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Title

Other related names

• Śrī 3 Bīr Mardana, Mahārāja, former owner

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Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944711873503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122490300
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4471187

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Summary

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.

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).
   

Extent

Support

Colophon

Provenance

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

Subjects topical

• Tantrism
• Yoga
• Agama
• Siva (Hindu deity)

Genres

• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--Nepal--18th century
• Manuscripts--Nepal--19th century

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