Śaivaṣoḍaśakriyā
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE10897
Type
Manuscrit
Language
Sanskrit
Creator
IFP and San Marga Trust
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_002162
Manuscript No.
RE10897
Title Alternate Script
शैवषोडशक्रिया
Language
Script
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Damaged
Folios in Text
34
Folio Range of Text
1a - 34b
Lines per Side
4 - 5
Folios in Bundle
34
Width
2.5 cm
Length
24.5 cm
Bundle No.
RE10897
Previous Place
Vedaranyam
Miscellaneous Notes
This Ms. gives a treatment of the 16 purificatory rites (kriyā) which a śaiva has to undergo. They are sacramental (saṃskāra) in their nature. The 16 are:- ṛtusaṃgamana, garbhādhāna, puṃsavana, śīmanta, viṣṇupūjā, jātakarman, nāmakaraṇa, niṣkramaṇa, annaprāśana, karaṇavedhana, caula, akṣarabodhana, upanayana, vratakarman, samāvartana and vivāha. The Ms. treats the preliminary rites in fol. 1a-12a and 11 sacraments beginning with jātakarmavidhi. Kāṇḍamocanavidhi is dropped
Text Contents
1.Folio 1a - 3a.agnimukhavidhi.
2.Folio 3a - 5b.mṛtsaṅgrahaṇavidhi.
3.Folio 6a - 10a.aṅkurārpaṇavidhi.
4.Folio 10a - 12a.kautukabandhanavidhi.
5.Folio 12a - 14a.jātakarmavidhi.
6.Folio 14a - 15a.utthapanavidhi.
7.Folio 15a - 17a.nāmakaraṇavidhi.
8.Folio 17a - 18a.upaniṣkrāmaṇavidhi.
9.Folio 18a - 19a.annaprāśanavidhi.
10.Folio 19a.piṇḍavardhanavidhi.
11.Folio 20a - 22b.caulavidhi.
12.Folio 22b - 27b.upanayana and kāṇdopakaraṇavidhi.
13.Folio 27b - 30b.samāvartanavidhi.
14.Folio 30b - 34b.vivāhavidhi.
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Manuscript Beginning
bhūmau samatalaṃ kṛtvā sikatāvi ....... krīḍādivivarjya hastapramāṇe....
Manuscript Ending
tataḥ caturthe'hani pūrvāhṇe tailābhyaṇgaṃ kṛtvā tayā saha snāpayitvā rātrau vahniṃ prakalpya bra........
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
Key
manuscripts_002162
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Cite as
Śaivaṣoḍaśakriyā,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on September, 14th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/379311