Varṇāśramacandrikā
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE30500
Type
Manuscrit
Subject
Śaiva, Śaivasiddhānta, Nibandha
Language
Sanskrit
Creator
IFP and San Marga Trust
Date Created
2009-2010
Source
Institut Français de Pondichéry
License
Key
manuscripts_008867
Manuscript No.
RE30500a
Title Alternate Script
वर्णाश्रमचन्द्रिका
Subject Description
Language
Script
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Good but edges-broken
Manuscript Extent
Incomplete
Folios in Text
23
Folio Range of Text
1a - 23b
No. of Divisions in Text
4
Lines per Side
7
Folios in Bundle
71+1=72
Missing Folios
4
Width
4 cm
Length
44.8 cm
Bundle No.
RE30500
Other Texts in Bundle
Miscellaneous Notes
There is an extra folio at the beginning of this bundle which records kalyāṇakarma which seems to be an extract of certain āgama. After this text there is a folio numbered 23A, the recto of which records statements from kāmikāgama pertaining to gurūpdeśa. A text entitled varṇāśramacandrikā has been published from ānandasāgaramudrākṣaraśālā, in the year 1930; but this text seems different from that. This text mainly deals with āśauca and antyeṣṭi and cites many texts viz. āgamas, smṛtinibandhas, mahābhārata etc. This text cites smṛtimuktāphala of vaidyanāthadīkṣita on fol. 19b, line - 4-5; but in the printed text there is no citation form smṛtimuktāphala
Text Contents
1.Folio 1a - 12b.varṇāśaucanirṇayopanyāsa.
2.Folio 12b - 14a.[aurdhvadehikasamanaya]?.
3.Folio 14a - 15b.patnyānuprasaktyācāryanirṇaya.
4.Folio 15b - 23b.varṇānāmāśramanirṇaya.
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Manuscript Beginning
Fol - 1a, l -1; varṇāśaucanirṇayopanyāsaḥ ārabhyate । śivaṃ śivāṃ namaskṛtya varṇadharmavinirṇayaḥ saṃgṛhya te yathā . . . Locya nikhilāgamān vedasmṛ . . . . ṇāni bhāratādīṃśca sarvaśa । ādau āgamādiprāmāṇyannirūpya tadvartitasya dharmānuṣṭhāne śreyaḥ ।
Manuscript Ending
Fol - 23b, l - 5; apyutpannaḥ kaścana jaghanyaḥ atra kalau rauravādiṣu narakeṣu patitvā kalpaṃ pacyate । hantaḥ । oṃ । nityādi tṛtayaṃ[tritayaṃ] kāryaṃ vyākhyānaṃ deśikena tu nityaṃ kāmyaṃ sādhakasya svaśāstroktaṃ ṣaḍānana । samayiputrakābhyāntu nityamevaṃ prakīrtitaṃ । hariḥ oṃ śubhamastu iti varṇāśramacandrikāsamāptaḥ । śrīgurubhyo namaḥ ।
Catalog Entry Status
Complete
Key
manuscripts_008867
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Varṇāśramacandrikā,
in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry,
Manuscripts of the Indology Collection,
consulted on November, 4th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/387186