[Nyāsa]

Metadata

Bundle No.

RE20077

Type

Manuscrit

Subject

Nyāsa, Mantra

Language

Sanskrit

Creator

daiva"sikhaama.ni

Date Created

2009-2010

Source

Institut Français de Pondichéry

License

Key

manuscripts_004866

Manuscript No.

RE20077a

Title Alternate Script

[न्यास]

Subject Description

Language

Script

Scribe

Daivaśikhāmaṇi

Type

Manuscript

Material

Condition

Damaged

Folios in Text

3

Folio Range of Text

[1a-3a]

Lines per Side

5 - 9

Folios in Bundle

58

Width

3.5 cm

Length

38.5 cm

Bundle No.

RE20077

Previous Owner

daivaśikhāmaṇi

Miscellaneous Notes

This text contains the mūrtimūrtiśvaranyāsa and tattvatattveśvaranyāsa. written in 2-4 columns. Fol. [16b] contains a blessing for long life; fol. [17] describes various places of śiva in the cakra-s constituting the human body; fol. [22a], some didactic verses; fol. [27b], statement of merits got by worshipping śiva; fol. [52], the introductory portion of śivasahasranāma; fol. [53], some passages in Sanskrit and Tamil describing the killing of the demon śūra by subrahmaṇya and the former becoming the peacock and the cock; fol. [54], a brief narration of viṣṇu obtaining the cakra from śiva and killing demons; fol. [55], a brief treatment of ṣaḍadhvadīkṣā; fol.[56a], a reference to anujñā (formal permission) for the festival of śiva; fol. [57a], dhyānaśloka-s for astrarāja, gaja and nṛttagaṇeśa; fol. [58a] contains a few lines on the gratness of the preceptor

Manuscript Beginning

oṃ hām ātmatattvāya namaḥ। oṃ hām ātmatattvadhipataye brahmaṇe namaḥ। iti brahmabhāge। oṃ hīṃ vidyātattvāya namaḥ। oṃ hīṃ vidyātattvādhipataye viṣṇu[a]ve namaḥ। iti viṣṇubhāge। oṃ hūṃ śivatattvāya namaḥ। oṃ hūṃ śivatattvādhipataye rudrāya namaḥ। iti rudrabhāge।

Manuscript Ending

sarvaprabhave namaḥ। śivāya namaḥ। īśānamūrdhnāya namaḥ। sadyojātamūrtaye namaḥ।

Catalog Entry Status

Complete

No. in Descriptive Catalog

408.1

Key

manuscripts_004866

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[Nyāsa], in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on November, 6th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/382015