Kumāratantra-Kāśikā
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE20218
Type
Manuscrit
Subject
Kaumāra
Language
Sanskrit
Tamil
Creator
IFP and San Marga Trust
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_005484
Manuscript No.
RE20218
Title Alternate Script
कुमारतन्त्र-काशिका
Uniform Title
Kumāratantra
Subject Description
Date of Manuscript
[krodhi 2] varu. Tai maa, 25 dt
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Damaged
Manuscript Extent
Complete
Folios in Text
131
Folio Range of Text
1Ba - 131
No. of Divisions in Text
54
Title of Divisions in Text
paṭala
Lines per Side
6 - 8
Folios in Bundle
131
Width
3.6 cm
Length
42 cm
Bundle No.
RE20218
Previous Owner
taivacikāmaṇipattar
Miscellaneous Notes
This Ms. contains the method of drawings of some yantra. There are some didactic verses speaking about fortune and something also about the power. The numbering of paṭala-s are not in order. Fol. 1a-1Aa contains the table of contents of the Ms. This text is copied on kurudha [krodhi?]varu tai mā dt. 25th (fly-leaf "a" side). Blank folios are : b side of the fly-leaf and 59. The a side of the fly-leaf contains the name jaivaikāmaṇi. Fols. 1a-1Aa contains table of contents of the Ms. Fol. 127b contains the method of drawing some diagram (yantra?), fol. 128a contains didactic verse speaking about fortune and fol. 128b says something about the power of words uttered
Text Contents
1.Folio 1B.praśnavidhi.
2.Folio 1Bb - 7b.mantroddhārapaṭalaḥ.
3.Folio 7b - 8a.śaucācamana.
4.Folio 8a - 9b.snānānuṣṭhānavidhi.
5.Folio 9b - 13b.arcana.
6.Folio 13b - 15a.naivedyavidhi.
7.Folio 15a - 17a.agnikāryavidhi.
8.Folio 17a - 18a.nityotsavavidhi.
9.Folio 18.kuṇḍalakṣaṇa.
10.Folio 18b.maṇḍalavidhi.
11.Folio 19.guhadikṣāvidhi.
12.Folio 19b - 27a.snapanapaṭala.
13.Folio 27a - 40a.utsavavidhi.
14.Folio 40a - 47b.prāyaścitta.
15.Folio 47b - 50b.jīrṇoddhāravidhi.
16.Folio 50b - 51b.vāstuhomavidhi.
17.Folio 51b - 52a.śāntihomavidhi.
18.Folio 52a.diśāhoma.
19.Folio 52.mūrtihoma.
20.Folio 52b - 53a.pañcagavyavidhi.
21.Folio 53.pañcāmṛtavidhi.
22.Folio 53b - 55a.bālasthānavidhi.
23.Folio 55a - 57b.samprokṣaṇavidhi.
24.Folio 57b - 58b.pratimālakṣaṇa.
25.Folio 60a.bālasthāpanavidhi.
26.Folio 60a - 62a.samprokṣaṇavidhi.
27.Folio 62b - 68b.pratimālakṣaṇa.
28.Folio 68b - 69a.śūlasthāpana.
29.Folio 69a - 75b.acalaberasthāpana.
30.Folio 75b - 79a.calaberasthāpana.
31.Folio 79a - 81a.śaktyastrasthāpana?.
32.Folio 81a - 82b.garbhanyāsa.
33.Folio 82b - 83a.prathameṣṭh[ṭ?]ikāvidhi.
34.Folio 83a - 85a.prāsādalakṣaṇa.
35.Folio 85a - 86a.mūrdheṣṭikssvidhi.
36.Folio 86a - 87b.prākāralakṣaṇa.
37.Folio 87b - 89a.parivāravidhi.
38.Folio 89a - 98a.kā[a?]raṇādhikāra.
39.Folio 98a - 99a.pāduka[ā?]lakṣaṇa.
40.Folio 99a - 101b.ātnārthayajona.
41.Folio 101b - 102a.taitābhyaṅga.
42.Folio 102a - 114a.māsapūjāvidhi.
43.Folio 114a - 115a.aṅkurārpaṇa.
44.Folio 115a - 117b.mahāvallīdevasenāsthāpana.
45.Folio 117b - 118b.sumatrasthāpana.
46.Folio 118b - 119b.gajasthāpana.
47.Folio 119b - 122a.rathapratiṣṭhā.
48.Folio 122a - 123a.mahābhiṣeka.
49.Folio 123a - 124a.skandakalānyāsa.
50.Folio 124.subrahmaṇyamātṛkānyāsa.
51.Folio 124b - 125b.subrahmaṇyakavaca.
52.Folio 125b - 126a.pradakṣiṇanamaskāravidhi.
53.Folio 126.ācāryalakṣaṇa.
54.Folio 126b - 127b.sāyarakṣāvidhi.
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Manuscript Beginning
kailāsaśikhare ramye bhūtasaṅghairniṣevite।siddhagandharvasaṅgite vicitrakusumoj[j]vale।
Manuscript Ending
ktvā punaḥ pātrāṇi saṃgṛhet। sāyanakṣāntū devāya dinaṃ pratidinaṃ prati। evaṃ yaḥ kurute nityaṃ rājā vijayamāpnuyāt।iti kumāratantre kauśikapraśne mahāsaṃhitāyāṃ sāyarakṣāvidhipaṭlaḥ ekapañcaśatitamaḥ।
Bibliography
Printed under the title: Kumāratantra ed. by E. M. Kandaswami Sarma, The South Indian Archaka Association, 1974. Printed under kumāratantra in grantha script, Mayilai- a_zakappamutaliyārāl Patipikkappaṭṭatu a_zakappamutaliyār, kali 5017, Irākṣa varutam
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
No. in Descriptive Catalog
476
Key
manuscripts_005484
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Kumāratantra-Kāśikā,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on November, 7th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/383713