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September,
Alexis Sanderson
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A = Jayadrathayāmala, Sa . tka
. , Yoginīsamcāraprakara
. na.
. Manuscripts, with folio
numbers of the Yoginīsamcāraprakara
. na
. section and of its eighth Patala:
. A = NAK -
-, NGMPP B/; palm-leaf; `Pāla-Sena' Devanāgarı̄ (media); no date; probably
th century; ff. v--v; ff. v–; B =Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Hs. Or.
; paper; Newari script (media); Samvat (.. ); ff. r--v; ff.
r–; C = Kathmandu, Kaiser Library Ms. No. , NGMPP C/; paper;
Newari script (currens); Samvat (.. ); ff. r--r; ff. v–; D
= NAK --, NGMPP A /; paper; Newari script (media); Samvat
(.. ); ff. r--r; ff. r–; E = NAK --, NGMPP B/; paper;
Newari script (formata); no date; ff. r--r; ff. v–.
A B
devy uvāca:
. devadeva viśis. t.ānām
.
yāgānām . kathito vidhih.
adhunā śrotum icchāmi
sāmānyam . tu mahādhvaram
. tasya darśanamātrena .
śaktayo bhīmavikramāh.
bhavante devadeveśa
paśavām . paśutāpahāh.
bhairava uvāca:
. girigahvaraguhyes. u . girigahvarakuñjes. u
mahodadhitat.es. u ca mahodadhitat.es. u vā
ādisiddhe śmaśāne vā ādisiddhaśmaśāne ca
ālikhen man. dala
. m . śubham tatra man. dalam
. ālikhet
iti herukābhidhāne
man. dalāvatārapa
. tala
. h. prathamah.
. evam . samnahya-m-ātmāna
. m
. (v)
prākāram . tu diśo nyaset
evam . samnahya-m-ātmānam
.
adho hy astram . viniveśayet
. cakrasya svayam ātmānam
ūrdhvan tu śarajālakam
ātmanah. khecaram . pañjaram .
kr. tvātmānam . susamāhita h.
. evam . samnahya
. sakavaco
'bhedyas tridaśair api
evam . suraks. ya-m-ātmānam .
mahābhūtāstrajālena
samantāt parives. t.itam
mudrāmantrair alamk . r. tam
. ālikhen man. dalavara
. m. . ālikhen man. dala . m . ghoram .
ghorasiddhipradāyakam mahāsiddhipradāyakam
tato mr. takasūtrena .
mahārudhirarañjitena ca
. sūtrayen man. dala . m . ghoram .
herukasya param . puram
ekahastam . catur as. t.am . ca
caturaśram
. caturdvāram
. caturasram . tu samantatah.
. caturdvārasamākīrna . m .
catustoranabhū
. s. itam
vicared dviguna . m . mantrī
japed dākinījālasa
. mvaram
.
madhye padmavibhūs. itam . tasya madhye pratis. t.hāpya
. as. t.apatram . tu tat padmam . sapatram . karnikojjvalam
.
karnikādhi
. s. t.hitam
. śubham pus. karaiś ca keśarānvitam .
tasya madhye nyased devi . karnikāyā
. m . nyased vīram
.
bhairavam . bhīmavikramam mahābhairavabhīs. anam .
. daks. inābhimukha
. m. dīptam.
bhīmarūpam . bhayāvaham
tejaskam . tu sudīptāṅgam
at.t.āt.t.ahāsamahāravam
. kapālamālābharana . m.
divyam . trinetram. caturmukham
hasticarmāvaruddham . ca
vajrasambhinnasabhruvam
. khat.vāṅgakr. tahastam. tu
śatamālārdhabhūs. itam
tasyāgratah. sthitā devī tasyāgratah. sthitām . devīm.
aghorā ghoravikramā vajravārāhīm . sughorām
. bhairavābhimukhām . kruddhām
. . śrīherukābhimukhām . kr. tvā tu
raudrarūpām . nyaset tatah. trimukhīm . raudrarūpi nīm
.
kapālāntrasampūrnā . m.
sravantīm. rudhiram . mukhāt
. tarjayantīm . diśān sarvān
sadevāsuramānus. ān
. gandhodakena samsicy- .
ātmānam . sarvatomukham
prāg dīpānām . śatam . dadyād
yad icchet siddhim uttamām
. ākāśe dākinya
. h. sarvā
manasā ūrdhvato nyaset
bhūrloke dākinyo
. yāś ca
man. dale
. sarvato nyaset
. pātāle dākinya. yā kācit
pātāle tajjño vinyaset
diśāsu mātarāh. sarvā
vidiśāsu ca niyojayet
. pus. pair gandhais tathā dhūpaih.
dīpānān tu śatam . dadyād
yad icchet siddhi sādhakah.
pūjayed vīrayoginyah.
śrīherukasya man. dale . sthitān
. dhvajai raktais tathā pītaih.
śvetaih. kr. s. napiṅgalai
. h.
sragdāmair vividhaiś caiva
vastrair nānāvidhais tathā
. vitānaiś ca kān. dapa . t.t.a-(v)
kaih. suśobhanais tathā
bhaks. yabhojyakhādyapānai
ca kuryāt susamāhitah.
iti śrīherukābhidhāne
cakrapūjāvidhipatalo
. dvitīyah.
khat.vāṅgena tu sarvāṅgān
ālabhet putrakasya tu
. ghan. t.ānādam ālambya
pus. padhūpair alamk . r. tām
. agrato vādaye ghan. t.ām
. ghan. t.ām . vādayet susvarām .
pat.ahīm damaru
. . m. tathā pat.ahikām vāpi sādhakah.
. hāhākārañ ca kārayet
evam vidhivat pūjya
man. dala
. m . sarvakāmikam
vastracchannamukham
. devi . samchādya
. pat.avastrena .
mukham . tes. ān tu putrakām .
pus. pāñjalidharam. tathā pus. papūrnāñjali
. m. prak s
. ipet
. pradaks. inīk
. r. tya puram
. . pradaks. ina . m. ca tatah. kr. tvā
sādhakah. susamāhitah.
praveśayet tat puravaram . ramyam .
daks. ināmūrtim
. āśritah. daks. ināmūrtim
. āśritya
tato dāvāpayet pus. pān . pus. pāñjalin tatah. ks. ipet
devasyopari putrakam man. dalasyopari
.
. yasmims. tat patate pus. pam
. yasmin patati tat pus. pam .
tat tasya kulam ādiśet kulam . tatra vinirdiśet
. śrīherukādipīt.ha darśayet
tatah. pūjayet mudrā-
cārya susamāhitah.
. śis. yānān
. tu dvitīye ahani
hr. nmantraparijaptena raktena trijaptena
tilakān tes. u kārayet tilakam . tasya kārayet
. raktena darśayet tasya mukham udghāt.ya śis. yam .
mukham udghāt.ya man. dalam . darśayen man. dala . m . tatah.
yad yasya devatāsthānam . . yo yasya devatāsthānan
tat sarvam. tasya darśayet tatra tām . darśayet samyak
. samayāñ śrāvayitvā tu
pranipatya
. puram. guroh. pranipatya
. tatah. paścād
ācāryasahitam . puram
. pradaks. ina
. m . ca punah. kr. tvā
pratyārambhena . vāmatah.
man. dale
. gurave ca
pranipatya
. yathāvidhi
suśrāvya pūrvavidhinā
samsiddhaputrakānvitam
.
. gurum . sampūjya
. vidhivad . tatas tu gurave dadyāt
vittaśāt.hyavivarjitah. tathāgatoktadaks. inām .
niryātya suvarnaśatasahasra
. m.
ratnāni vividhāni ca
. vastrayugmaśatam . caiva
gaja vājī rās. t.ram eva ca
karnābhara
. na
. kat.akam . ca
kan. t.hikāṅgulikaiś ca samuttamam
. yajñopavīta sauvarna . m .
svabhāryām . duhitām api
dāsa dāsī bhagnīm . vāpi
pranipatya
. nivedayet
. ātmānam . ca sarvabhāvena
nivedayed buddhimān guroh.
adya prabhr. ti dāso ’ham .
samarpita mayā tava
. evamvidhais
. tatah. kr. tvā
sādhakena suniścitam
tatas tasya tus. yanti
pragr. hya kulajān mantrān
vratāmś. ca samayāms. tathā
. tāvad ārādhayed devi
yoginyo mātaro gurum dākinyo
. yogamātarāh.
dākinyo
. lāmayaś caiva
khan. darohā
. tu rūpinī .
. etair vicarej jagat sarvam.
dākinyai
. h. saha sādhaka h
.
sarvā kiṅkarī tasya
sādhakasya na samśaya . h.
. yogasiddhir bhaved es. ām .
trailokyam anivāritam
antardhāna bilottis. t.ha
khecaratvam . pādalepo 'tha rasāyanam
. jāyate tu sadā nityam
icchayā sādhakasya tu
rūpāny. anekāni kurute
ākāśena tu gacchati
. dākinī
. viśes. atah.
niśumbhayati ca sarvajantūnām
sakr. ddr. s. t.ena yogena
yogitvam . jāyate ks. anāt .
. adr. s. t.aman. dalo . yogī
yogitvam . . yah samīhate
hanyate mus. t.inākāśam . (v)
pibate mr. gatr. s. nikām
.
. es. a yogavarah. śres. t.hah.
sarvayoges. u cottamah.
yah. kāṅks. is. yate kaś cit
sa devāsuramānus. ān
. abhibhūya gamis. yaty
atra man. dale . yo 'bhis. iktah.
sarvatantroktasādhakah.
gopya īks. ana . pāni .m. tu
āliṅgam. dvandvam ādikam
. abhis. ikto bhavet tatra
sarvatantraikam uttaram
tattvasamgrahe
. śamvare
. vāpi
guhye vā vajrabhairave
. ayam . man. dalarājāno
.
na bhūto na bhavis. yati
uktānuktam . ca yat kimcit.
tat sarvam . śrīheruke sthitam
iti śrīherukābhidhāne
daksi. nābhi
. sekavidhipa
. talas
. trtīya
. h.
Aʀ Cʀɪɪ A
.d paśavām . paśutāpahāh. conj (Aiśa [=paśūnām . paśutāpahāh]) . : paśavo paśahātapāh. ABCDE .c
ādisiddhe śmaśāne B : ādisiddhai śmaśānair ACDE .a akrodhano em : śakrodhano ABCDE .d
bhairavam. em : bhairavī ABCDE .d bhīmavikramā em : bhīmavikramān AC : bhīmavikramām . B:
bhīmavikramāt DE. Cf. Picumata .d: aghorī bhīmavikramā .c ghoravacanām . ] Perhaps this is a
corruption of ghoravadanām .b sambhavām
. em : sambhavān
. ABCD : sambhavāt
. E .a bhūtāmś .
ca ACE : bhūtāmga . B : bhūtāmvya
. D .c tr. tīyeṅgāni C : tr. tīyo mgāni
. ABDE .b sast
. .. he em : s
. . .hi
as t
ABCDE .c grahān em : graho ABCDE .d naks. atrāmś . AD : raks. atrāś BC : vaks. atrāmś . E .c
damarukārāva
. em : damarakārāva
. ABCDE .d pa t
. ahikā E : gha t
. ahikā ABCD .d uttarāmukhān
em : uttarāmukham C : uttarāmmukham . ABDE .c sarvāṅgān em : sarvāṅgā ACD : sarvāṅgo
B .b pat.ahīm . em : pat.aho ABCDE • damaru . m . em : damaras
. ABCDE .d dharam . conj :
varam. ABCDE .d putrakam em : putrakah. ABCDE .a samayāñ em : samayam . ABCDE •
śrāvayitvā B : śrāvayitvās ACDE .d samsiddhaputrakānvitam
. conj : samsiddha
. m
. putrakāmvitam
.
A : samsiddha
. m. putrakā mcitam
. BCDE .a ārādhana conj : aropanā ABCDE • kramād yāti conj :
kramaprāpti ABCDE .b mayā em : māyā ABCDE
Aʀ Cʀɪɪ B
Viv = Bhavabhat.a, Cakrasamvaratantraviv
. rti.
.
.d ācāryah. sa sulaks. ana. h. conj (= Viv: sa ca sus. t.hu sarvalaks. ana
. h)
. : susalaks. ana
. h. Cod. .a mūrdhajah.
corr (= Viv) : mūrddhajā Cod. .a svayam conj (= Abhidhānottara parallel, .c) : susam Cod.
.b suraks. ya-m-ātmānam . em (= Viv: evam . suraks. ya-m-ātmānam iti. nairukto makārah. pūrvavat) :
suraks. amātmānam . Cod. .d rañjitena ca em (= Viv: mahārudhirāñjitena ceti) : rañjitena vā Cod.
.d at.t.āt.t.ahāsamahāravam . A : at.t.ahāsamahāravam . (metrical) Viv .c tasyāgratah. sthitām . devīm.
em (= Viv and Śaiva parallel): tasyāliṅgatāsthitā devī Cod. .c kapālāntra Cod. : kapālamantra
Viv .a diśān sarvān conj (= variant recorded by Viv) : diśāh. sarvān Viv : diśām . sarvvām . Cod.
.c dākinyaś
. ca caturvimśā. em (= Viv) : dākinyaś
. caturvimśā
. Cod. .d cakre samsthāpya
. Cod. :
cakrasamsthā
. Viv (cakrasa msthā
. iti dvitīyābahuvacanānta m
. padam nakāralopāt) .a tatkan.. m
tha . em
(= Viv: tathā kalaśānām . kan. t.has tatkan. t.hah)
. : tatah. kan. t.ham. Cod. .c vinyasya conj (= parallel in
Abhidhānottara, not glossed in Viv) : viniśya Cod. śobhitam em (=Viv) : śobhitān Cod. .d śobhitam
em (= Viv) : śobhitān Cod. .b sarvān ratnasauvarnaśobhanān . Cod. : sarvvai ratnasauvarnaśobhanāni
.
Manuscripts: C = A photocopies of A photographic prints of a long-format palm-leaf
manuscript completed by one Kāntibodhi in a Māgadha hand on Kārtika of the st regnal year
of Śūrapāla (II) (.. /). Beijing / Lhasa. The photocopies, which have been my sole means of
access to the manuscript, are read with difficulty. In a few places they are altogether indecipherable. A =
IAWR MBB -; palm-leaf; Newari script (‘Bhujimola’); no date. B = IAWR MBB --;
paper; Newari script; no date. The text of the Cakrasamvaraviv
. rti
. is embedded in other matter and
extends from f. v, beginning in the middle of the fourth sentence, after the maṅgala verse and ending
on f. r.
Viv (unmetrical) .c prāg dīpānām . em (= Viv) : dīpānām . Cod. .c vādayet Cod. (cf. parallel
Jayadrathayāmala, Yoginīsamcāra
. .a, f. v: agrato vādayed ghan. t.ām)
. : nādayet Viv .a pūjya
Viv (pūjyeti sampūjyopasargak
. s. aye) (hypometrical lect. diff.) : sampūjya Cod. .b putrakām . em
(= Viv) (Aiśa gen. pl.) : putrakānām . Cod. (hypermetrical corr.) .a śrīherukādipī t
. ha em (= Viv:
śrīherukādipīt.heti dvitīyālope) : śrīherukādim . pīt.han Cod. .d sahitam . Cod. (= Abhidhānottara
.d) : sahitah. Viv .c man. dale. gurave ca em (= Viv) : ma n dala
.. . m gurave Cod. (= Abhidhānot-
tara, .c) .b tathāgatokta Cod. after corr. (= Abhidhānottara .b) : tathāgatoktām . Viv :
tathāgatoktā Cod. before corr. .a śatam . em : śataś Cod. .d ka nt
.. hikāṅgulikaiś ca samuttamam
em (= Viv: aṅgulikair ity aṅgulīyakaih. . sahārthe tr. tīyā. samuttamam . makut.am) . : kan. t.hikāṅgurikāmś.
ca samuttamām . Cod. .c bhagnī m. corr (= bhaginī m)
. : bhagni m. Cod. .a ātmāna m. ca sarv-
abhāvena (hypermetrical lect. diff.) Viv : ātmānam . sarvvabhāvena Cod. .d samarpita em (= Viv:
samarppiteti nirvibhaktikam) . : samarppitam . Cod. .b suniścitam conj : suniścitah. Cod. .a ayam .
man. dalarājāno
. em (= Abhidhānottara): ma n. dalarājā
. Cod. (hypometrical corr.) .d sthitam em :
sthitah. Cod.
Other parallels between the Laghuśamvara. and Śaiva sources of the Vidyāpīt.ha (Yoginī-
samcāraprakara
. na,
. Tantrasadbhāva, Siddhayogeśvarīmata, and Picumata [= Brahma-
yāmala, not including that set out here and amounting to some verses, are
tabulated in my `History Through Textual Criticism in the Study of Śaivism, the
Pañcarātra and the Buddhist Yoginītantras' (in Les sources et le temps. Sources and Time.
A Colloquium, Pondicherry, -- January , edited by François Grimal, pp. --
[Publications du département d'Indologie . Pondicherry: Institut français de
Pondichéry / École française d'Extrême-Orient, ]), pp. –.