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444.] Tantra
467 शिवष्टिवृत्ति
Śivadrstivștti No. 444
805.
1891-95. Size.-Iog in. by 71 in. Extent.-~56 leaves ; 27 lines to a page ; 30 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper; Deranagari Characters; hand-writ
ing good ; written in book form ; one side of each page is blank. Paper in good condition.
The present codex is a part of the famous work Siva drsti, by Siddha Somānandanātha, with a commentary on it by Utpaladeva. For further particulars about this work, see the Išvarapratyabhijñā of Utpaladeva ( Kashmir Series of Texts and Studies, No. XXXIII ) Vol. II, Introduction,
Pp. I-IV. Age.-Appears to be modern. Author.- Utpaladeva. Begins.-- fol. 1.
श्रीगणेशाय नमः॥ डों चिदाकाशमये स्वांगे विश्वलेख्यविधायिने । साडतोद्भवभुने नमो विषमचक्षुषे॥१॥ विभ्रमाकरसंज्ञेन स्वपुत्रेणास्मि चोदितः। । पनानंदाभिधानेन तथा सब्रह्मचारिणा ॥२॥ ईश्वरप्रस्यभिज्ञोक्तविस्तरे गुरुनिर्मिते।
शिवदृष्टिप्रकरणे करोमि पदसंगतिम् ॥३|| etc. Ends.-- fol. 56.
घटते कथं निमित्तस्य प्राग्योगायोगचोदितः। योगे जाग्रदवस्थेव तस्मात्सर्व शिवात्मकम् ॥२७॥
अत एव चात्र जगति सर्वेकतास्थिता यतः शदस्पर्शरूपादेर्विषयस्य
सर्वस्य पूर्वापरसहोत्पत्तस्तेयंतिरिक्तत्वा ।। References.-(I) Mss.-A-Aufrecht's Catalogus Catalogorum :
i, 64903; ii, 154; iii, 134°. B- Descriptive Catalogues :
Stein's Cat. of Jammu Mss. Nos. 225, 359. It is quoted in Abhinavagupta's Trimsikātattvanirapana (I.O. Cat. No. 2526, i, 839° ).
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