Siddha Siddhanta Paddhati

Author(s): Kalyani Mallik
Publisher: Poona Oriental Book House Poona

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twentyfive pictures relating to the MS. Siddha-SiddhantaPaddāhati, which were drawn in the reign of Maharaja Mansingh of Jodhpore in V. S. 1881 (1824 A. D.), has also been obtained by me. I am indebted to Professor P. L. Nag of Jodhpore in helping me to obtain them.
In 1947, i found at the Darbhanga Raj's Sanskrit Library two MSS:
(i) Goraksa Siddha Sãbar;
(ii) Atreya Gorakhsa Samvăde Satmopadesha but I did not have them copied, as they did not seem to be very old or important.
In the same year Dr. S, K. Delvalkar went to Nepal and very kindly looked up on my behalf the Nepal Durbar Library, and found the following MSS. :
(i) Siddhānta Sāra Paddhati ; (ii) Siddhānta Sāra Sarahita ; (iii) Hata Dipikā:
In the library of the Rajaguru Pandit Hemraja, however Dr. Belyalkar found the following MSS. in Newari characters:
(i) Gorakh-Satakam .. pp 1-19 (ii) Yoga-Satakam
pp 1-16 (ii) Gorakh-Satakam
(another copy) ., pp 1-14 (iv) Tatwa Sāra by Matsyendra (V) Jnāna Sāra by Matsyendra
I tried to obtain copies of the last two but have been unable to secure them uptill now. Scholars interested in this subject may do so and study them.
In publishing this volume the idea is to bring out the importance of the MSS. relating to the Nātha Sect, and at the same time to rescue the texts from perishable materials. At this age a better understanding of the rites and rituals of the sect, which once held great sway over India, is also necessary. The works are mostly known to be of Gorakhnāth, the foremost yogi of mediaeval India and the most powerful of the Nātha Sect.
(1) Nirguna School of Hindi poetry --Barthwal, P. 281