Śaivasañjivinī
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE10924
Type
Manuscrit
Subject
Śaiva, Śaivasiddhānta, Kriyā, Dīkṣā
Language
Sanskrit
Tamil
Creator
e_ram reddi
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_002252
Manuscript No.
RE10924b
Title Alternate Script
शैवसञ्जिविनी
Subject Description
Scribe
Eṟam reddi
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Good but slightly injured
Folios in Text
164
Folio Range of Text
47a - 210b
No. of Divisions in Text
20
Title of Divisions in Text
adhikāra
Lines per Side
7 - 11
Folios in Bundle
414
Width
3.8 cm
Length
46 cm
Bundle No.
RE10924
Other Texts in Bundle
Previous Owner
marandai aḻakakurukkaL
Previous Place
Vedaranyam
Miscellaneous Notes
This text deal mainly with dīkṣā, its varities and te procedure thereof. Incidental topics like ācāryalakṣaṇa and others are also treadted. The treatment is mainly in Sanskrit and much of the directions and procedures are in Tamil. Treatment on fols. 90a-116a is in the form of verses numbering 649. The author is not known. Profouse citatations are made from standard texts like kāmika, kāraṇa and others, such as samānatantra (61a), tattvasaṃgraha (72a), ṣaṭsahasra (82a), kriyākaraṇamaṇḍana (89a), brahmaśambhupaddhati (91b), lakṣaṇasamuccaya (92a), mantranighaṇṭu (93b), vāsiṣṭhaliṅga (97a) and bālajñānaratnāvalī (78b). The colophons do not mention chapters 4 to 8 and 18. Chapters 3 and 17 are mentioned twice (3 on 80a and 87a; 17 on 196b and 208a)
Manuscript Beginning
samayagaiśvaryasaṃprāptyai śabdārthāvagamāya ca। sarvārthadāyinaṃ sadyassaṃseve sāmajānanam॥ 1॥ gaṅgādharamumākāntaṃ sarvābhīṣṭapradaṃ 'sivam। sukumārañca natvāryaṃ śivadīkṣāvidhiṃ bruve॥2॥
Manuscript Ending
asmadgurubhyo namo namaḥ। hara om। iti śaivasañjīvinīdīkṣāvardhātaṃ sampūrṇāṃ samāptā। hariḥ oṃ। hariḥ oṃ। śrīmatsāmbacidambareśvarāya namaḥ। sadā'sivārpaṇamastu। nandana saṃvatsaraṃ āśvījaṃ bahulatrayodaśinaṉṟu budhankiLamai......ṉāL śaivasañjīvinī nīlakaṇṭhareddiyār kumāran eṟam reddi eḻuti niṟaintatu। muttum। hariḥ om। marandai aḻakagurukkaL kumāṟaṉ kurukkaLaipācārya dīkṣāpaddhati śaivasañjīvinī pustakaṃ sampūrṇaṃ samāptam। hari om। asmadgurubhyo namaḥ। hari om॥
Bibliography
Printed by Dharmapuram Aadhīnam
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
No. in Descriptive Catalog
194.2
Key
manuscripts_002252
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Cite as
Śaivasañjivinī,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on September, 12th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/379401