Kāmikamahātantra

Metadata

Bundle No.

RE20216

Type

Manuscrit

Language

Sanskrit

Creator

IFP and San Marga Trust

Date Created

2009-2010

Source

Institut Français de Pondichéry

License

Key

manuscripts_005459

Manuscript No.

RE20216a

Title Alternate Script

कामिकमहातन्त्र

Language

Script

Type

Manuscript

Material

Condition

Good

Folios in Text

151

Folio Range of Text

[1Ca-151a]

Lines per Side

6 - 8

Folios in Bundle

243

Width

3.5 cm

Length

34.7 cm

Bundle No.

RE20216

Miscellaneous Notes

This text contains 34 chapters of the kāmikāgama. Only some colophons give the number of the paṭala-s. This text is similar to at. no. 3 but the order of the topics is different

Text Contents

1.Folio [1a - 2b].bimbapatanaprāyaścitta.
2.Folio [[3a - 4b].śivarātrinirṇaya.
3.Folio [4b].kedāravrata.
4.Folio [5a - 14b].antyeṣṭividhi.
5.Folio [14b - 15b].pitṛyajñavidhi.
6.Folio [15b - 25a].śrāddhavidhi.
7.Folio [25a - 58b].prāyaścittavidhi.
8.Folio [58b - 70b].aṣṭabandhanavidhi.
9.Folio [71a - 72a].adhbutaśānti.
10.Folio [72a - 77b].anukarmavidhi.
11.Folio [77b - 81b].prāyaścittavidhi.
12.Folio [81b - 85b].karaṇādhikāravidhi.
13.Folio [85b - 87b].sakalārādhana.
14.Folio [87b - 88a].parivārārcana.
15.Folio [88a - 89b].sāmānyapratimālakṣaṇa.
16.Folio [89b - 94b].śūlasthāpana.
17.Folio [94b - 95a].devatāsthāpana.
18.Folio [95a - 100b].pratimāsthāpana.
19.Folio [100b - 107b].prākāraparivāralakṣaṇa.
20.Folio [107b - 109a].parivārasthāpana.
21.Folio [109a - 112b].vṛṣabhasthāpana.
22.Folio [113a - 114a].kālaparīkṣā.
23.Folio [114].nimittaparīkṣā.
24.Folio [114b - 116b].bhūparīkṣā.
25.Folio [116b].praveśabali.
26.Folio [116b - 117b].bhūparigraha.
27.Folio [117b - 119a].karṣaṇavidhi.
28.Folio [119a - 120b].śaṅkusthāpanavidhi.
29.Folio [[121a - 122b].uttarakāmikāgamasthaṣaṇṇavatipaṭalanāma.
30.Folio [122b - 135b].snapanavidhi.
31.Folio [135b - 143b].devīlakṣaṇasthāpana[devīsthāpanalakṣaṇa?].
32.Folio [143b - 146b].gaurīsthāpana.
33.Folio [146b - 149b].gaurīsthāpana.
34.Folio [149b - 151a].navanaivedyavidhi.
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Manuscript Beginning

yānakāle tu samprāpte bhūmu[au] patati bimbakam। jaṭābhinne ca mūrtīnām anyabimban tu pūjayet। liṅge bhinne tathā caiva rājarāṣṭraṃ vinaśyati। darpaṇe dāruje vāpi saṃkocan tu yathākramam।

Manuscript Ending

hitvā kṣetrabalibhyātha hitvā vāsasthale kriyām। sarvam anyat samānaṃ syāt kriyānte pūjayet guruḥ। vastrahemāṅgulīyādyair dakṣiṇān dāpayet tataḥ। evaṃ yat [ḥ] kurute martyas sa puṇyāṃ gatim āpnuyāt। iti kāmikākhye mahāmantre navanaivedyavidhipaṭalaḥ।

Bibliography

1/ Printed under the title: kāmikāgamaḥ (uttarabhāgaḥ) ed. by śrī ce. svāmināthaśivācāryaiḥ, dakṣiṇabhāratārcakasaṅghaḥ, Madras - 1988. 2/ Printed under the title: kāmikāgamaḥ: pratiṣaṭhādi - utsavāntam/ sadyojāta śivācāryeṇaprakāśitam, pub. śrīgopalavilāsamudrākṣaraśālāyāṃ, kumbhaghoṇam, 1916

Catalog Entry Status

Complete

No. in Descriptive Catalog

475.1

Key

manuscripts_005459

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Kāmikamahātantra, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of the Indology Collection, consulted on November, 7th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/383688