[RAS Hodgson MS 38] Saṃvarodaya-mahātantram

language : Sanskrit
date : [1800?]
Paper; 5 lines on each page. Cowell and Eggeling describe the writing as “modern” (i.e. 19th century). Text is in 33 paṭalas. It begins: evaṃ mayā śrutamekasminsamaye bhagavān sarvatathāgata – 1. Adhyeṣaṇāpaṭala, ends f.3r; 2. Utpattinirdeśap. f.5v; 3. Utpannakramanirdeśap. f.7v; 4. Caturbhūtapañcākāraṣaḍviṣayadevatāviśuddhip. f.10r; 5. Candrasūryāpadap. f.16r; 6. Pathapañcakanirdeśap. f.17r; 7. Nāḍīcakrakramopāyap f.19r; 8. Samayasaṃkeṭavidhip. f.23r; 9. Choṣmapīṭhasaṃkeṭabhūminirdeśap. (!) f.25v; 10. Karmaprasarap. f.30v; 11. Mantrajāpaniyamanirdeśap. f.33r; 12. Jāpamālānirdeśap. f.34v; 13. śrīherukodayanirdeśa, f.38r; 14. Pūjāvidhinirdeśa, f.40v; 15. Yātralakṣaṇanirdeśa, f.42r; 16. Pañcāmṛta sādhanavidhin. f.43v; 17. Maṇḍalasūtrapātanalakṣaṇan. f.47r; 18. Abhiṣeko nāma nirdeśa, f.50r; 19. Mṛtyunimittadarśana-utkrātiyogap. f.53r; 20. Caturyuganirdeśa, f.53v; 21. Caryānirdeśa, f.55v; 22. Devatāpratiṣṭhāvidhip. f.57r; 23. Homanirdeśap. f.62r; 24. Karmaprasara-oṣadhīnirdeśap. f.67; 25. Rasāyanavidhip. f.69r; 26. Vāruṇīnirdeśap. f.73v; 27. Mantroddhāravidhip. f.78r; 28. Homavidhip. f.80v; 29. Tatvanirdeśap. f.82v; 30. Citrādirūpalakṣaṇanirdeśap. f.84v; 31. Yoginīnirdeśaś catuścakrakramabodhicittasaṃkramaṇap. f.88r; 32. Balyupahāranirdeśa p. f.91v; 33. iti śrīsamvarodayamahātantre śrīherukābhidhāne mahāmantrarājatrilakṣoddhṛtasahajodayakalpe sarvayoginīrahasya paṭhitasiddhe trāyatriṃśatittamaḥ paṭala samāptaṃ || – varṣe naipālike ‘pāṃpatijaladhimaṇau – yogānandābhidhenābhilikhitaṃ – [? Samvat 544, date of original MS]. Manuscript acquired by Hodgson in Nepal. See p. 29-31 in Cowell, E. B. and Eggeling, J. ‘Catalogue of Buddhist Sanskrit manuscripts in the possession of the Royal Asiatic Society (Hodgson Collection)’, published in the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1875, Pt. 1, pp.1-56. Brian Houghton Hodgson, gift, 1835-6. Text in Sanskrit.Digitizing sponsor: Byoma Kusuma Buddhadharma Sangha