Vīrāgama

Metadata

Bundle No.

T0031

Subject

Śaiva, Śaivasiddhānta, Āgama

Language

Sanskrit

Creator

IFP and Muktabodha Indological Research Institute

Date Created

2006

Source

Institut Français de Pondichéry

Key

transcripts_000083

License

Type

Manuscript

Manuscript No.

T0031

Title Alternate Script

वीरागम

Uniform Title

Vīra

Subject Description

Language

Script

Scribe

T. Ramanujam

Material

Condition

Good

Manuscript Extent

Incomplete

Folios in Text

222

Folio Range of Text

1 - 222

Lines per Side

10

Folios in Bundle

222+3=225

Width

22 cm

Length

34 cm

Bundle No.

T0031

Miscellaneous Notes

Copied from a MS belonging to Kunnakkudi. The exemplar is written in grantha characters. There are three pages extra in the beginning, the first of which records the title, the second records the contents of the text and the third page has a note which reads: " vīrāgama
vīrāgama
This manuscript of vīrāgama belongs to mumamudi. This is in a book form written in a half foolscap size. This is written in grantha characters. There are 42 pages in the manuscript. There are about forty lines per page. The paṭalas number eighteen and verses (ślokas) 1102 in all. This has been written in 222 pages in the transcript. The paṭalas are not in regular order and the last one stops in the middle. The matter is incomplete. J Ramanujam. There are two extra pages at the end, which read some of the verses from vīrāgama

Text Contents

1.Page 1 - 17.tantrāvatārapaṭala (prathama).
2.Page 18 - 24.pañcākṣarapaṭala (dvitīya).
3.Page 25 - 44.mantroddhārapaṭala (caturtha).
4.Page 45 - 51.puṣpalakṣaṇapaṭala (pañcama).
5.Page 52 - 86.dīkṣāmaṇḍalavidhi (karṣaṇa, vāstulakṣaṇa, bali, dīkṣāmaṇḍalavidhayaḥ) (aṣṭama).
6.Page 87 - 106.dīkṣāvidhi (navama).
7.Page 107 - 109.grahābhiṣekavidhi (daśama).
8.Page 110 - 116.śaucācamanasnānapaṭala (ekādaśa).
9.Page 117 - 124.bhasmasnānapaṭala.
10.Page 125 - 150.mantranyāsavidhi, agnikāryavidhi.
11.Page 151 - 163.nityotsavavidhi.
12.Page 164 - 169.parivāralakṣaṇavidhi.
13.Page 170 - 178.rakṣādīpapaṭala.
14.Page 179 - 189.aṅkurārpaṇavidhi.
15.Page 190 - 202.utsavasūcanam.
16.Page 203 - 209.vṛṣayāga.
17.Page 210 - 217.dhvajārohaṇavidhi.
18.Page 218 - 222.bherītāḍanam (asamagraḥ).
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Manuscript Beginning

Page - 1, l - 1; śrīḥ। śubham astu। oṃ śrīsaccidānanda umāmaheśvarābhyāṃ namaḥ। vīrāgamaḥ। samastavidyākusumairalaṅkṛtāṃ śaśiprabhāṃ bālaśaśāṅkaśekharām। ayugmanetrāmaravindaja priyāṃ namāmi devīṃ varadāṃ sarasvatīm॥1 praṇamya bhagavantaṃ hi paripṛcchatpitāmaham। tantrāṇāmudbhavaṃ kiñcit tatsarvaṃ brūhi me prabho॥2 īśvara uvāca - tatsarvamakhilaṃ vakṣye śṛṇuṣva kamalāsana। tanoti vipulānarthān tattvamantrasamāśritān॥3

Manuscript Ending

Page - 222, l - 1; ācāryaṃ pūjayettatra vādyaṃ sampūjayettataḥ। vāmadevena mantreṇa arcayitvā viśeṣataḥ॥21 tāḍayecchivamantreṇa ācāryo mantravigrahaḥ। vādyakastāḍayetpaścāt nandimantreṇa saṃyutam॥22 kulodgato viditātmā tāḍayettālameva ca। carcapuṭaṃ tu brahmāṇaṃ cācapuṭa dvitīyake॥ 23 ॥ indrasya sa - - ॥

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Complete

Key

transcripts_000083

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Vīrāgama, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Transcripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on September, 11th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/372668