[RAS Hodgson MS 48] Bhūtaḍāmaratantram

language : Sanskrit
date : [1800?]
Paper; 5 lines on each page. Cowell and Eggeling describe the writing as “modern”, i.e. 19th century. In 26 paṭalas; text begins: athāto bhūtaḍāmaramahātantrarāje sarvabhūtabhūtānāṃ sādhanavidhivistaraṃ pravakṣyāmi | ityāha bhagavānmahāvajradharastrailokyādhipatiḥ – 1. iti bhūtaḍāmaramahātantrarāje iṣṭabhūtarājā kalpaḥ prathamaḥ paṭalaḥ f.9r; 2. – karmapiśācinībhūtinīsādhanavidhivistaraḥ – f.12r; 3. and 4. – aṣṭāmahākātyāyanīmudrālaksaṇavidhivistaratantra – f.14r, 17r; 5. – mahāmaṇḍalavidhivistaraḥ – f.20v; 6. – mahāmaṇḍalapraveśavidhi – f.20v; 7. – siddhimahāmaṇḍalamantravidhi – f.22r; 8. – mahāmaṇḍalamudrālaksaṇavidhi – f.27r; 9. – sarvadevatāyā mahāmudrāvidhi – f.27r; 10. – mahāmaṇḍaladarśanavidhi – f.28v; 11. – kiṅkarasādhanavidhivistara – f.30r; 12. – veṭisādhanavidhivistara – f.32r; 13. – aṣṭābhūtinīsādhanavidhi – f.35r; 14. and 15. – aṣṭāvatsarasādhana – f.37v, 38v; 16. and 17. – yakṣiṇīsādhana – f.42r, 43r; 18. and 19. – nāginīsādhanavistaro – f.45v, 46r; 20. – ṣaṭkinnarīsādhanavidhi – f.47r; 21. – krodharājamaṇḍalavidhi – f.50v; 22. – kiṅkarasādhanavistara – f.53r; 23. – siddhisādhanavidhivistaraḥ f.53v; 24. – aṣṭābhūtamudrālaksaṇa – f.54v; 25. – bhūtinīmāraṇavidhi – f.55v; 26. – aṣṭāḍāmara paṭalaḥ ṣaḍviṃśatitamaḥ samāptaḥ || Manuscript acquired by Hodgson in Nepal. See p. 38-39 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