i>, Tantra granthamālā vol. 11 (Varanasi: Prachya Prakashan, 1986).<\/div>
Vamakeshvara tantra<\/i> (Londinium: Shambhala, 1983).<\/div><\/div>
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