Śaivabhūṣaṇa
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE19028
Type
Manuscrit
Subject
Śaiva, Śaivasiddhānta, Āgama, Nibandha
Language
Sanskrit
Creator
subrahma.nyakurukkal
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_004045
Manuscript No.
RE19028b
Title Alternate Script
शैवभूषण
Subject Description
Language
Script
Scribe
Subrahmaṇyakurukkal
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Good
Folios in Text
22
Folio Range of Text
218a - 239a
Lines per Side
9 - 10
Folios in Bundle
246
Width
3.5 cm
Length
39.7 cm
Bundle No.
RE19028
Other Texts in Bundle
Previous Owner
subrahmaṇyan
Previous Place
Tirukalukundram
Miscellaneous Notes
This text is similar to Cat. no. 194.4. It contains the sanskrit introduction for each verse. The author's name jñānaprakāśa is not given since some verses in the beginning are lost. The text has been published at Devakottai with a Tamil translation wherein the author's name is given as pañcākṣarayogin a pupil of jñānaprakā'sa. It contains 353 verses totally whereas the text under notice having 193 verses only. Many verses are left out in the text
Manuscript Beginning
natvā śaṃkaram ambikāṃ gaṇapatiṃ ṣāṇmāturaṃ nandinaṃ tatpaścāt samayānvavāyanivahaṃ matbodhakandeśikam। nānāvarṇavicitraśabdaracanāhemnā tulāgāminā śaivānāṃ kriyate śivāgamavacoratnānvitaṃ bhūṣaṇam।1। anena 'slokena samastamaṅgalāvāptikaraṇaṃ sveṣṭadevatānamaskārapūrvakaṃ 'sāstranāmadheyamuktamiti jñeyam।
Manuscript Ending
śrotrāṇāṃ paṭhatāṃ bhadraṃ bhūyāc chambhuprasādataḥ। bhuktimuktirabhīṣṭaśca bhūyāt granthakroto'niśam। 193। hariḥ oṃ। śaivabhūṣaṇaṃ samāptam। śrīparadevatāyai namaḥ। dharmasaṃvardhinyai namaḥ। vallīdevanāyakīsameta śrī(ma)t graddhā(gṛdhrā?) calanivāsakārttikeyāya namaḥ। asmatgurucaraṇāravindābhyāṃ namaḥ। durmukhivaruṣaṃ mārukaLimāsam 13 nteeti yeLuti muhiñcitu। subrahmaṇyam pustakam। svahastalikhitam।
Bibliography
Printed under the title: caivapūṣaṇam in Grantha script and Tamil commentary, ed. by K. M. Cuppiramaṇiya Cāstri, pub. at civākama cittānta paripālana caṅkattār, 1925. See SAIVA-SIDDH 0030, IN 11137, RE 6298
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
No. in Descriptive Catalog
323.2
Key
manuscripts_004045
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Cite as
Śaivabhūṣaṇa,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on November, 4th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/381194