Aṣṭakarma
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE20207
Type
Manuscrit
Language
Sanskrit
Tamil
Creator
IFP and San Marga Trust
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_005399
Manuscript No.
RE20207a
Title Alternate Script
अष्टकर्म
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Damaged
Folios in Text
4
Folio Range of Text
[1a-4b]
Lines per Side
8 - 13
Folios in Bundle
15
Width
4.5 cm
Length
24 cm
Bundle No.
RE20207
Other Texts in Bundle
Previous Owner
ti. śā. śellamaiyar
Miscellaneous Notes
This text describes the eight tantric which are : 1. bhedana; 2. uccāṭana; 3. māraṇa, 4. ākarṣaṇa; 5. vaśīkaraṇa; 6. stambhana; 7. mohana and 8. vidveṣaṇa. For each of them the mantra-s are given in Tamil. On the margin of fol. [1a] it is written as 'koorakkaṟ aṣṭakkaṟmam'. Thus the text may be based on the works of gorakṣasiddha. Fly-leaf 'a' contains a reference to some of the topics of the Ms
Manuscript Beginning
āṉayāṉapaṭiṉ mūlakattīcaṉ pārattu(?)। aticeya meṉṟee eṭuttu kaṇṇile tāṉ vaittu nāṉum iṉippāṭukireeṉ aṭṭa kaṟmam vittai naṉṟākappāṭiṉāṟ.....
Manuscript Ending
cukamāṉa muṉṉai kattāLaiyuṃ kārttikaiyuṃ arukuṭaṉee tāḻuṃ nāLpapeerum (?) tayaṅkāmal keṭṭu nī mūLuṃ veeruṃ yilaimūluṃ yeṭṭuñcittiṉaiyee।20।
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
No. in Descriptive Catalog
468.1
Key
manuscripts_005399
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License
Cite as
Aṣṭakarma,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on September, 12th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/383628