Padmayantra (Prapañcasāra)
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE04213
Type
Manuscrit
Language
Sanskrit
Creator
IFP and San Marga Trust
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_000545
Manuscript No.
RE04213dd
Title Alternate Script
पद्मयन्त्र (प्रपञ्चसार)
Language
Script
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Good
Folios in Text
2
Folio Range of Text
57a - 58b
Lines per Side
7 - 14
Folios in Bundle
61
Width
3.2 cm
Length
21.5 cm
Bundle No.
RE04213
Other Texts in Bundle
Previous Owner
G.S. Sarma
Previous Place
Tirunelveli
Miscellaneous Notes
This contains the directions for drawing the padmayantra according to the cidambarakalpa (fol. 58a, 1.9). It is said that this is an extract from the work prapañcasāra and it is concluded on fol. 58b. The portion from fol. 58a, 1.9 upto fol. 58b 1.10 contains a treatment of the costellations and signs of the zodiac in respect of the letters. The study of this is to be made in the context of the preceptor's offering initiation to the pupil. This portion is almost a reproduction of the corresponding treatment in the prapañcasārasaṃgraha of gīrvāṇendrasarasvatīpāda. The subject matter dealt includes with in this text the method to find out which mantra-s would bear fruit to one who practises them. For this purpose, the following yantra-s are prescribed: 1. mātṛkāyantra; 2. nakṣatracakra; 3. rāśicakra; 4. ṛṇadhaniśodhanayantra; 5ṣiddhāriśodhanayantra; 6'kaḍamacakra out of these the 1st 3 are detailed in the text
Manuscript Beginning
ṣaṇṇavatyaṅgulāyāmaṃ vistārañcāpi tatsamam।
Manuscript Ending
iti prapañcasārasa?granthaṃ॥
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
No. in Descriptive Catalog
51.30
Key
manuscripts_000545
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Cite as
Padmayantra (Prapañcasāra),
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on September, 11th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/377694