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The following text, in Malayalam script, is written with a pen on a slip of paper inserted before the first folio of the manuscript: dēvīmāhātmyaṃ triśatī mattraprayogaṅṅaḷ rāju 3 - 8 - 87<\/i><\/div><\/div>

Marginalia<\/b><\/p>

The Tamil word veḷi<\/i> is written in Tamil script on the bottom margin in 19r and on the top margin in 19v (original foliation lost).<\/div>
The following title is written on the mid-left margin of folio 30r (original foliation 64): hariḥ om virūpākṣapañcāśiti |<\/i><\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Subject(s)", "value": "Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Purāṇa; Stotra; Śākta; Tantra" }, { "label": "Associated Name(s)", "value": "Robert E. Stolper" }, { "label": "Format", "value": "Tālapatra" }, { "label": "Data Source(s)", "value": "Direct inspection." }, { "label": "Language(s)", "value": "Sanskrit." }, { "label": "Author(s)", "value": "Amṛtānandanātha" }, { "label": "Binding", "value": "

Wood cover, original binding.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Condition", "value": "Incomplete, most folios damaged (see Summary)." }, { "label": "Script", "value": "

Grantha, incised, in black ink. <\/div><\/div>" }, { "label": "Excerpts", "value": "
Incipit:<\/b> [1r1] (original foliation: 1)<\/a> atra dakṣināmūrttiṛṣiḥ [<\/i>gāyatrī ccha<\/i>]<\/i>ndaḥ - gaṇeśagrahanakṣatra[<\/i>yoga<\/i>]<\/i>[1r2]nīśarāśipīṭhikārūpiṇi śrīmahātṛpurasundarī devatā - [1r3] śrīvidyāṃgatvena nyāse viniyogaḥ |<\/div>
Incipit, section:<\/b> [4r1] (original foliation lost)<\/a> nyāsam āvāhanañ caiva nāmāny arggalakilakaṃ - hṛdayañ ca dalañ cai[4r2]va ddhyānaṃ kavacam eva ca - māhātmañ ca rahasyañ ca sūktayukteṣu paṭhya[4r3]te - sūktaṃ vinā saptaśatistotran niṣphalam āpnuyāt_ | asya śrīsapta[4r4]śatīnyāsasya mārkkaṇḍeyavedavyāsabrahmāviṣṇumaheśvaraṛṣa[4r5]yaḥ |<\/div>
Explicit, section:<\/b> [5v8] (original foliation lost)<\/a> patmābh[5v9]āṃ hi nisuṃbhasuṃbhama〚<\/i>dha<\/i>〛<\/i>dhanīṃ vande mahāśāradāṃ \u2014 hariḥ om ❈ [5v10] śrīmadakhila[<\/i>ndu<\/i>]<\/i>nīsahāyaṃ ❈ oṃ<\/div>
Explicit, section:<\/b> [6v3] (original foliation lost)<\/a> vastrāsane [6v4] vyādhināśaṃkaṃ phale duḥkhamocanaṃ kṛṣṇājine jñāna[6v5]siddhi syā mokṣa śrīvyāghracarmmaṇi | ābhicāradikan nī[6v6]laṃ raktaṃ vaiśyādakarmmasu | dhavale śāntimokṣārtthaṃ [6v7] sarvārtthaṃ ci◎trakaṃ bale | evam evā◎sanaṃ proktaṃ<\/div>
Explicit, section:<\/b> [13v2] (original foliation lost)<\/a>[<\/i>-5-<\/i>]<\/i>[<\/i>aunabhū<\/i>]<\/i>ṣitavigraho mūlapūrveṇa [13v3][<\/i>-5-<\/i>]<\/i>kadeśe śivam iṣṭyāvāmapā〚<\/i>-1-<\/i>〛<\/i>ṣṇī trirā〚<\/i>-1-<\/i>〛<\/i>[13v4][<\/i>-5-<\/i>]<\/i>ātrayeṇa ca pātālādigatān_ bhedā[13v5][<\/i>-5-<\/i>]<\/i>ghnānut_sāryya śiromu◎khaṇṭhat_ mūla[13v6][<\/i>-5-<\/i>]<\/i>mūlaṃ<\/div>
Explicit, section:<\/b> [19r11] (original foliation partially lost: ?5)<\/a> viddhvaṃsaya | 2 | marddaya | 2 | drāvaya | 2 | sakalāśādun_madhini | 2 | [19v1] asmān_ | paramantraparayantraparatantraśyanyakṣudrebhyaḥ samyak_ rakṣa | 2 | [19v2] oṃ śrīṃ phaṭ_ svāhā ❈ iti dalaṃ saṃpūrṇa ❈<\/div>
Explicit, section:<\/b> [33v5] (original foliation: 61)<\/a> iti trayodaśam āhuḥ    prajñā pratiṣṭhā prajñānaṃ brahmā | sa yaś cāyaṃ [33v6] puruṣe yaś cāsā◎v āditye | ekaḥ ayam ātmā bra◎hmā[33v7]smi \u2014 tatvam<\/i>(!)<\/i> asi tva◎n tad asi tvaṃ brahmāsmi | prāṇo ◎ smi prajñātmā | [33v8] anyad eva adhi◎brahmajyotir aham | ❈<\/div>
Explicit, section:<\/b> [35v6] (original foliation: 66)<\/a> yā sa◎mabhihārataḥ kriyā dīkṣitatra<\/i>(!)<\/i> gu◎rubhāvanādi[35v7]kā | sā bibheda[<\/i>lya<\/i>]<\/i>◎bhāvanādikābhyasyatāṃ para◎śivaikyasi[35v8]ddhaye | 38 | ity amṛtā◎nandanāthaviracitadvilāsas<\/i>(!)<\/i> samā◎ptaḥ | ❈ [35v9] śrīgurubhyo namaḥ | ❈<\/div>
Explicit, section:<\/b> [37v2] (original foliation: 88)<\/a> tac chrūṇusva mayājñātaṃ yathāvat_ kathayāmy te | 36 | 159 | [37v3] iti śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurā         ṇe sūryasāvarṇike ma[37v4]nvantare śakrādistutiś caturttho ddhyāyaḥ | ❈<\/div>
Explicit, section:<\/b> [46v2] (original foliation: 218)<\/a>❈ itī śrīmārkaṇḍeyapurāṇe sūryasāva[46v3]rṇike manvantare devīmāhātmye mūrttirahasyaṃ ṣoḍaśo ddhyāyaḥ | ❈ [46v4] śrīmat_kāmākṣyai namaḥ śrīguruṃ paraṃ parācaraṇapā[<\/i>-1-<\/i>]<\/i>jābhyāṃ saha[46v6]srakṛtvaḥ praṇāmami ❈ oṃ sat_guruve jaya maṃgalam | ❈<\/div>
Explicit:<\/b> [54v7] (original foliation lost)<\/a>◎ auṃ aiṃ [54v8] vijayā nityā + ◎ mū + 4 + oṃ svauṃ sarvamaṃ◎galā nityā [54v9] + mū + 4 + auṃ ◎ on namo bhagavatī jyālā mālinī deva[54v10]devī sarvabhūtasaṃhārike jātavedasi jvalanti jvala jvala prajvala hrāṃ [54v11] [<\/i>hrīṃ ssa-1-<\/i>]<\/i> ra ra ra ra ra ra jvālā mālinī [<\/i>-3-<\/i>]<\/i> svāhā [<\/i>k.i<\/i>]<\/i>nne aiṃ<\/div>" }, { "label": "Physical Location", "value": "Cambridge University Library" }, { "label": "Abstract", "value": "

A modern manuscript containing various texts, written by several different hands. Many folios are missing, and some of the exant ones are badly damaged. Moreover, all folios are severely worn on the left side, with the result that foliation is lost in most of them (originally each work had his own indipendent foliation). The folios in the manuscript are completely jumbled, but, due to the loss of the foliation, their original arrangement can be restored only through a study of the texts. For this reason, in the trascriptions below the foliation is given according to the current order of the folios; whenever the original foliation is retained, it has been added in brackets.

Among the texts included in the manuscript are the Virūpākṣapañcāśiti<\/i> (see under Marginalia), the Devīmāhātmya<\/i> (or Durgasaptaśatī<\/i>) with its ancillary texts (see incipit in folio 4r and explicit in folio 46v), and the Cidvilāsastavaḥ<\/i> (see explicit in folio 35v), this last being a Śrīvidyā work ascribed to Amṛtānandanātha (also known as Amṛtānandayogī), the author of the Yoginīhṛdayadīpikā<\/i> and Ṣaṭtriṃśattattvasaṃdohaḥ<\/i>.<\/p><\/p>" }, { "label": "Title", "value": "A Digest of Tantric and devotional texts" }, { "label": "Author(s) of the Record", "value": "Marco Franceschini., CUDL PID Workflow" }, { "label": "Material", "value": "Palm leaf.

Folio height: 5.2 cm, width: 16.5 cm. <\/p>" }, { "label": "Layout", "value": "Written area height: 4.0-4.5 cm, width: 14.0-14.5 cm.

10 to 16 lines per page.<\/p> Two string holes." }, { "label": "Date of Acquisition", "value": "August-September 1992 (Handlist)." }, { "label": "Foliation", "value": "

1. Original: Grantha numerals, mid-left margin, recto. Foliation is lost in most folios (see Summary).<\/p>" }, { "label": "Bibliography", "value": "

Manuscripts<\/b><\/p>

Devīmāhātmya<\/i>. NCC: Vol. 9, p. 143-149. CSISM: No. 42, p. 48-49. Cf. Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, MS Or.2344<\/a>, MS Or.2347.1<\/a>, MS Or.2348<\/a>, MS Or.2351<\/a>, MS Or.2352.1<\/a>, MS Or.2364<\/a>; cf. also: MS Ad.1578.<\/a><\/div><\/div>

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

Sarmā, Harikṛṣṇa Vyaṅkaṭarāma (ed.), Durgāsaptaśatī: Durgāpradīpa, Guptavatī, Caturdharī, Śāntanavī, Nāgojībhaṭṭī, Jagaccandracandrikā, Daṃśoddhāra iti saptaṭīkāsaṃvalitā<\/i> (Delhi: Buṭālā, 1988).<\/div><\/div>

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

NCC = Raghavan, Venkatarama, K. Kunjunni Raja and N. Veezhinathan, New Catalogus Catalogorum. An Alphabetical Register of Sanskrit and Allied Works and Authors<\/i>, Madras University Sanskrit series (Madras: University of Madras, 1949-).<\/div>
CSISM = Winternitz, M., 1863-1937. and Frederick William, 1867-1956. Thomas, A catalogue of South Indian Sanskrit manuscripts (especially those of the Whish collection) belonging to the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland<\/i>, Asiatic Society monographs (London: Royal Asiatic Society, 1902).<\/div><\/div>
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