Svāyambhuvāgama
Manuscript No.
T0039
Title Alternate Script
स्वायम्भुवागम
Uniform Title
Svāyambhuva
Subject Description
Language
Script
Scribe
P. Neelakanta Sarma
Date of Manuscript
26/09/1958
Material
Condition
Bad and injured
Manuscript Extent
[Complete]
Folios in Text
301
Folio Range of Text
1 - 301
No. of Divisions in Text
58
Range of Divisions in Text
1 - 58
Title of Divisions in Text
paṭala
Lines per Side
20
Folios in Bundle
301+6=307
Width
22 cm
Length
34 cm
Bundle No.
T0039
Miscellaneous Notes
This transcript has been copied from a MS belonging to Akshaiya Sivacharya, son of Kalyana Sivacharya, of Kilvelur, Tanjore Dt. Paṭalas 32 to 35 are stated to belong to the vidyāpāda and those from 36 to 45 to the yogapāda; the other paṭalas are said to belong to the kriyāpāda. There are six pages extra in the beginning, two sets of contents and notes. The note reads: " svāyambhuva
The svāyambhuvāgama palm-leaf manuscript belongs to śrī akṣayaśivācārya son of late śrīkalyānaśivācārya Kivalur, Tanjvor Dt. There are 113 palm-leaves in the manuscript. Each palm-leaf measures 4 cm by 42 cm. On an average six to seven lines are written on a page. There are 58 paṭalas in the manuscript. The total number of ślokas are 2966. Paṭalas 32 to 35 are stated to be vidyāpāda and those from 36 to 48 yogapāda. The other paṭalas are kriyāpāda. The writer of the palm-leaf manuscript, Anantakrishna, closes the work with a xerox of his own at the end of 57th paṭala. But another paṭala as the 58th (gaṇeśotsava) has been added subsequently. The work does not deal with the installations (pratiṣṭhā) of deities except. durgā, lakṣmī and liṅga. It deals about the pūjākramas (pūjākramaḥ). ayutakalaśasnapanavidhi or snapana with 10000 kalaśas, is specially treated in the work. Numbers mistakes and omissions, leave found place in the manuscript. Neelakantha Sarma, 26/09/1958 "
Text Contents
1.Page 1 - 2.taṃtrasṛṣṭi (prathama).
2.Page 2 - 8.śivamaṃtralakṣaṇa (dvitīya).
3.Page 8 - 11.śivāṅgalakṣaṇa (tṛtīya).
4.Page 11 - 12.brahmalakṣaṇa (caturtha).
5.Page 12 - 15.snānavidhi (pañcama).
6.Page 15 - 17.bhasmasnānavidhi (ṣaṣṭha).
7.Page 17 - 21.śivapūjāvidhi (saptama).
8.Page 21 - 24.arcanāvidhi (aṣṭama).
9.Page 24 - 29.sakṛdarcanāvidhi (navama).
10.Page 30 - 56.mahāsnapanavidhi (daśama).
11.Page 56 - 60.snapanavidhi (ekadaśa).
12.Page 60 - 64.kṛttikādīpavidhi (dvādaśa).
13.Page 64 - 66.mudrālakṣaṇa (trayodaśa).
14.Page 67 - 71.ṣaṭsamayabheda (caturdaśa).
15.Page 71 - 74.sāmānyaviśeṣa (pañcadaśa).
16.Page 74 - 76.deśikādinirdeśa (ṣoḍaśa).
17.Page 77 - 82.agnikāryavidhi (saptadaśa).
18.Page 82 - 83.agnikāryavidhi (aṣṭādaśa).
19.Page 84 - 86.adhivāsanavidhi (ekonaviṃśati).
20.Page 86 - 88.samayasaṅskāra (viṃśati).
21.Page 88 - 90.adhivāsanavidhi (ekaviṃśati).
22.Page 90 - 92.dīkṣāvidhi (dvāviṃśati).
23.Page 92 - 96.ṣaḍadhvadīkṣā (trayoviṃśati).
24.Page 97 - 101.ācāryābhiṣeka (caturviṃśati).
25.Page 101.abhiṣekavidhi (pañcaviṃśati).
26.Page 102 - 103.caṇḍayāgavidhi (ṣaḍviṃśati).
27.Page 103 - 108.vrataprāyaścittavidhi (saptaviṃśati).
28.Page 109.sādhaka (aṣṭaviṃśati).
29.Page 110 - 112.ācāryavidhi (ekonatriṃśat).
30.Page 112 - 114.ācārapaṭala (triṃśati).
31.Page 114 - 116.antyeṣṭividhi (ekatriṃśat).
32.Page 117 - 119.paśuvicāra (trayatriṃśat).
33.Page 119 - 121.pāśavicāra (catutriṃśat).
34.Page 122 - 123.śivasṛṣṭividhi (pañcatriṃśat).
35.Page 123 - 132.adhvavidhāna (ṣaḍtriṃśat).
36.Page 133 - 137.yogapāda (saptatriṃśat).
37.Page 137 - 140.padārthapaṭala (aṣṭatriśat).
38.Page 140 - 146.adhvavidhi (ekonacatvāriṃśat).
39.Page 146 - 148.bhuvanapaṭala (catvāriṃśat).
40.Page 148.bhuvanadīkṣā (ekacatvāriṃśat).
41.Page 148 - 150.maṃtrasādhana (dvicatvāriṃśat).
42.Page 150 - 152.ātmapaṭala (tricatvāriṃśat).
43.Page 152 - 158.yogapāda (pañcacatvāriṃśat).
44.Page 158 - 160.mānasayogapāda (ṣaḍcatvāriṃśat).
45.Page 160 - 161.mānasayoga (saptacatvāriṃśat).
46.Page 162 - 163.brahmalakṣaṇa (aṣṭacatvāriṃśat).
47.Page 163 - 172.prathameṣṭakā (ekonapañcāśat).
48.Page 173 - 183.uttarasūtraprāsāda (pañcāśat).
49.Page 184.mūrdheṣṭigarbhanyāsa (ekapañcāśat).
50.Page 184 - 190.agnikārya (dvipañcāśat).
51.Page 190 - 197.liṅgalakṣaṇa (tripañcāśat).
52.Page 197 - 218.durgāsthāpanādi (caturpañcāśat).
53.Page 218 - 223.lakṣmīpratiṣṭhā.
54.Page 223 - 235.snapanavidhimaṃtravidhi.
55.Page 235 - 239.śivarātripūjā.
56.Page 239 - 243.pradoṣapūjā.
57.Page 244 - 286.śivotsavavidhi.
58.Page 287 - 301.gaṇeśotsava.
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Manuscript Beginning
Page - 1, l - 1; svāyaṃbhuvāgamaḥ। nidhayesarvavidyānāṃ bhiṣajebhavarogiṇām। vandāru (kalpavṛ) kṣāya dakṣiṇāmūrtaye namaḥ॥ ānandanṛttasamaye naṭanāyakasya pādārabindamaṇinūpuraśiṃjitāni। ānandayanti madayanti bimohayanti romāñcayanti nayanāni kṛtārthayanti॥ athādāvabhayaḥ śabdaḥ kāraṇādakṣaraṃ tataḥ। kāraṇaṃ mokṣadaṃ brahman brahma brahmavido viduḥ॥1 tasmātsarvaprado devāṃ śabdarāśiriti smṛtaḥ। navaparvataśatārdhātmā yoni bījātmakaṃ param॥2 akārādi visargāntaṃ bījaṃ tatṣoḍaśātmakam। śeṣā yoniścatustriṃśa dakṣarāścākṣarātmikā॥3
Manuscript Ending
Page - 301, l - 1; āyurārogya jayadaṃ sadāvijayabardhanam। ihaloke sukhaṃ prāpya so'nte sāyujyamāpnuyāt॥141 prāyaścittārtha karmāṇi prāyaścittokta vartmanā। mantrabhedo viśeṣo'sti kriyābhedo na vidyate॥142 tasmātsāmānyam evoktaṃ sarvadharmasupūjitam॥ iti svāyaṃbhuvatantre gaṇeśotsavavidhipaṭalaḥ (aṣṭapañcāśaḥ)॥ 58॥
BIbliography
Some chapters in this bundle appear in the svāyambhuvasūtrasaṅgraha, part of which has been published under the title: 1/ svāyambhuvasūtrasaṅgrahaḥ, ed. by Veṅkaṭasubramaṇyaśāstri, pub. Rājakīyaśākhamudrālya, Mysore, 1937. 2/ svāyambhuvasūtrasaṅgrahaḥ - vidyāpādaḥ with the commentary of sadyojyoti, pun. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts and Motilal Banarsidass, New Delhi, (kalāmūlaśāstra Granthamāla 13) 1994. 3/ A French version printed unter the title "le tantra de Svayambhū, Vidyāpāda, avec le commentaire de sadyojyoti in the collection of, by Pierre-Sylvain Filliozat
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