Ṣoḍaśasubrahmaṇyadhyāna
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE19992
Type
Manuscrit
Subject
Śaiva, Kaumāra, Dhyāna
Language
Sanskrit
Creator
kalpuura bha.t.ta
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_004219
Manuscript No.
RE19992e
Title Alternate Script
षोडशसुब्रह्मण्यध्यान
Language
Script
Scribe
Kalpūra bhaṭṭa
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Good but worm-eaten
Folios in Text
4
Folio Range of Text
49b - 52b
Lines per Side
5 - 8
Folios in Bundle
74
Width
3 cm
Length
45 cm
Bundle No.
RE19992
Other Texts in Bundle
Previous Place
Tiruchuli, Ramanathapuram District
Miscellaneous Notes
This text contains the dhyānaśloka-s of the 16 forms of subrahmaṇya. According to the colophon, this forms part of the mantroddhārapaṭalaḥ of the kumāratantra. This is part of the chapter with this name in the printed edn. of the kumāratantra SIAA. 1974, pp.18-25, śloka-s 48-73. Mantroddhāra is treated in pp.4-18 and it is followed by the dhyānaśloka-s
Manuscript Beginning
jñānaśaktidharaḥ skando devasenapatistathā। subrahmaṇyo gajārūḍho śarakānanasambhavaḥ॥ kārttikeyo mahāsenā brahmaśāsta ca vallīkalyāṇasundaraḥ। bālaś ca krauñcabha(ṅk)tā ca śikhivāhana eva ca॥ etāni svāmināmāni ṣoḍaśa pratyahaṃ naraḥ। yat (ḥ) paṭhet sarvapāpebhyo sa mucyate॥
Manuscript Ending
mayūra(ṃ)vārdharja(ṃ)vāpi sāṅkuśaṃ p(v)aramāvahan। somapītt(h)o mayūra(s)hasto śaktidvayasamāyutam॥ grāmādau sthavinīyogaprāgādau (grāmādau sthāpaniyoyaṃ prasādau) tu siddhayet। iti kumāratantre kauśikapraśnamahāsa(ṃ)hitāyāṃ mantroddhārapaṭalaḥ। hariḥ oṃ॥
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
No. in Descriptive Catalog
337.5
Key
manuscripts_004219
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Cite as
Ṣoḍaśasubrahmaṇyadhyāna,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on April, 19th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/381368