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238 Tantra
[218. देवीरहस्य
Devirahasya
986. No. 218
1891-95. Size.-8 in. by 3d in. Extent. - 87 leaves ; 9 lines to a page ; 34 letters to a line.. Description.- Country paper 3, Devanagari characters%3; hand-writ.
ing bad ; foll. 1-399 have been written in black ink ; benedictory phrases, names of speakers and colophons are tinged with red pigment. Foll. 396-89 are written in reddish black ink; only marks of punctuation tinged with red pigment. Fol. 27 is blank and foll. 51-52 are missing. Paper is very old, worn out and musty. . !
The present work, also called Paradevirahasya, is a treatise on Tantric rites ( Kuladharma ), purporting to form part of the Rudrayāmalatantra. The work consists of 60 chapters in two parts, pūrvardha and uttarardha. Our codex contains the first 25 chapters (půrvardha ) with a portion wanting. It is devoted to Sakti worship. For a detailed analysis and list of contents, see I.O. Cat. ms.
No. 2546... Age.- Appears to be fairly old. ...... Author.- Anonymous. Begins.- fol. 10
श्रीगणेशाय नमः ।। भैरव उवाच ॥ अधुना देवि वक्ष्यामि रहस्यं परमाद्भतं ।।.. यन्न सर्वेषु तंत्रेषु यामलादिषु भाषितं । १॥ परादेवी रहस्याख्यं तंत्र मंत्रोच्चविग्रहं ।
तत्वं भीषोडशाक्षाः सर्वस्वं मम पार्वति ॥ २॥ etc. ,,- fol. 13° इति श्रीरुद्रयामले तंत्रे परादेवीरहस्ये शाक्तमंत्रोद्धारवि
धिनाम द्वितीयः पटलः॥ Ends.-- fol.89
वक्रतुंडशिलायंत्रं शोधययमुद्धरेत् । ठ द्वयं च मनोरते गणेश्वरस्मशोधनः ॥ इत्येवं यंत्रमीशानि रत्नसिंह after this, the portion is illegible
