Sūkṣmaśāstra - Mahāśāntivrata

Metadata

Bundle No.

RE20067

Type

Manuscrit

Subject

Śaiva, Śaivasiddhānta, Āgama, Śānti

Language

Sanskrit

Creator

IFP and San Marga Trust

Date Created

2009-2010

Source

Institut Français de Pondichéry

License

Key

manuscripts_004780

Manuscript No.

RE20067d

Title Alternate Script

सूक्ष्मशास्त्र - महाशान्तिव्रत

Language

Script

Type

Manuscript

Material

Condition

Damaged

Folios in Text

2

Folio Range of Text

[14a] - [15a]

Lines per Side

8 - 10

Folios in Bundle

177

Width

3.7 cm

Length

49.2 cm

Bundle No.

RE20067

Miscellaneous Notes

This text deals with the mahāśāntivrata which is also called śāntivrata. It is to be undertaken on the days when candra is accompanied by śravaṇa and related stars in the month of śrāvaṇa, āśvina, etc

Manuscript Beginning

mahāśāntivrataṃ vakṣye śṛṇu tvanta.........va prītikaraṃ śubham। sarva'satrukṣayakaraṃ sarvapātakanāśanam। vratam etat phalañ caiva bhogamokṣapradāyakam। śrāvaṇe śroṇanakṣatre proṣṭhe tu pūrvabhadrake। āśvine māsi......r̤śarkṣe kārttike māsi kārttike।

Manuscript Ending

anena vidhimārgeṇa snātvā tad vārimaṇḍale। sopapāpair vinir muktaś 'sivasāyujyam āpnuyat। śāntivratan dṛṣtvā(?) natvā liṅgaṃ sahasrakam। yaḥ kurvan cchivaloke'pi śivena saha modate। ācāryaḥ[ṃ] pūjayet tatra gobhūmikāñcanādikaiḥ। asya vratopakārāṇān navavastraṃ pradāpayet। mahāśāntivrataṃ proktaṃ vratan tataḥ śṛṇu। iti sūkṣmaśāstre mahāśāntivratapaṭalaḥ।

Bibliography

Edition in progress (2006) IFP, Pondicherry

Catalog Entry Status

Complete

No. in Descriptive Catalog

399.4

Key

manuscripts_004780

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Sūkṣmaśāstra - Mahāśāntivrata, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on September, 12th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/381929