Ākāśabhairavakalpa, [17--]

Date:

1700

Description:

Consists of an invocation and three sections of text. Section one begins, f. 2r, with "atha prayoga." The second section, beginning f. 4r, is entitled Śarabhakavaca (c.f. Mss. UP# 1971, 2541), and purports to be chapter eleven of the Ākāśabhairavatantra (see colophon f. 8r). The third section, ff. 8r - end, is entitled Śarabhasahasranāmastotra from the Ākāśabhairavatantra Kalpa (see colophon f. 14v), and has unnumbered verses.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subject:

Tantrism; Hindu hymns, Sanskrit; Śarabha (Hindu deity); Hinduism -- Rituals -- Texts; Hinduism -- Rituals

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Texts; Manuscripts, Sanskrit; Manuscripts

Physical Description:

1 item (14 leaves) : paper; 10 x 23 cm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Written 12-13 lines per leaf.; Poor condition. Paper is browned and fraying. Orange powder rubbed over section headings and invocations. Mistakes crossed through or blotched out with black. Marginal corrections. Ff. 1-3 torn through middle and repaired. F. 14 torn through middle and repaired, with a hole affecting 4 lines of text. Marginal corrections.; Begins (f. 1v): śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ. śrīḥ om̐ namaḥ pakṣirājāya niśitakuliśavaradaṁ drȧnaravāya anekakoṭibrahmakapālamālālaṁkṛtāya sakalakrūramahānāmabhūṣaṇāya [...].; "Prayoga" begins (f. 2r): atha prayogaḥ. om̐ aiṁ krīṁ śriṁ namo bhagavate śrīśivāya [ya]mayuratḥ jvala 2 prajvala 2 asādhyaṁ sādhaya 2 rakṣa 2 sarva[-]uṣṭebhyo [hu?]ṁ phaṭ svāhā.; "Prayoga" ends (f. 3v): spṛśan yasya japaṁ kṛtvā pratisthānaṁ samāhitaḥ prārthayed akhilaṁ sveṣṭaṁ hradisthaṁ sāluveśvaraṁ (3). śrīśiva.; Śarabhakavaca begins (f. 4r): śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ. athāpi śṛṇu deveśi sarvalakṣaṇam adbhutaṁ śārabhaṁ kavacaṁ nāma caturvargaphalapradaṁ (verse 1). śarabhaḥ pakṣirājasya kavacasya sadāśivaḥ ṛṣiṣ́chandosya bṛhatī procyate śarabheśvaraḥ (verse 2).; Śarabhakavaca ends (f. 8r): ubhayoḥ prāyaścittaṁ śiva tava nāmākṣaradvayaṁ (verse 111).; Colophon f. 8r: iti śrīmatākāśabhairavatantre umāmaheśvarasaṁvāde śarabhakavacaṁ nāmaikādaśaḥ paṭalaḥ.; Śarabhasahasranāmastotra begins (f. 8r): atha stotraṁ. bhairava uvāca. śṛṇu devi mahāguhyaṁ paramaṁ puṇyavar[--]ūnaṁ. śarabheśāṣṭakaṁ mantraṁ vakṣyāmi tava tattvataḥ (verse 1).; Śarabhasahasranāmastotra ends (f. 14v): prayataḥ prātaḥ brahmacā[rya----a?]teṁdriyaḥ. abhinnayogo varṣaṁ tu aśvamedhaphalaṁ labhet.; Colophon f. 14v: ityākāśabhairavatantre kalpe hariharabrahmaviraci[taṁ śabha]rasahasranāmastotraṁ samp[ū]rṇā. śrīvaijanāthāya namaḥ.; In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).

Physical Location:

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

Collection:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts