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(d) Ganesa.The cult of Ganesa is dealt with in three original Tantra works-Mārjārī-tantra (5877), Kumāra-samhità (6056) and Vināyaka-samhita (6088), which speak of the black rites to be performed with the aid of this deity.
The only work of known authorship in the section of digests on this cult is the Mahāgana pati-Irama or Ganesotsava (6505) by a disciple of Citprakāśa, Anantadeva by name, who is stated to have belonged to the Dāideva school and hailed from Mātspura.
(e) Sun. The worship of the sun god is treated of in the concluding chapters (ch. 31-35) of the Devīrahasya-tantra, stated to be a part of the Rudra-yamala. These chapters or some of them, are contained in two MSS. (5880, 5888, 6001).
There are a few later compilations on the cult of this deity. We have here a fragment of one, called the Tycabhāskara (6575). It is gathered from the MS. of the work belonging to the Sanskrit College of Calcutta (which was partially examined) that it deals with the details of the worship of the deity (e.g. 29451—fol. 47A, atu41—54A, 3urtfu—59B, 3784779–73B, tafafe129A). Reference is made in it among others to Tantra-kaumudi (18A), Prapañcasāra-samgraha of Girvāṇendra (32B), Mantra-mahodadhi (34B), Mantra-deva-prakāśikā (39A), a hymn by the author (māmakīnastava—58A) and the prayoga section of the work (37A).
(3) Works on Yoga.
The number of unique works in the section of Yoga is proportionately larger in comparison with that in other sections. No other MSS. appear to be known of works described under Nos. 61169, 6599, 6600, 6603, 6605, 6619, 6621 and 6622. But none of these works appears to be old. Of these, the date of composition of the Sāra-samuccaya (6604) is given as 1770 V.S. (1714 A.D.). A work of this name is referred to in the Cakra-dipikā (6622) and the Yogakalpa-latikā (6603) of Krsnadeva, a name identical with the name of the father of the author of the work of which the Sārasamuccaya of the Society is stated to be a summary. The only known MS. of the Yukta-bhava-deva, of which the Sāra-samuccaya is an abridgement, belongs to the Bangiya Sāhitya Parişad. A comparison of the MSS. of the two works reveals that the abridgement very closely follows the original. The former has one complete colophon at
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