Kāraṇāgama
Metadata
Bundle No.
RE30569
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_009076
Manuscript No.
RE30569a
Title Alternate Script
कारणागम
Subject Description
Language
Script
Type
Manuscript
Material
Condition
Good
Manuscript Extent
Incomplete
Folios in Text
199
Folio Range of Text
1a - 154a, 177a - 220b, 243
No. of Divisions in Text
70
Title of Divisions in Text
paṭala
Lines per Side
6 - 8
Folios in Bundle
244+1=245
Width
3.4 cm
Length
42.5 cm
Bundle No.
RE30569
Other Texts in Bundle
Miscellaneous Notes
There is an extra folio at the beginning which records contents of the text. In pagination no. 37 has been repeated. Folios 157-162 & 221 are blank and fols. 164 - 171 are existent merely with their left halves. This bundle seems to be a manual for saiva priest, which compiles differents rites form different sources viz. kāraṇāgama, bhīmasaṃhitā, vīrāgama, svāyambhuvāgama etc. This text seems to be a compilation of paṭalas mostly from kāraṇāgama; but in-between there are some text divisions which quotes other āgamas, vide: fol. 111a - 115a; and paṭala numbers are not mentioned in all colophons
Text Contents
1.Folio 1a - 4b.tantrāvatāra (prathama).
2.Folio 4b - 16a.mantroddhāra (dvitīya).
3.Folio 16a - 29a.kāraṇādhikāra (caturtha).
4.Folio 29a - 33a.snānavidhi.
5.Folio 33a - 51b.śivārcanāvidhi.
6.Folio 52a - 57a.arcanāṅgavidhi.
7.Folio 57a - 58a.sāyarakṣāvidhi.
8.Folio 58a - 64b.naivedyavidhi (aṣṭāviṃśati[tama]).
9.Folio 64b - 65a.nityāgnividhi.
10.Folio 65a - 67b.nityotsavavidhi (catvāriṃśati[tama]).
11.Folio 67b - 68b.pañcaviṃśatisnapana[vidhi] (ekaviṃśatitama).
12.Folio 68b - 69b.ekonapañcāśatsnapana[vidhi] (dvātriṃśatitama).
13.Folio 69b - 71b.aṣṭottaraśatasnapana[vidhi].
14.Folio 71b - 73b.sahasrakalaśasnapanavidhi.
15.Folio 73b - 74b.caṇḍi . Vidhānokara (aṣṭamādhyāya?).
16.Folio 74b - 75b.kalānyāsavidhi.
17.Folio 75b.mātṛkalānyāsavidhi.
18.Folio 75b - 77b.aṅkurārpaṇavidhi.
19.Folio 77b - 79a.kuṇḍalakṣaṇavidhi.
20.Folio 79a - 84a.[agnikārya].
21.Folio 84a - 85a.vāstuhomavidhi.
22.Folio 85a - 86a.amāvāsyotsavapūjāvidhi.
23.Folio 86a - 86b.sankramapūjāvidhi.
24.Folio 86b - 87b.grahaṇapūjāvidhi.
25.Folio 87b - 88a.viśeṣapūjāvidhi.
26.Folio 88a - 88b.vārapūjāvidhi.
27.Folio 88b - 89a.kuṅkumapūjāvidhi.
28.Folio 89a - 91a.pūrakarmavidhi.
29.Folio 91a - 92a.ārdrāvidhi.
30.Folio 92a - 94b.kṛttikādīpavidhi.
31.Folio 94b - 96b.śivarātripūjāvidhi.
32.Folio 96b - 99a.prāyaścittavidhi.
33.Folio 99a - 100a.ādhārādheyavidhi.
34.Folio 100a - 101b.mahābhiṣekavidhi.
35.Folio 101b - 102b.samprokṣaṇavidhi.
36.Folio 102b - 104a.aṣṭabandhanavidhi.
37.Folio 104a - 106a.śivakumbhavidhi.
38.Folio 106a - 108a.kṣetrapālārcanavidhi.
39.Folio 108a - 108b.māsapūjāvidhi.
40.Folio 108b - 109b.[saptatāṇḍava].
41.Folio 109b - 111a.sakalaprokṣaṇavidhi.
42.Folio 111a - 115a.[liṅgalakṣaṇa].
43.Folio 115a - 123b.mahotsavavidhi.
44.Folio 123b - 127b.utsavaprāyaścitta.
45.Folio 127b - 131b.pañcākṣaravidhi.
46.Folio 131b - 132a.rudrākṣadhāraṇavidhi.
47.Folio 132a - 141b.mahotsavapaddhati (sakaladivyāgamodṛta).
50.Folio 141b - 143b.[aṣṭamipūjā].
51.Folio 143b - 146a.sāmānyajīrṇoddhāra (ekonaśata).
52.Folio 146a - 146b.uṣṇodakavidhi.
53.Folio 146b.pañcabrahmavidhi (śata).
54.Folio 147a - 150b.[ṣaḍadhvavidhi].
55.Folio 150b - 152a.pradoṣapūjāvidhi.
56.Folio 152a - 154a.modisthāpanavidhi?.
57.Folio 177a - 184b.liṅgasthāpanavidhi (ekaviṃśatitama).
58.Folio 184b - 188b.parivārasthāpanavidhi.
59.Folio 188b - 189b.balipīthasthāpanavidhi (dvāviṃśati).
60.Folio 189b - 192b.śūlasthāpanavidhi.
61.Folio 192b - 197a.nṛttamūrtisthāpana (ṣaṭtriṃśatitama).
62.Folio 197a - 199a.candraśekharapratiṣṭhā (saptatriṃśatitama).
63.Folio 199a - 201b.liṅgodbhava [liṅgodbhavamūrtisthāpana] (aṣṭatriṃśatitama).
64.Folio 201b - 204a.dakṣiṇāmūrtisthapanavidhi (navatriṃśatitama).
65.Folio 204a - 206b.kālanigrahasthāpanavidhi (catvāriṃśatitama).
66.Folio 206b - 212b.vaivāhyasthāpanavidhi (ekacatvāriṃśatitama).
67.Folio 212b - 216a.umāskandasthāpana (dvicatvāriṃśatitama).
68.Folio 216a - 218b.kaṅkālasthāpanavidhi (tricatvāriṃśatitama).
69.Folio 218b - 220b.nāryardhasthāpanavidhi (catuścatvāriṃśatitama).
70.Folio 243a.ātmayojana [incomplete].
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Manuscript Beginning
Fol - 1a, l - 1; . . vadanamacintyaṃ tīkṣṇadantaṃ triṇetraṃ bṛhadudaramaśeṣaṃ bhūtarūpaṃ purāṇam amaravarasupūjyaṃ raktavarṇaṃ sukeśaṃ । pa . Pati[paśupati] sutaṃ śa . Vighnarājaṃ namāmi । nirvighnamastu । bhūdharordhva triśriṃgeṣvaratnaśrīṃganiketanaṃ । tatrāsīnaṃ mahādevaṃ śrīkaṇṭhaṃ suravanditaṃ । yogapīṭhasthitaṃ tasya vāme gaurisamāyutaṃ । sarvadevāvṛtaṃ siddhi munigandharvasevitaṃ ।
Manuscript Ending
Fol - 243a, l - 5; tatgotrajanavānyena vakṣyamāṇañca karma yat । kanyādānaṃ pitṛśrāddhaṃ somapānaṃ tathaiva ca । ātmavargaṃ । parityajya yaḥ kartā narakaṃ vrajet । śrāddhe dāne pitṛśrāddhe somayāge tathaiva ca । svajanenaiva kartavyaṃ anyathā patito bhavet ।
Bibliography
Printed under the title: kāraṇāgama, pub. Mayilai Alagappa Mudaliyar, Chennai, 1921
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Kāraṇāgama,
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consulted on September, 11th 2025, https://digitalcollections.ifpindia.org/s/manuscripts/item/387405