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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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either spurious or constitute a curious hotch-potch of the views of different sects 1. Under these circumstances a rough arrangement based on tradition, according to the deities dealt with, seemed to be most satisfactory and this has been followed in two of the three broad formal divisions into which the works have been classfied at the first instance.
Under ORIGINAL TANTRAS come works, put in the form of interlocutions between divine beings or sages, though some of these are apparently very late and of not much importance.
Under DIGESTS have been grouped compilations attributed to historical personages though there are some which are anonymous: including those the names of the authors of which could not be traced owing generally to the imperfect condition of the manuscripts. The Digests have been subdivided into four sections in accordance with the subject-matter of the works. Under StoTRAS fall hymns either associated with original Tantras or ascribed to particular authors. These have been arranged according to the deities eulogised.
In the case of Original Tantras 2 the traditional way of division into Yāmala, Dāmara, etc., has been roughly followed here and there
1 HF rart varyfaña & Mantraratnākara of Vijayarāma (Ulwar, Extr. 653).
2 In this section the arrangement as found in the slips left by the late Mahamahopadhyaya H. P. Shastri was generally followed while a thorough rearrangement was made with regard to other sections.
The following statement will indicate the results of a partial application with regard to the Original Tantras of a principle of classification similar to the one followed in the case of Digests: A. Comprehensive and General Works:
5951, 5972, 5992, 6029. B. Works dealing with particular deities:
I. Sakti
(1) Kāli: 5930, 5964, 5991, 5999, 6011, 6016. (2) Tārā: 5929, 5949. (3) Tripurā: 5809, 5998, 6017.
(4) Vagalā : 5893, 6084. II. Siva: 6023. III. Vişnu: 5891, 6004, 6031, 6033. IV. Ganesa: 5897, 6056, 6088. Works dealing with particular rites, Mudrās, Yantras, etc.:
(1) Kaula rites: 5934, 5993, 6015. (2) Japa, Purascarana ete.: 5978, 6006, 5983.
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