This text gives measurements for making a chariot. The colophon states that it is part of the yānasaṃhitā of gautamamata in the svāyambhuva. It agrees with the IFP.T. 40, pp. 229-242. But we do not find any division of the āgama into saṃhitā or mata

Manuscript Beginning

vakṣye'haṃ rathamānañ ca śṛṇuṣva nidhaneśvaram[ra]। devadvijanṛpāṇāñ ca yogyam ārohaṇārthakaṃ dvicakā[kra]didaśāntañ ca ekaikena pravaedhanāt। dvicak[r]aṃ cak[r]a...... ñcaiva sarvakāryārthasādhanam। tricak[r]aṃ nityapūjāyaṃ yāgādīnāñ catuṣṭayam। yuddhe tu bhūpatīnāñ ca pañcacakaṃ[kraṃ] vidhīyate।

Manuscript Ending

āyādiṣaṭ śubhair yuktaṃ rājarāṣṭraśubhaṃ bhavet। anuktamantrayat sarvaṃ śobhāś ca vaśāntayet (?) anyaśāstreṣu saṃgṛhya yojayet viśeṣataḥ। cakṣaṇaḥ। iti svāyambhuve gautamamate yānasaṃhitāyāṃ rathamānan nāma saptatrimśo'dhyāyaḥ।

Bibliography

Some chapters in this bundle appear in the svāyambhuvasūtrasaṅgraha, part of which has been published under the title: 1/ svāyambhuvasūtrasaṅgrahaḥ, ed. by Veṅkaṭasubramaṇyaśāstri, pub. Rājakīyaśākhamudrālya, Mysore, 1937. 2/ svāyambhuvasūtrasaṅgrahaḥ - vidyāpādaḥ with the commentary of sadyojyoti, pun. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts and Motilal Banarsidass, New Delhi, (kalāmūlaśāstra Granthamāla 13) 1994. 3/ A French version printed unter the title "le tantra de Svayambhū, Vidyāpāda, avec le commentaire de sadyojyoti in the collection of, by Filliozat Pierre Sylvain

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Complete

No. in Descriptive Catalog

450.6

Key

manuscripts_005212

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Svāyambhuvāgama - Rathamāna, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on September, 12th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/383431