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Tantra
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Begins.- fol. rb
श्रीगणेशाय नमः॥
अस्य श्रीनकुलीवागीश्वरीमंत्रस्य महाचमसकहोलका ऋषिः । अनुष्टुए छंदः। प्रतिवादिवास्तभिनी प्रतिवादिजिवास्तभिनी स्ववक्रोद्भाषिणी स्ववा
ग्विभूतिदायिनी सेवकस्य | etc. Ends.- fol. b
अनेन मूकोपि नरः सर्वज्ञः स्यान्नसंशयः॥ इति नकुलीकल्पः॥ चत्वारिवाक् ॥ ससर्परीरभर यहाग्वदस्य देवी
वाचमजनयंति देवाः ॥ ५॥ References.- (1) Mss.-A-Aufrecht's Catalogus Catalogorum :
i, 273 ( under Nakulivagišvarimantravidhana, iii, 599 (our ms. ). B-Descriptive Catalogues :
Mitra's Notices, II, 906 ( under Nakuleśvarimantravidhana).
नक्षत्रचक्र
Naksatracakra
964. No. 232
1887-91. Size. — 104 in. by 4 io in. Extent.- 5 leaves ; 12 lines to a page ; 42 letters to a line. Description.-Country paper , Devanagari characters; hand-writ
ing legible ; two or three lines in black ink on each border ; benedictory phrase, topics and the last colophon are tinged with red pigment; paper is very old, worn out and musty.
The work is a compilation from different Tantras and describes the mystic Cakras or diagrams used in tantric worship. The different cakras are:
(1) Akathabacakra, (2) Akadamacakra, (3) Readhanasodhanacakra, (4) Rasirakra and the (5) Nakşatracakra.
The name of the work is given on the basis of the last Cakra.
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