Kāraṇāgama
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE20283
Type
Manuscrit
Subject
Śaiva, Śaivasiddhānta, Āgama
Language
Sanskrit
Creator
IFP and San Marga Trust
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_005747
Manuscript No.
RE20283
Title Alternate Script
कारणागम
Subject Description
Language
Script
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Good but slightly injured
Folios in Text
66
Folio Range of Text
1a - 66b
Lines per Side
9 - 10
Folios in Bundle
69
Width
4.5 cm
Bundle No.
RE20283
Miscellaneous Notes
This text contains some chapters of the kāraṇāgama mostly deal with iconographical and architectural details. Some chapters are numbered when others are not numbered. The text abruptly breaks off at the middle of the chapter called śtrīdevatāsvarūpāṇi". An unumbered folio at the beginning contains a table of contents of the Ms., fol. 1 contains an incomplete version of tantrāvatārapaṭala which is repeated at the fol. 1Aa. There is a duplicate of the fol. 65 at the beginning of the same number
Text Contents
1.Folio 1a - 6a.tantrāvatāra.
2.Folio 6a - 17b.mantroddhāravidhi.
3.Folio 17b - 26a.grāmavinyāsa.
4.Folio 26b - 27a.ādyeṣṭakāvidhi.
5.Folio 27.arcakasthāpanavidhi.
6.Folio 28a - 29b.prākāralakṣaṇa.
7.Folio 29b - 39b.liṅgalakṣaṇa.
8.Folio 39b - 41b.mūrdheṣṭakāvidhi.
9.Folio 41b - 61b.pratimālakṣaṇa.
10.Folio 61b - 66b.strīdevatāsvarūpa.
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Manuscript Beginning
bhūllordhvatraśṛṅgeṣu ratnaśṛṅganiketane। tatrāsīnaṃ mahādevaṃ śrīkaṇṭhaṃ surava....ṭaṃ tasya vāme gaurīsamāyutam।
Manuscript Ending
tat sūtrādyinimadhya[ā?]cca dakṣiṇe caturaṅgulam. tatsūtrāddakṣiṇe jānūṃ madhyaccaiva guṇāṅgulaṃ - aṅguṣṭhayordvayormadhye sārdhatrayodaśāṅgulaṃ pārśvama...........
Bibliography
Printed under the title: kāraṇāgama, pub. Mayilai Alagappa Mudaliyar, Chennai, 1921
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
No. in Descriptive Catalog
522
Key
manuscripts_005747
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Cite as
Kāraṇāgama,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on September, 12th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/383986