Pauṣkarāgama

Metadata

Bundle No.

RE10866

Type

Manuscrit

Subject

Śaiva, Śaivasiddhānta, Āgama

Language

Sanskrit

Creator

ga.napatipa.n.daara

Date Created

2009-2010

Source

Institut Français de Pondichéry

License

Key

manuscripts_001975

Manuscript No.

RE10866a

Title Alternate Script

पौष्करागम

Uniform Title

Pauṣkara

Subject Description

Language

Script

Scribe

Gaṇapatipaṇḍāra

Type

Manuscript

Material

Condition

Good

Folios in Text

9

Folio Range of Text

1a - 9b

Lines per Side

10 - 16

Folios in Bundle

238

Width

4.5 cm

Length

16.8 cm

Bundle No.

RE10866

Previous Owner

gaṇapatipaṇḍāra

Previous Place

Vedaranyam

Miscellaneous Notes

Same as no. 168.4. this text contains chapters 1and 2 of this āgama and breaks off in 'sloka 5 of the 3rd chapter. The pauṣkarāgama is the fourth among the 7 upāgama-s of the pārameśvara (26th mūlāgama), the other 6 being: mātaṅga, yakṣiṇīpadma, pārameśvara, suprayoga, haṃsa and sāmānya. Pauṣkarāgama is the name according to śaivabhūṣaṇa but it is pauṣkara according to the kāmika (pūrva) 1. 87b (S.I.A.A). Its jñānapādahas been printed : 1. Chidambaram - Grantha - 1925 (with the bhāṣya of umāpatiśivācārya); 2. CP. Madras, Grantha, with Tamil meaning. The fly-leaf contains a list of eight chapters of pauṣkarāgama along with the number of grantha-s in each of them, and a note on some domestic transaction (of the owener of the Ms.)

Manuscript Beginning

śrīkaṇṭhagurubhyo namaḥ। ṛṣaya ūcuḥ। bhagavan devadeveśa brahmaviṣṇvindranāyaka। āpiṅgalajaṭājūṭa āropitārdhenduśekhara। vyāghracarmaparīdhāna tadūrdhvaṃ vyālabandhana॥

Manuscript Ending

kalādīkṣitaparyantamavibhaktipurassaram। vibhaktatvādyathā bīje skandhaparṇaphalādikam। na ca gauṇamupādānantriguṇānāṃ vibhāgataḥ। guṇāvibhāga

Catalog Entry Status

Complete

No. in Descriptive Catalog

179.1

Key

manuscripts_001975

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Cite as

Pauṣkarāgama, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on July, 6th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/379124