Details

Standardized Title:

Tantras. Mahāgamasāra. Gurukavaca.

Other Title:

Āgamasāra.

Subjects:

Tantrism.
Guru worship (Rite).

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.
Manuscripts.

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).

Notes:

Title from colophon. Cataloged by Poleman as Gurukavaca from the Īśvarapārvatīsaṁvāda of the Āgamasāra.
Written 31 lines.
Fair condition. Ms. brown and slightly faded, with some tears and fraying on edges. Mistakes blotched out with black. Marginal corrections.
Begins: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ śrīdevy uvāca deveśa parameśāna bhaktānugrahakāraka kuladharmaratā vīrās teṣāṁ siddheś ca kāraṇaṁ 1 brūhi me kṛpayā śaṁbho tava prītir mamopari sādhakānāṁ hitārthāya bhuktimuktipradāyakaṁ 2
Ends: paṭhyate yaḥ strikālaṁ hi sa mukto bhavabaṁdhanāt ity evaṁ kavacaṁ parāt parataraṁ divyaughasiddhaughavan mānaughāḥ kramaśas tathā paraguroḥ kāṣṭhā gu[ro-?] saṁjñitaṁ bhaktyādeśikamaṁtrarūpapaṭhitaṁ pī>ṭh]āmbuje śrīguruṁ dhyātvā śrīdavalīṁ[?] kavitvam aparam aṁte ca muktiṁ labhet 32
Colophon: iti śrīmahāāgamasāre īśvarapārvatīsaṁvāde śrīgurukavacaṁ sampūrṇaṁ

Cited in:

Listed in H. I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 4411 (UP 2872).
Listed in Kunhan Raja, ed., New Catalogus Catalogorum, vol. 2 (Madras, India: University of Madras, 1949), p. 14.
Listed in Kunhan Raja, ed., New Cat. Cat., vol. 6, p. 64.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 2872

OCLC:

420229813