Cidambarāṣṭaka

Metadata

Bundle No.

RE15393

Type

Manuscrit

Subject

Śaiva, Śaivasiddhānta, Mantra

Language

Sanskrit

Creator

IFP and San Marga Trust

Date Created

2009-2010

Source

Institut Français de Pondichéry

License

Key

manuscripts_002877

Manuscript No.

RE15393o

Title Alternate Script

चिदम्बराष्टक

Subject Description

Language

Script

Type

Manuscript

Material

Condition

Good

Folios in Text

2

Folio Range of Text

134a - 135a

Lines per Side

4 - 10

Folios in Bundle

173

Width

3 cm

Length

27.5 cm

Bundle No.

RE15393

Previous Place

Tirunelveli

Miscellaneous Notes

This contains in eight śloka-s, the description of naṭarāja's dance. This agrees with GOMS. Stotrārṇava 34 which is called cidambaranaṭanam in 11 śloka-s. This text has 7 śloka-s from this printed text and another 'sloka beginning with the words varaṃ kṣiti, not found in the printed text

Manuscript Beginning

sañcitamudañcitanikuñcitapatañjalajhalajhalitamañjukaṭakaṃ patañjalidṛgañjanamanañjanamacañcalapadañjananabhañjanakaram।

Manuscript Ending

haraṃ puraharaṃ suravaraṃ paśupatiñjanitadantimukhaṣaṇmukhasutaṃ kanakapiṅgaLajaṭaṃ śamitasaṃyamirujaṃ bhṛśaṃ kara(la)bhacarmavasanaṃ jaladhijanmagaraLaṃ kabalayantamamalandhṛḍhaṃ praṇavakandamabhayaṃ karapadaṃ varacidambaranaṭaṃ bhuvi bhaje॥8॥ cidambarāṣṭakaṃ samāptam। īśvarāyanamaḥ।

Catalog Entry Status

Complete

No. in Descriptive Catalog

261.15

Key

manuscripts_002877

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License

Cite as

Cidambarāṣṭaka, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on April, 20th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/380026