Sanatkumārapraśnakumāratantra
Metadata
Bundle No.
T0114
Subject
Kaumāra, Āgama, Kriyā
Language
Sanskrit
Tamil
Creator
IFP and Muktabodha Indological Research Institute
Date Created
2006
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
Key
transcripts_000245
License
Type
Manuscript
Manuscript No.
T0114
Title Alternate Script
सनत्कुमारप्रश्नकुमारतन्त्र
Script
Scribe
P. B. Seshadri
Date of Manuscript
27/10/1965
Material
Condition
Good
Manuscript Extent
[Complete]
Folios in Text
160
Folio Range of Text
1 - 160
No. of Divisions in Text
28
Title of Divisions in Text
paṭala
Lines per Side
12
Folios in Bundle
160+1+2=163
Width
22 cm
Length
34 cm
Bundle No.
T0114
Miscellaneous Notes
Copied from the MS belonging to C. Swaminatha Gurukkal, Tambuchetty street, Madras - 1. Here in sanatkumārapraśnakumāratantra the preface has given in Tamil language and in Tamil script , for 10 pages, the text starts from page 11. Here and there the brief notes are also given in Tamil. As said this is one of the upāgama for lalitāgama. It is about the worship of kumāra, like nitya, naimittika and kāmya variety this kumāratantra is being called as - kauśikaprasna kumāratantra, devīpraśna kumāratantra, agastyapraśna kumāratantra, vāmadevapraśna kumāratantra. In this textr i.e. sanatkumārapraśna kumāratantra from saravaṇodbhavapaṭala to kalyāṇotsavapaṭala has given in 28 paṭalas. At the beginning of the text there is a note, which reads: " This transcript is copied from the paper manuscript of sanatkumārapraśnakumāratantra belonging to C. Swaminatha Gurukkal, Tambuchetty Street, Madras 1. This manuscript is of a size 20 1/2 x 33cm with an average 33 lines per page, the writing being fairly good. It contains 56 pages and the transcript covers 160 pages P. B. Seshadri, 27/10/1965 ". There is one page of notes and two pages of contents at the beginning of the text
Text Contents
0.Page 1 - 10.preface.
1.Page 11 - 28.śaravaṇodbhavapaṭala.
2.Page 29 - 37.abhiṣekārcana vidhipaṭala.
3.Page 38 - 39.annābhiṣekapūjā vidhi.
4.Page 40 - 48.śaṃkhābhiṣeka vidhi.
5.Page 49 - 52.ekādaśarudra mahanyāsa vidhipaṭala.
6.Page 53 - 59.snapana vidhipaṭala.
7.Page 60 - 62.pradoṣakālapūjā vidhipaṭala.
8.Page 63 - 64.sāyarakṣā vidhipaṭala.
9.Page 65 - 72.pādukārādhanavidhipaṭala.
10.Page 73 - 74.amāvāsyārcana vidhi.
11.Page 75.saṅkramapuṇyakālārcana vidhipaṭala.
12.Page 76.māsapūjā vidhipaṭala.
13.Page 77 - 80.vināyakavratotsava vidhipaṭala.
14.Page 80 - 84.navarātri vidhipaṭala.
15.Page 85 - 92.skandaṣaṣṭiutsava vidhipaṭala.
16.Page 93 - 98.kṛttikādīpotsava vidhipaṭala.
17.Page 99 - 100.dhanurmāsa uṣaḥkāla pūjā vidhipaṭala.
18.Page 101 - 102.nṛttamūrti abhiṣeka vidhipaṭala.
19.Page 103 - 109.ārdrotsava vidhipaṭala.
20.Page 110.puṣyotsava vidhipaṭala.
21.Page 111 - 114.śivarātripūjā vidhipaṭala.
22.Page 115.uṣṇaśāntyutsava vidhipaṭala.
23.Page 116.vasantotsava vidhipaṭala.
24.Page 117.vaiśākhotsava vidhipaṭala.
25.Page 118 - 119.āṣāḍhamāsotsava vidhipaṭala.
26.Page 120 - 153.mahotsava vidhipaṭala.
27.Page 154 - 156.bhadrakālyutsava vidhipaṭala.
28.Page 157 - 160.kalyāṇotsava vidhipaṭala.
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Manuscript Beginning
Page - 11, l - 1; ॥ śivamayam॥ sanatkumārapraśnakumāratantragranthaḥ॥ śaravaṇodbhavapaṭalaḥ athātassaṃpravakṣyāmi śaravaṇodbhavaṃ śṛṇu। śivodbhavantu saṃyuktaṃ śarajanmaṃ viśeṣataḥ॥ tasya binduśca saṃyuktaṃ yojyānādaṃ samucyate। nādaṃ nādāntavijñeyaṃ śivojñeyaṃ viśeṣataḥ॥
Manuscript Ending
Page - 160, l - 2; grāmapradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā ālayantu praveśayet। āśīrvādaṃ samāśritya samarpye maṅgalākṣatān। tāṃpūlañca samarpyātha prārthayedarthamīpsitam। evaṃ yaḥ kurute martyaḥ sarvān kāmān avāpnuyāt। iti sanatkumārapraśnakumāratantre kalyāṇotsavavidhipaṭalaḥ samāptaḥ॥
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transcripts_000245
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Sanatkumārapraśnakumāratantra,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Transcripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on September, 11th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/372830