Category: Manuscripts

eGangotri 18: Raghunath Temple Manuscripts Mentioned in Gopinath Kaviraj Manuscript All Digitized

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In this Issue we have completed digitization of the Tantric Manuscripts at Raghunath Temple that were referred by MM Gopinath Kaviraj in his Work Tantric Sahitya ( Tantrik Literature ).
Viewable at:
https://archive.org/details/@dharmarthatrustjk#uploads

The Hindi Document Tantric Sahitya of MM Kaviraj ji is Viewable at:

A Singe Work Samayachaara(1203) couldn’t be located.

The Largest Agama Kalpalata is at 623 Pages.
https://archive.org/details/AgamaKalpalataYadunathSharma4914Alm22Shlf3DevanagariTantra
Text Shiva Tandava was also interesting for having numerous Magickal Squares and Other Magickal Geometric Polygons.

https://archive.org/details/ShivaTandava4935Alm22Shlf3DevanagariTantra
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Amnaya Guru Mandal Devatarchan Kramavalli 4898 Alm 22 Shlf 2 Devanagari Tantra : eGangotri : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

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Manuscripts of Dharmartha Trust ( धर्मार्थ ट्रस्ट ) at Raghunath Temple, Jammu,J&K
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Sharabh Sahasranama Stotra In Akash Bhairava Kalpa 485…
Manuscripts of Dharmartha Trust ( धर्मार्थ ट्रस्ट ) at Raghunath Temple, Jammu,J&K
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https://archive.org/details/GuruKavacha5040Alm22Shlf5DevanagariTantra

https://archive.org/details/GuruKavacha5040Alm22Shlf5DevanagariTantra
https://archive.org/stream/GyanarnavaTantra4910Alm22Shlf3DevanagariTantra/Gyanarnava%20Tantra_4910_Alm_22_Shlf_3_Devanagari%20-%20Tantra#page/n0/mode/2up
We have now started targetting Stein’s List of Tantric Works ( which overlap with Kaviraj’s List)

So by next Issue you should be able to see all Tantric Manuscripts of Stein.

Amongst Rare Books we have done, mentionable is the 1894 Bhagavata Gita Hindi Translation of Nawal Kishor Press:

https://archive.org/details/ShriBhagavataGitaWithHindiTika1894MunshiNawalKishorPress
There is another 1880 Hindi Tika of Bhagavata Gita in Srinagar we know of by Nawal Kishor Press and we hope to digitize it soon.

Purna Prajna Darshana is an 1883 Publication of the Free Sanskrit College of Jibananada Vidya Sagar

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Indological Books related to Sanskrit Learning ( संस्कृत )
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Dvaitokti Ratnamala is another unusual Publication from Calcutta by Panchanana Tarka Ratna Bhattacharya using the Shaka Era 1838 ( 1916 CE ).

https://archive.org/stream/DvaitoktiRatnamala1916PanchananaTarkaRatnaBhattacharya/Dvaitokti%20Ratnamala%201916%20-%20Panchanana%20Tarka%20Ratna%20Bhattacharya#page/n3/mode/2up
Another Book of interest for its mixed use of Urdu and Tatsama Hindi were some Old Book of Sermons from Advaita Ashram Mathura.
The 3 Volumes we found of a possible Decalogy are below :

Advaitananada Ya Sachidananda Prakash:

https://archive.org/details/AdvaitanandaYaSachchidanandaPrakashaVIIISwamiAdvaitananda

https://archive.org/details/AdvaitanandaYaSachchidanandaPrakashaXSwamiAdvaitananda
https://archive.org/details/AdvaitananadaYaSachidanandaPrakashIIIParamhansaAdvaitananda

This Tika on Bhagavata Gita by Lahiri Mahashaya has a Preface by Goinath Kaviraj also.

https://archive.org/details/BhagavataGitaI1954LahiriMahashayaAndSanyal

Other Rare books available at:
https://archive.org/details/@indologicalbooks#collections
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eGangotri 17: 2 Worm Eaten Sharada Manuscripts Skanda Purana Kashi Khanda and Nalodaya/Naishadha Charita

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I am sure to the Delight of most readers I have given up on scribd and switched to archive.org – for  manuscript uploadings – as scribd’s filepicker.io Plugin – which allowed me to instantly transfer pdfs from my google  drive repository to scribd has some javascript bug which they dont seem to care to fix but I am actually much happier with archive cos I am not limited by 100 MB only limits and working with multiple split files can be an irritating exercise for most end-users. Even though Scribd is better SEO/DMS-oriented than anything else in the World of Free eBook sharing.
 
The following will be the Default Location of All Books from now on from Raghunath Temple.
 
 In my Last Issue, I realized, I missed providing the Link to Vyadi Paribhasha Vritti, so here it is again.
We were lucky to stumble upon 2 Sharada Manuscripts with Insect Damage and actually with no Catalogue Stickers.
 
These are Nalodaya-Naishadhiya Charita at 1230 Pages and
 
 
Skanda Purana’s Kashi Khanda at 1229 Pages.
 
Other notables are:
 
Bhangeesh Samhita – a well known Text also published by the Jammu Campus of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan – on Kashmirian Piligrimages in Devanagari at 629 Pages
 
Chiita Pradeep of vasudeva a Vedantic Text in 310 Pages
 
Mrigendra Vritti of Bhatta Narayan Kantha at 277 Pages is an important Shaiva Siddhanta Text
 
This is the Second Text of MV we have been able to scan. Recently, a blogger link below was discussing this very text and its importance and difference from the Eight-Limbed School of Classical Yoga.
 
Free Dive into Tantric Pranayama
 
Katha Sarit Sagar , The Ocean of the Streams of Stories – a Metric Work which is a Vast and delightful Collection of Multiple Tales inside tales written by Somananda a Kashmiran in the eleventh century – a redaction of the Now Lost Brahat Katha of Gunadhya – believed to be written in Paishachi Prakrit Literally Barbaric/Monstrous Common Tongue after the Author had vowed to abandon speech of the Refined Sanskrit and even the civilized vernaculars if he lost his bet – in 1411 Pages.
Many popular TV Serials and Films on Tantric intrigues and Magic can be traced to this text.
 
 
The Proto-type of the Alibaba and the Thief Story in which the faithful wife takes revenge with Opportunist Seductors – in its original form can be found in this Text. I had the rare privilege of reading its superb Hindi Translation published by Bihar Rashtra Bhasha Parishad in 3 Volume which is also available at Scribd at:
 
 
Couple of Mahabhashyas with the Pradeep Commentary of Kaiyyata of Kashmir
 
 

eGangotri XIV: 20 Commentary Bhagavata Gita Commissioned by Majaraja Ranbir Singh

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The 20 Commentary Bhagavata Gita commissioned by Majaraja Ranbir Singh I had mentioned last time is now finally ready for viewing.
 
The name of the Commentaries once again are:
 
i. Anandi – Anand Rajanak
ii. Kusum Vaijayanti – Giridhari Das
iii. Gita Tatparya Shuddhi – Ram Chandra Saraswati
iv. Gudartha Chandrika – Vanamali
v. Gudartha Prakashika – Madhu Sudan Saraswati
vi. Tatva Prakashika – Rajanak Lakshmi Ram
vii. Tatparya Nirnaya – Anand Giri
viii. Pancholi –
viiii. Paramartha Prabha – Surya Pandit
ix. Pishach Bhashya
x. Gitartha Sangraha – Abhinavagupta
xi. Bhava Deepika – Neel Kanth
xii. Bhav Prakash – Sadananda Vyas
xiii. Bhashya – Shankaracharya
xiv. Bhashya – Ramanuja
xvi. Madhu Bhashya – Ananda Tirtha
xvii. Sarvatobhadra – Ram Kantha Rajanak
xviii. Subodhini – Shridhar Swami
xix. Ranavir Samdbodhini – Court Pandit of Maharaja Ranbir Singh
xx. Hindi Bhashya – Court Pandit of Maharaja Ranbir Singh
 
Items marked in Red are Kashmirian
 
One of the Commentary is in Hindi and another Ranbir Samidbodhini( Jagdishwar Vedapathi) in Sanskrit – these both were composed by Maharaja’s Court Pandits at his Orders. Hence Late 19th Century Works and the youngest in the Compilation. Approximate Time Period would be within Maharaja’s Reign 1857-1885. 
 
Could this Hindi Tika be labeled as the Oldest Known Hindi Prose Translation of Bhagavata Gita. I should soon get a copy of a Nawal Kishor Press Hindi Translation of Bhagavata Gita – will be interesting to see what date it has. And if that predates this Hindi Tika.
 
Sarvatobhadra of Ram Kantha – another tika of the same was also done and viewable: 
 
 
 
 
Would like to point out a Source of Confusion in the Naming of Rajanak Lakshmi Ram( aka Lasa Kak )’s Tika. The 18 Manuscripts ( each manuscript for each Chapter, hence for BG’s 18 Chapters 18 manuscripts ) consistently refer to Lasa Kak’s Tika as Lasiki.
 
But another manuscript which is exlusively Lasa Kak Tika we did viewable below:
 
refers to it as Tattva Prakashika.
 
Stein when referring to Lasikia Tika in this Group of Texts – against the actual usage in the Manuscript – calls it Tattva Prakashika as well.
 
This can be seen in the following 2 Pages of the Catalog:
 
 
Prof. Sanderson in his Survey of Kashmirian Literature also refers to Lasa Kak’s Tika as Tattva Prakashika.
 
The Texts of the Tikas in both places are identical. Hence we have to conclude that Lasiki is an alternate Name for Tattva Prakashika.
 
The Last Portion of the Commentary on the 18th chapter has some biographic Data inserted in the margins which amongst other things confirms his Kashmirian Origins: 
 
लक्षमीराम इति द्विजोऽत्र निवसन्काश्मीर भूमण्डले मेरोर्मातुह पाङ्ग देह जननोराजान(क)गोपालकात् श्री शाके द्विगुणा(?) भूपरि मित्रे मासेस्थितावाश्विने शुक्लायां प्रतिपद्यजां चितिरतो गीता सुटीकां व्यवधात्
 
 
 
Now – going by Shri Jai Kishan Sharma’s List* – I have five more Kasmirian BG Tika’s remaining to discover:
 
 i. Keshavabhatt Kashmirin’s “Tattvaprakashika” (16th century), …..
 ii. Bhatta Bhaskara’s “Bhagavad Gita Tika” (900 AD),
 iii. Sahib Koul’s “Gita Sar” (17th century),
 iv. Sahib Ram’s “Gita Vyakhya Sahibi” (19th century),
 v. Pandit Daya Ram’s “Bhagavad Gita Tika” (19th century),
 
* Original Article for those who dont have the context from the Last Issue, please view:
 
 
Item (i) is confusing. Tattva Prakashika as we have shown is Lasiki Tika but then who is Keshava Kashmiraka? and what was the name of his Tika.
 
Sahib Ram’s Gita Vyakhya Sahibi – which Jai Kishan Sharma says is in the Srinagar Archives – remains to be digitized. With blessings of the Almighty in 2016.
 
 
Daya Ram Shastri ( son of Sahib Ram’s )’s Gita Tika is in the Library and that will soon be digitized.
 
That makes Sahib Koul’s GIta Vyakhya Sahibi and Bhatta Bhaskar’s Tika two tikas yet to be discovered.
 
Inquiries with many scholars in Jammu and online regarding Jai Kishan Sharma ji has not yielded any results.
 
I am sure readers will also appreciate two Printed Copies of Bhagavata Gita we have found in Srinagar:
 
1921 Publication
 
and a 1916 Publication
 
Will be back with the Nawal Kishor Press Edition of Bhagavata Gita and manuscripts of many Kashmirian Texts like Tantraloka with Jayaratha( a second one ) and Pratyabhijnas and Vigyan Bhairavas.
 

https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%2218+Commentary+Bhagvata+Gita%22

2 New Sharada Manuscripts at Raghunath Temple

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Recently, I ran into a Book on Nataraj with some very stunning photographs by Shri Kamal Kishor Mishra, currently Associate Professor in Calcutta University.

I was pleasantly surprised that, Prof. Mishra had done the Second Set of Catalog Post-Stein to bring up to date the Collection.

3 Volumes were by Patekar done in the 70s and the fourth Volume by Prof. Mishra and Late Shri Dhaniram Shastri, Chief Librarian of Raghunath Temple.

I decided to digitize all Kashmir Shaiva Manuscripts based on this New Catalog. I realized all entries related to the Script of the Manuscript are entered as Devanagari which is clearly wrong. Only Two entries in the 4th Volume showed Sharada, hence I had these done first.

The First manuscript contains the following Stotras:

i. Ganapati Stavaraja ( from Bhaivhsya Purana ),
ii. Bhavani Nama Sahasraka (from Rudrayamala),
iii. Vitastata Stotram
iv. Jwalamukhi Stotram ( Ratna Pancha Kavya) )
v. Sharika Stotram
vi. Saundarya Lahari
vii. Mukunda Mala
viii. Narakottarana Sotra(?)
ix. Bhagavata Gita ( Mahabharata )
x. Devi Mahatmya ( Markandeya Purana )
xi. Indrakshi Stotra
https://www.scribd.com/doc/282233320/Ganapati-and-Other-11-Stotras-4766-4776-Sharada-Part1
The second Sharada Manuscript is the Bhuvanshwari Panchanga – from the Rudrayamala – according to the Title.
https://www.scribd.com/doc/280421543/Bhuvaneshwari-Panchangam-From-Rurayamala-Alm-3887-Sharada-Tantra

List of All Manuscripts in Almira 27 Shelf-1 ( 36 Items )

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Complete List of Almira-27 Shelf-1 Items:

1). Bagla Mukhi Rahasyam_Alm_27_shlf_1_6026_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 129 Pages
2). Bagula Mukhi Panchangam_Alm_27_shlf_1_6025_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 325 Pages
3). Dakshina Murti Samhita _ Alm_27_shlf_1_6022_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 179 Pages
4). Dakshinamurti Samhita_Alm_27_shlf_1_6022_1633k_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 175 Pages
5). Ganesh Stotra_Alm_27_Shlf_1_6010_Devanagari – Stotra.pdf , 207 Pages
6). Gautam Tantra_Alm_27_shlf_1_6039_devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 167 Pages
7). Kameshwar Panchgam_Alm_27_shlf_1__6021_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 187 Pages
8). Kaulikachana Deepika_Alm_27_Shlf_1_6007_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 211 Pages
9). Krama Deepika_Alm_27_shlf_1_6041_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 93 Pages
10). Kularanava Tantra_Alm_27_shlf_1_6034_Devanagari Tantra.pdf , 171 Pages
11). Maha Nirvana Tantra_Alm_27_Shlf_16036_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 197 Pages
12). Malini Vartika of Abhinavagupta_Alm_27_shlf_1_6028_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 66 Pages
13). Manasollasa_Alm_27_shlf_1_6029_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 125 Pages
14). Nagarjuna Tantra_Alm_27_shlf_1_6030_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 123 Pages
15). Netra Tantra with Netrodyota of Kshemendra till Chapter 14 and 2 Folios of Chapter 15_Alm_27_shlf_1_6033_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 321 Pages
16). Niruttara Tantra_Alm_27_shlf_1_6040_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 74 Pages
17). Puja Paddhati_Bali Vishva Deva_Alm_27_Shlf_1_6017_Devanagari – Dharma Shastra.pdf , 118 Pages
18). Rakaradi Shri Rama Sahasranama_Alm_27_shlf_1_6013_2629_k_Devanagari- Stotra.pdf , 173 Pages
19). Ram Navmi Puja_Alm_27_shlf_1_6031_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 38 Pages
20). Sabeeja Bhavani Sahasranama_Alm_27_shlf_1_6037_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 265 Pages
21). Sanat Kumar Tantra_Alm_27_shlf_1_6038_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 42 Pages
22). ShaT Chakra Dhyanam_Alm_27_Shlf_1_6018_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 49 Pages
23). Shiva Panchangam_Alm_27_Shlf_1_6027_1638K_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 128 Pages
24). Shiva Puja_Alm_27_Shlf_1_6015_Devanagari – Dharma Shastra.pdf , 41 Pages
25). Shivarchan Paddhati Visnhu Sahasra Naamavali_Alm_27_shlf_1_6014_1620k_Devanagari – Karma Kanda.pdf , 74 Pages
26). Shri Ram Stotram_Alm_27_shlf_1_6020_Devanagari – Stotra.pdf , 192 Pages
27). Shri Vidyarchana_Alm_27_shlf_1_6032_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 39 Pages
28). Shyama Rahasyam_Alm_27_shlf_16043_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 233 Pages
29). Sumukhi Panchangam_Alm_27_Shelf_1_6012_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 327 Pages
30). Tantra Homa Vidhi_Alm_27_shlf_1_6023_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 33 Pages
31). Tantra Homa Vidhi _Alm_27_shlf_1_6023_1634k _Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 27 Pages
32). Tara Rahasya_Alm_27_shlf_1_6042_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 73 Pages
33). Tripura Sundari Mahopnishat_Alm_27_shlf_1_6024_Devanagari – Upanishad.pdf , 83 Pages
34). Utpal Stotravali With Vivritti of Kshemaraja_Alm_27_shlf_1_6035_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 156 Pages
35). Vriddha Svachchanda Tantra_Alm_27_Shelf_1_6011_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 345 Pages
36). Yantra Chintamani_Alm_27_shlf_1_6006_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 113 Pages

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eGangotri X: Digitizations in SriNagar

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I am back from a short trip to Srinagar and now already on my Way to the World Sanskrit Conference 2015 in Bangkok,Thailand. If anyone is coming there, then do email me, I will be happy to meet them.

Anyone eager to have my Data bring a 2 TB hard drive also, I will do my best to make everyone happy.

I was very lucky to meet many Important People in the Field of Culture in Srinagar . And we digitized a few manuscripts also. But it was unfortunately very short but I did get a lot of tips to be able to explore more of Kashmir fruitfully in Future. And a Team of One Member is now stationed in Srinagar for digitization and hoping to hire atleast one More Person to start work at the Kashmir University Library’s Sanskrit Collection.

The Most Important thing we got to do is meet T.N. Ganjoo ji at his residence and recieve 10 Sharada Manuscripts and One 1919 Publication of Mahartha Manjari edited by T Ganapati Shastri from him.

The Most Important Manuscript which I think we did was the Sanskrit Prose Translation of Lal Dyad. It preserves the Oldest specimens of the Kashmiri Language and many obsolete Kashmiri Words will now be better understood by Scholars through this Manuscript. This is the only manuscript of its kind.

Lal Dyad With Sanskrit Translation – Sharada_Ram Shaiva Ashram_Part1.pdf

and this is the Another Very Important Manuscript we did:

Para Praveshika and Other 11 Manuscripts – Sharada_Ram Shaiv Ashram_3_Part1.pdf

It is a Composite Manuscript with the following texts with 607 pages:

Para Praveshika
Pratyabhijna hridaya
Spanda Vritti Tika
Mahimana ParaH Tika
Vigyan Bhairava
Samba Panchashika
Siva Sutra?
Tantraloke Matrika Chakra Tika ( in 8 folios )
Ram Gita Tika
Nirvana Prakarane Jivan Mukta Nischaye Yogopadeshe Naam ShanaH
Adhyatma Ramayan Uttara Kande Uma Maheshwar Samvade Panchamo’dhyayasya Shri Ram Gita Tika Satika
Anuttaraashtika of Abhinavagupta
Tantraloke Matrika Chakra Tika, this submanuscript seems an intersting unpublished entry. Comments welcome

Manuscript 1:

Spanda Nirnaya Ist Chapter and 1st Page of Second Chapter – Sharada_Ram Shaiva Ashram_1.pdf

Manuscript 2:

Shiva Sutra Vimarshini of Kshemaraja – Sharada_Ram Shaiv Ashram_2

Manuscript 4,

Shiva Sutra Vimarshini Fragment With Notes – Sharada_Ram Shaiv Ashram_4.pdf

Manuscript 5:

Utpala Stotravali with Kshemaraja Tika – Sharada_Ram Shaiv Ashram Manuscript 5_Part1.pdf

Manuscript 6:

Spanda Vivritti of Rama Kantha – Sharada_Ram Shaiv Ashram Manuscript 6_Part1.pdf

Manuscript 7:

Vedic Kalpa Drum Collection of Stotras – Sharada_Ram Shaiv Ashram Manuscript 7_Part1.pdf

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Manuscript 9:

Bhagavata Gita and Other 10 Manuscripts – Sharada_Ram Shaiv Ashram_9_Part3.pdf

Another Composite Manuscript Contains the following Texts

Snana Vidhi
Sandhya Pasavam(?)
Bhavani Sahasranama
Indrakshi Stotram
Bhadara Mantra
Pancha Stavi
Vishnu Panchayatan Puja Vidhi
Ragya Stotra
Rama Puja or Ram Stotra
Navagraha Stotra
Bhagavata Gita

Manuscript 10:

Fragments of Bhagavat With Notes – Sharada_Ram Shaiv Ashram_10.pdf

Ganjoo Sahib told me that he rescued these fragments from a Panwala for few paisas who was recycling it to wrap his pans.

The 1919 Mahartha Manjari of T Ganapati Shastri:

I have One More Manuscript to share which I will do later as I have to edit it first. At 1500+ pages it is a Vedic Compilation but I am not exactly sure about its contents.
This One Illustrated Manuscript – is from Ishwar Ashram Trust, New Delhi. I had photographed it formerly, now scanned it with Our New Systems to get a Proper Compact PDF.
All Files uploaded can be viewed in the Swami Ram Shaiva Ashram Account created in Scribd:

eGangotri VIII: 5 Sharada Birch Bark Manuscripts in Almira 28

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Dear All:

Sorry been kind of involved lately and sending this after a long time, even though we have unearthed so much and I will be notifying them slowly but the news for now is that we have digitized 5 Birch Bark Manuscripts ( including mutl-text Composite Manuscripts )  in Almira 28, All in Sharada Script containing extremely crucial Texts. Subjects were  Grammar, Vedanta,  Kashmir Shaivism (2) , and Literature

Even though these manuscripts are spread out in different shelves and it would be expected that the regular cataloguing would be used for them but actually there is an Different Internally Consistent for the Group Numbering/Indexing  used for All Manuscripts and Sub Manuscripts.

Below, under each title I wil produce the Numbering utilized by the Cataloguer which shows that he considered these Five Manuscripts as one Set. And if there is anything more to discover it will start from 21

Here are the Titles:

1. Ishwara Pratyabhijna Sutra Vimarshini And Seven Other Manuscripts_Sharada_Almira28_Shelf6_Birch Bark
1. Shastra Siddhanta Lesha – Appaya Dikshit
2. Ishwara Pratyabhijna Sutra Vimarshini – Abhinavagupta
3. Ishwara Pratyabhijna Sutrartha – Utpala Deva
4. Manusmriti
5. Laghu Jataka – Varaha Mihita
6. Jyotisha Ratna Mala Tika – Maha Deva
7. Shighra Bodha – Kashi Natha

2. Raghava Pandaviyam and Kadambari_Alm28_Shlf_3_1569_Sharada_BirchLeaf
8. Raghava Pandaviyam Kavya of Kaviraj Pandit
9. Kadambari of Bana Bhatta

3. Brahma Sutra_Shariraka Bhashya_Alm 28 _Shlf_6_Sharada_Birch_Bark
10. Brahma Sutra Shariraka Bhashya

4. Shiva Drishti and other 9 Manuscripts_Sharada_Alm 28_Shelf 6_Birch Bark

11. Shiva Drishti of Utpala Deva
12. Vedanta Sara
13. Panchi Karan Vartika of Ananta Ram

14. Bal Bodhini of Shankaracharya
15. Mahartha Manjari – Maheshwarananda
16. Vedanta Sara – Sadananda
17. Ishwar PRatyabhijna Hridaya – Kshemaraja
18. Shad Darshan Vichara
19. Ishvara Pratyabhijna Sutra Vimarshini – Lord Abhinavagupta

5. Kashika Vritti_Birch Bark_Sharada_Almira_28_Shlf_6_20 – Vamana and Jayaditya
20. Kashika Vrittia of Jayaditya and Vamana

And Here are the Links ( the First Parts only, remaining parts can be searched in scribd easily):

https://www.scribd.com/doc/258811620/Ishwara-Pratyabhijna-Sutra-Vimarshini-and-Seven-Other-Manuscripts-Sharada-Almira28-Shelf6-Birch-Bark-Part1

https://www.scribd.com/doc/259567335/Brahma-Sutra-Shariraka-Bhashya-Alm-28-Shlf-6-Sharada-Birch-Bark-Part1-pdf

https://www.scribd.com/doc/256556450/Raghava-Pandaviyam-and-Kadambari-Alm28-Shlf-3-1569-Sharada-BirchLeaf-Part1

https://www.scribd.com/doc/258811651/Shiva-Drishti-and-Other-9-Manuscripts-Sharada-Alm-28-Shelf-9-Birch-Bark-Part1

https://www.scribd.com/doc/259790188/Kashika-Vritti-Birch-Bark-Sharada-Almira-28-Shlf-6-20-Vamana-and-Jayaditya-Part1

Soon with More News about Musicological Instruction Books in Hindi Prose ( yes in Manuscript Form ) and Devanagari Copy of Pratyabhijna Vivritti Vimarhsini and A Text in what has been reported as Laddakhi but could be Tibetan ( Tibetan Buddhists Scholars in the List you might be for some surprise )

eGangotri VII Almira 28 Shelf-1,2,3 Complete

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Dear All:

So finally 3 shelves of Almira 28 have been Done. Our First Full Manuscript Only Almira.

I am no longer going to provide Google Drive Links – at the cost of so much ease of Time-free transmission – as some determined net psychopath is randomly clicking “Report Abuse” liberally on my Manuscript Links and rendering them unshareable.

May maggots feed on his mindless fingers.

Seems Google doesnt have a Vandalism Check like Wiki’s Stiki.

Para Shambhu Mahimna Stava of Durvasa:
https://www.scribd.com/doc/252985362/Para-Shambhu-Mahimna-Stava-Hand-Writtern-Notes-of-B-N-Pandit-Durvasa

I had published photographs of this Rare Publication before which is the Personal Copy of Late B.N. Panditji with some Sanskrit Scribblings of his.

Finally – thanks again to Shaila Gulatiji to lending us this Copy for Proper Book Scanning. Here it is in an Excellent Format.

Para Shambhu Mahimna Stava Hand Writtern Notes of B.N. Pandit – Durvasa

I will remind readers that B.N Panditji’s Guru Shri Amrit Vagbhava had channelled several Sanskrit Writtings from Durvasa and he himself was called Durvasa because he was also of a very angry temperament. In the Light of this Information, the above a Durvasa Work ( or an interpretation ‘channelled’ in the Hoary Past ) and its importance to B N Panditji can be better understood.

The Text in itself is admirable good writting.

Sadguru Mark Dyczkowski’s Wish List:
We did the follwing four manuscripts for Sadguru Mark Dyczkowski.

Tantraloka ( 696 Pages, in Devanagari )
https://www.scribd.com/doc/252982551/Tantraloka-With-Jayaratha-s-Vivek-Alm-22-Shelf-2-4908-Devanagari-Abhinavagupta-Part1
https://www.scribd.com/doc/252981950/Tantraloka-With-Jayaratha-s-Vivek-Raghunath-Lib-Abhinavagupta-Part2


https://www.scribd.com/doc/252981949/Tantraloka-With-Jayaratha-s-Vivek-Raghunath-Lib-Abhinavagupta-Part3

https://www.scribd.com/doc/252984898/Tantraloka-With-Jayaratha-s-Vivek-Raghunath-Lib-Abhinavagupta-Part5

Tantrasara

https://www.scribd.com/doc/252981952/Tantrasara-Alm-10-Shelf-3-2333-Devanagari-Abhinavagupta

Saura Samhita ( Skanda Purana )
https://www.scribd.com/word/document_edit/252981951

Bhava Chudamani
https://www.scribd.com/doc/252981953/Bhava-Chudamani-Almira24-shelf1-5291-Devanagari-Vidya-Kantha

Bhava Chudamani turned out to be a very unusual entry which elicited the following remarks from Prof Sanderson:

Thank you for these excellent colour scans. I am particularly pleased to receive the scan of the Bhāvacūḍāmaṇi MS, which is to my knowledge the only surviving manuscript of this text, the commentary of the Kashmirian scholar Vidyākaṇṭha on the Saiddhāntika Pratiṣṭhātantra Mayasaṃgraha. I have read this manuscript in the past, but my copy was a black-and-white photocopy of inferior legibility obtained a decade or so ago by one of my pupils.

Yours sincerely.

Alexis Sanderson

Only Surviving Manuscript in the World !!!! Glad eGangtori could played a role in the Rescue. Thanks to Sadguru Mark Dyczkowski also.

Other interesting manuscripts included Bhakta Vinod – a 2300+ Folio Manuscript in Hindi Prose.

https://www.scribd.com/doc/255519610/Bhakta-Vinod-Hindi-Prose-Work-Alm-28-Shlf-1-6157-1891-Devanagri-Raghunath-Lib-Part1-pdf

Containing biographies of Nabha Das and other Medieval Saints and profuse Quotations of Verses. Works of 19th Century Hindi Prose are extremely rare, therefore this Work stands out.

Another Tome was Sangeet Kalpa Druma at 1723 pages – which is massive collection of Bhajans and Kirtans :
https://www.scribd.com/doc/252985881/Sangeet-Kalpa-Druma-Alm-28-Shlf-1-61656-652-Devanagari-Raghunath-Lib-pdf-Part1

Another Musical Work collection of Songs was Raga Ragini Samuday, 923 Pages

https://www.scribd.com/doc/252985889/Rag-Ragini-Samuday-Alm-28-Shlf-1-6153-Devanagari-Raghunath-Lib-pdf-Part1
Tantric Works:

Vidyarnava ( Only Partial )

https://www.scribd.com/doc/252985871/Vidyarnava-Alm-28-Shlf-1-6160-18k-Devanagari-Raghunath-Lib-pdf-Part1
https://www.scribd.com/doc/252985870/Vidyarnava-Alm-28-Shlf-1-6160-18k-Devanagari-Raghunath-Lib-pdf-Part2

Uchishta Ganapati

https://www.scribd.com/doc/255523077/Uchchishta-Ganesh-Paddhati-Alm-28-Shlf-3-6213-Devanagari-Tantra

https://www.scribd.com/doc/255522984/Bagulamukhi-Vidhi-Alm-28-Shlf-2-9210-Devanagri-Tantra-pdf

Sadly Partial Copy of Nareshwar PAriksha
https://www.scribd.com/doc/255522993/Nareshwara-Pariksha-Alm-28-Shlf-2-6233-Devanagari-Vedanta

Pratyaka Tattva Deepika

https://www.scribd.com/doc/255519621/Pratyka-Tattva-Pradeepika-Alm-28-Shlf-2-6243-Devanagari-Chitsukha-Muni-Part1-pdf
https://www.scribd.com/doc/255519616/Pratyka-Tattva-Pradeepika-Alm-28-Shlf-2-6243-Devanagari-Chitsukha-Muni-Part2-pdf

Ayurveda:
Rasa Ratnakar of the Legendary Nagarjuna the Alchemist ( Wish List of Dominik Wujastyk )

https://www.scribd.com/doc/255798242/Ras-Ratnakar-Alm-14-Shlf-3-3153-Devanagari-Shri-Nagarjuna

Gandhak Vidhanam Alm 28 Shlf 3 6285 Devanagari – Ayurved

https://www.scribd.com/doc/255523092/Gandhak-Vidhanam-Alm-28-Shlf-3-6285-Devanagari-Ayurved

Other 60+ manuscripts in Literature, Law, Nyaya, Logic

Can be viewed here:
https://www.scribd.com/dharmarthatrust?tab=documents

Tremendous Great News :

A Prominent Library in Jammu – I am withholding Catalog and Name of Institute as I fear getting jynxed , having around 650+ Sanskrit Manuscripts out of which around 150 are in Sharada and rest in Devanagari – official Permission has been granted to allow us to scan there Collection and work will begin this Wednesday, right after Shiva Ratri.

One of the manuscripts in there Collection is Krama Stotra in 11 folios – this could contain Krama Keli we are hoping.

But what was more astounding that one of the Venereable Members of this Institution with whom me have been interacting – a Scholar of Persian and Arabic – told us that he is in possession of 1000+ Sharada Manuscripts besides thousands of Persian and Arabic Ones in his Collection in Srinagar which has been catalogues as well by NMM ( will try to get hold of this List) – so in the Summer I need to get a team ready to target these and be in Sri Nagar besides continuing the work in Jammu. And meet Mansour Daikoo also, who as Mrinal Kaul pointed out somehwere has the Largest Private Repository of Sharada manuscripts.

eGantotri VI. Manuscripts in Almira 9, Almira 28. Sanskrit Writtings of Parsis, Mantra in Tantraloka

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Dear All:
Merry Christmas to everyone.
We have been able to release around 100 Manuscripts which represents Our Efforts in the Last Three Weeks of Digitization at Raghunath Temple Library.
I have also rescanned the Working Catalog of the Library:
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Almirah 9 – which was actually a Book Rack not a Manuscript Almirah had some Highly Interesting Sharada Manuscripts, shelved randomly – is now complete.
These Manuscripts were the remnants of – what I could gather – a Srinagar Library which was either torched or looted.
Thanks to the Bhairava of Destruction – He chose inaction for this cache which represents some of the most representative Texts of Kashmir Shaivism and consequently His Worship also.
Viewable at :
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Almira – 9

20_Kusha Manda and 8 Other Manuscripts_Sharada_RaghunathTemple_Uncatalogued_Almira_9_531_1694.pdf.pdf Dec 21
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Some of the interesting manuscripts in this Collection were:
1392_Vigyan Bhairava and 16 Other Manuscripts_Sharada_RaghunathTemple_Uncatalogued_Almira_9_531_1694
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A Composite Manuscript in Sharada, 954 Pagaes containing:
Vijnana Bhairava, Mahartha Manjari, Spanda Shastra, Stava Chintamani, Utpal Stotravali, Paramrtha Sara, Yoganushasanam, Virupaksha Panchashika, Gayatri Mantra Nirnaya, Gita, Yoga Vasishtha, Surya Sttuim Veda Stuti, Amara Bhairava, Panchastavi, Vairagya (?) Stotram
and
1410_Kularnava and 7 Other Manuscripts_Sharada_RaghunathTemple_Uncatalogued_Almira_9_531_1694
Has 552 Pages and Total 8 Manuscripts:
Sri Kularnava Tantra, Swatantrya Deeipka, Pancha Stavi, Utpal Stotravali, Pratyabhijna Hridaya, Samba Panchashika Tika, Spanda Vritti, Spanda Sandoha
Some Other Critical Manuscript Titles:
Rn No 1409_Geeta_Sharada_RaghunathTemple_Uncatalogued_Almira_9_531_1694
1407_Pratyabhijna Vritti_Sharada_RaghunathTemple_Uncatalogued_Almira_9_531_1694
1399_Paramartha Sara Tika_Sharada_RaghunathTemple_Uncatalogued_Almira_9_531_1694
1403_Shiva Sutra Vimarshini_Sharada_RaghunathTemple_Uncatalogued_Almira_9_531_1694
1398_Shiva Sutra Tika_Sharada_RaghunathTemple_Uncatalogued_Almira_9_531_1694
1400_Vigyan Bhairava_Sharada_RaghunathTemple_Uncatalogued_Almira_9_531_1694
1395_Spanda Vritti_Sharada_RaghunathTemple_Uncatalogued_Almira_9_531_1694
1396_Ishwar Pratyabhijna_Sharada_RaghunathTemple_Uncatalogued_Almira_9_531_1694
Spanda Sandoha_Sharada_RaghunathTemple__missing_pg6_Uncatalogued_Almira_9_531_1694
1405_Gayatri Nirnaya_Sharada_RaghunathTemple_Uncatalogued_Almira_9_531_1694
Too lazy to grab there Links but if entered in scribd with that tile will be dispalyed.
I was very surprised to see another Swatantrya Deepika in it as well and this is the Second One I got to digitize in less than 2 months but before Makhan Lal Kokiloo ji mentioned it in September I was never aware of its existence and now I know of atleast 4 ( 2 others in possession of M. L. Kokilu and Motil Lal Pandit a photocopy – the original of Sadguru Mark’s Transcript )
And Almira 28 is our First Full Manuscript Almira undertaking.
We have so far done 43 Items chiefly Shelf 1  and can be found below:
and also at:
The Most Important Manuscript we found was a Composite Text 593 Pdf pages registered as Malini Shloka Vartika but actually containg many many Abhinavaguptan Works chiefly in Devanagari and a few folios in Sharada.
This Very Manuscript – I have been informed was the Original for Prof. Hanneder’s Translation Abhinavagupta;s Philosophy of Revelation.
This one seems unpublished and another Original Work by a Kashmirian Scholar
Kavya Prakash Sanket of Ruchaka_Alm_28_Shlf_1_6262_23k__Devanagri_Raghunath Lib.pdf
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This has some 19th Century specimens of Yantra Diagrams:
Yantra 3 Pages_Dvn_Raghunath_Alm_28_Shlf1_6164_1906K
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This is certainly an unpublished work of Non-Khari Boli Hindi Poetry titled:
Hida It Da Barahamasa_Devanagari_Raghunath_Almira_28_6174_996K
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Most Manuscripts so far are in Almira 28 are in Devanagari and they are a Very ecletic mix of works on jyotish, Hindi Litt. ( sursagar and vinay patrika ) , Ayurveda, Poetics, Sanskrit Litt, Lexicography, Mathematics, Grammar, Nyaya  etc.
Photo Catalog of All Books in Almira-28 which we will be digitizing and have digitized can be seen at:
and this Link will be the Place Holder for all photo-catalogs of Raghunath Library.

Cover Pages

Drive Sign in Cover Pages 2 items TITLE LAST MODIFIED Almira-28 Cover Pages 3:57 am Almira-9 Cover Pages 3:56 am
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Amongst other Great News I could gather was the Sanskrit Translation of Parsi Works which were published in the first decade of the 20th Century by the Title of
Collected Sanskrit Writtings of the Parsis !!!
Seems somebody had commissioned translations into Sanskrit of Zorastrain Works and now someone has reprinted a low priced edition of these Works.

Collected Sanskrit Writings of The Parsis (Sanskrit Edition)

Collected Sanskrit Writings of The Parsis (Sanskrit Edition) [Ervad Sheriarji Dadabhai Bharucha] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in …
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I glimsped a few pages available in the Amazon Preview and the Sanskrit had a very distinct and refreshingly alternative flavor.
A Mantra in Tantraloka
In Anava- Upaya 5th Ahnika (Chapter ) Shloka 148 Abhinavagupta Maharaj has given a Post-Diksha Mantra which I think will be nice to share with everyone, my only resolve in reading TA. is to glean all esoteric practices and mantras and utilize them, in the former I have been rather slack and tend to skip important information but I am glad I did stumble upon a mantra and they are definitely an easier practice.
Ab. Maharaj’s praise for this Mantra is as follows:
Seven days diligent japa with tanmayata( thatness with the mantra, Oneness ) one will be see his Lakshya( Aim ) ( meditatiable something, Jayaratha )
It shines like a Summer Sun in the Practitioner’s Mind and burning blue yellow flames are perceived in the Ocean of the Heart.
In Devanagari
क्षं मं रं यं णं
In IAST
kṣaṁ maṁ raṁ yaṁ ṇaṁ
I have done a few malas already – not exactly a shakti pat experience but does have an appeal that wants me to do it.
I will love to hear any stories if any one tries it.

eGangotri V: 71+ Sharada Manuscripts at Ranbir Campus, Jammu

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Dear All:

So here are all 71+ Sharada Manuscripts at Ranbir Campus Jammu:

https://www.scribd.com/rsktsansthanjammu/documents

(alernate Site:

Rsks Jammu

We have missed one Manuscript “Dhruva Samhita”. I wil be calling the Librarian today to  check if she was able to locate it.

Also One Manuscript is in Persian “Sirr-i-Akbar” – the Persian Trnaslation sponsored by Dara Shikoh in the Mughal Court of the Upanishads.

The Complete List can be seen below:

Sharada Manuscripts at RSktS Jammu Kot Bhawal

Interesting Entires were:

An Unknown Bhaskari Tika on the Bhagawat Gita.

Hansa Yamal Tantra Sara ( Prana Gita)

Krama Archa Vivritti

Vimarsha Parijata

Swatantrya Deepika

Several Fragmentary Copies of Ishwar Pratyabhijna ( none containing any Unpublished Item )

Matrika Tantra

Gayatri Nirnaya

Thanks again profusely to Devanathan Sir, Principal Ranbir Campus and Mrs. Shreshtha Jamwal Librarian who made this Possible.