This text describes the daily practices of the śaiva priests. It briefly deals with śauca, snāna, puṇyāha, pañcāmṛta and nityārcana. Though the portion dealing with nityārcana is said in the colophon to form part of the kāraṇāgama it is at the most based on it. Some verses recited during the meditation on śiva are given at the beginning śivaprakāśam" is written on the margin of fol. 1a

Manuscript Beginning

pañca pañca uṣaḥkālaṃ saptapañcāruṇodaye। aṣṭapañcā iti prātaḥ śeṣā [s]sūryodaye smṛtāḥ। ācāryo arcakaś caiva sādhako'laṃkṛtas tathā। pācako nāma ityete pañcācāryaparicārakāḥ। śivadhyānam। dhavalavapuṣam indor maṇḍale sannirīkṣaṇaṃ [sanniviṣṭaṃ?] bhujaṅgavalai[la]yahāraṃ patmatiktāṅga[bhasmadigdhāṅga?]m īśam। haiṇaparaśupāniṃ cārucandrārdhamauliṃ hṛdayakamalamadhye santataṃ cintayāmi।

Manuscript Ending

nṛpavāhanādisakalaṃ bhogaṃ śivārcāphalam। atimānuṣam āyuṣyam atyākhaṇḍalavaibhavam। atisaubharisantānaṃ udyā[dadyā?]dīśo dayānvitaḥ। virañcirāmarañcite parañcarāghurañcitānmudam। ......ḍākramāyavaicvidaṃ(?) karotu śaṃkarasamagratām udagrayaṃ tvanugrāhm। navagrahabhṛśaṃ diśaṃ dvadeca(?) śaṃgatādigīśvaraḥ(?)। iti kāraṇe pratiṣṭhātantre nityārcanavidhi[s]samāptaḥ।

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Complete

No. in Descriptive Catalog

389.1

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manuscripts_004669

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[Nityakarmavidhi], in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on September, 11th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/381818