Akulāgama mahātantra yogasārasamuccaya, circa 1700-1850; अकुलागम महातन्त्र योगसारसमुच्चय, १७००-१७९९

Date:

1700

Description:

Collection of topics about yoga and various stages (tūrya) of ecstasy such as the brahmagnitūrya, as well as the veneration of Śiva; presented as a discourse (saṁvāda) of the Hindu deities Mahādeva (Śiva) and Pārvatī; the text Yogasarasamuccaya is divided into nine chapters and claims to be a part of the Akulāgamatantra, a text otherwise unknown; possibly considered part of the school of Matsyendranatha; the cover is written in Nepali attributing ownership of the manuscript to a minor Nepali king named Śrī 3 Bīr Mardana.

Language:

Sanskrit; Nepali

Provenance:

From the library of Śrī 3 Bīr Mardana Mahārāja, possibly of the Lamjung district of Nepal, 18th century.; Śrī 3 Bīr Mardana, Mahārāja, former owner.

Subject:

Tantrism; Yoga; Agama; Śiva (Hindu deity); Siva (Hindu deity)

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Physical Description:

1 item (22 leaves) : paper; 25 x 26 cm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Title from colophon (f. 22v).; Written 11-13 lines per leaf.; Mistakes blotched out with black; written without daṇḍas; final folio (f. 22) badly damaged.; Incipit: śrīgurubhyo namaḥ śrīgaṇeṣāya namaḥ nārada uvāca yas tuṣṭādau tvayā nātha munisiddhair anekadhā anekaśāstramaryādā kathitā parameśvara 1 prasanno bhava deveśa bhavaduḥkhavināśana anekaśāstrabhramaṇād asmākaṁ mohitaṁ manaḥ 2 etac ca kāraṇaṁ kiṁcit kiṁ yogaḥ procyate śrutau yogaṁ ca ṣadvidhaṁ proktaṁ nānā tvaṁ tasya dṛśyate 3 (f. 1v).; Explicit: āsanādikrameṇaiva prāṇāyāmaṁ samabhyaset abhyāsāc ca svayaṁ prājño gacchate vyomamaṁḍalaṁ ayaṁ yogaḥ sarvaśāstreṣu vijānīyād varānane guroḥ prasādāt jñātavyaṁ rahasyam akulāgamaṁ 23 (f.22v).; Colophon: iti śrīakulāgame mahātaṁtre yogasārasamuccaye mahādevapārvatīsaṁvāde navamaḥ paṭalaḥ saṁpūrṇaṃ śrīsītāḥ (f. 22v).; In Sanskrit and Nepali (Devanāgarī)

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Coll. 390 Item 580

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts