Parvatalakṣaṇa
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE15550
Type
Manuscrit
Subject
Śilpa
Language
Sanskrit
Creator
IFP and San Marga Trust
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_003499
Manuscript No.
RE15550e
Title Alternate Script
पर्वतलक्षण
Subject Description
Language
Script
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Good
Folios in Text
2
Folio Range of Text
14a - 15b
Lines per Side
7 - 8
Folios in Bundle
205
Width
2.7 cm
Length
35 cm
Bundle No.
RE15550
Other Texts in Bundle
Miscellaneous Notes
This text contains the description of parvata, one of 96 vimāna-s with its varieties and forms part of śilpaśāstra. The source of this treatment is not known. Iiśvara discourses on matters like this to agastya. This vimāna is of five kinds. Mayamata deals with this kind of vimāna
Manuscript Beginning
agastya uvāca। devadeva mahādeva deveśa jagatāṃ guro। vimānaṃ ṣaṇṇavatyāñca brūhi me parameśvara॥ ī'svara uvāca। śṛṇvagastya muniśreṣṭha vimānalakṣaṇaṃ kramāt। vidhaṣṣaṇṇavatibhedantatotkṛṣṭantu parvatam॥ parvataṃ pañcabhedaṃ hi nāmamānam athocyate। utpattisthiti nāśāya tiraskāram anugraham। tadaṅgagiribhedañ ca lakṣaṇañ ca pṛthak pṛthak। uddhyāvāñjalādharaṃ tapanādhāram eva ca॥
Manuscript Ending
nābhyantaṃ meḍhrasīmāntaṃ yajamānodayaṃ viduḥ। urvādhārādimūrtiṇāṃ pratijoś caṃ tathā matam॥ evam ādiprakāreṇa avyaktamapyādhārakam। devābhyāṃ sthāpite kāle daivikaṃ tu pratiṣṭhitaḥ॥
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
No. in Descriptive Catalog
298.5
Key
manuscripts_003499
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Cite as
Parvatalakṣaṇa,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on September, 11th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/380648