Pañcapraśnatantra

Metadata

Bundle No.

T0823

Subject

Śaiva, Śaivasiddhānta, Kriyā

Language

Sanskrit

Creator

IFP and Muktabodha Indological Research Institute

Date Created

2006

Source

Institut Français de Pondichéry

Key

transcripts_001671

License

Type

Manuscript

Manuscript No.

T0823

Title Alternate Script

पञ्चप्रश्नतन्त्र

Subject Description

Language

Script

Scribe

T. V. Subrahmanya Sastri

Material

Condition

Good

Manuscript Extent

[Complete]

Folios in Text

51

Folio Range of Text

1 - 51

No. of Divisions in Text

10

Range of Divisions in Text

1 - 10

Title of Divisions in Text

paṭala

Lines per Side

31

Folios in Bundle

51+2=53

Width

21 cm

Length

33 cm

Bundle No.

T0823

Miscellaneous Notes

Copied from a MS belonging to the GOML, Madras, No. R 5197. There are two extra pages in the beginning, the first of which records the contents of the text and the second gives the title of the text

Text Contents

1.Page 1 - 4.śāstrārambha.
2.Page 4 - 8.mantroddhāra.
3.Page 8 - 13.maṅgalārcanavidhi.
4.Page 13 - 18.mantroddhāraḥ.
5.Page 18 - 24.pūjāvidhi.
6.Page 24 - 28.maṇḍalapaṭala.
7.Page 28 - 31.dīkṣāvidhi.
8.Page 31 - 41.snapanapaṭala.
9.Page 41 - 46.adhivāsanavidhi.
10.Page 46 - 51.pratiṣṭhāvidhi.
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Manuscript Beginning

Page - 1, l - 1; śrīrāmacandraḥ pātu mām॥ ॥pañcapraśnatantram॥ śrīrastu avighnam astu॥ kailāsaśikhare ramye gandhamādanasaṃjñite। gaṅgātoya samākīrṇe devagandharva sevite॥ sugandhakusumākīrṇe śuddhasphaṭika saprabhe। duṣṭaiḥ parihṛte deśe śiṣṭaiśca parisevite॥ tapasyabhirataṃ devaṃ badarī nilayaṃ prabhum। vāsudevamahāyogiṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam॥

Manuscript Ending

Page - 51, l - 18; brāhmaṇān bhojayet paścādyathā vibhavavistaram। evaṃ nārāyaṇīṃ bhaktyā yastu saṃsthāpayedbhuvi॥ na tasya durlabhaṃ bhūmau na svarge'syāsti durlabham। malloke durlabhaṃ nāsti kiṃ punaḥ kathayāmi te। ॥iti pañcapraśne guhyatantre pratiṣṭhāpaṭalaḥ daśamaḥ॥

Catalog Entry Status

Complete

Key

transcripts_001671

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Pañcapraśnatantra, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Transcripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on September, 11th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/374256