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MADRAS GOVERNMENT

ORIENTAL

SERIES

Published under the _authority

of the

Govercment of Madras

T.

(mANDRASKKHARAN

1

*

Curator> Govt* Oriental

L$drar// Madrat

<r*itiw*:

II

TANTRA

SARA

SANGRAHA

( WITH

COMMENTARY

)

A

treatise _teaching formulae

and

rites for the

attainment of health

and

_happiness

and

even

of

_super-human

_power

OP

Narayana

(Tantric) of

Sivapuram

EDITED

CRITICALLY

WITH

INTRODUCTION

IN ENGLISH & SANSKRIT

BIT

VAIDYARATNA

Pandit

ML

DURAISWAMI

_AIYANGAR,

A.JCA.C.,

AyurvedabhtiBana,

Ayurvedacarya

Ayurvedic Medical

Practitioner

(Regtd*)-GOVERNMENT

ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS LIBRARY,

MADRAS-1950

fr * f Printed at 'i *

4593

RATHNAM

PRESS,

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INTRODUCTION

The

Government

of

Madras

took

_up

for

consideration the _question of _publication of the

various _manuscripts in different _languages

on

subjects like _Philosophy, Medicine, Science, etc., early

in

_May

1948. _Important

_manuscript

libraries in the

Madras

_Presidency

were

requested to send a list of

unpublished manuscripts

with

them

for favour of

being considered

by

the

Government

for publication*

The

_Honorary

_Secretary of the Tanjore

Maharaja

Serfoji's Sarasvathi

Mahal

Library, Tanjore, alone

complied

with

this request. This list as well as a

similar list of unpublished manuscripts in the

Government

Oriental Manuscripts Library,

were

carefully

examined

and

a tentative selection of

manuscripts suitable for publication

was

made.

The

Government

in their

Memorandum

No. _34913/48-10, Education, dated

444949,

constituted

an

_Expert

Committee

with

the Curatorof the

Government

Orien-tal

_Manuscripts

_Library,

_Madras,

as the _Secretary,

for the final selection of _manuscripts suitable for

printing

and

for estimating the cost of _publication*

The

following are

members

of the

Committee;

1. _{Sri T,}

_M.

_{Narayanaswami}

Filial, M.A,, B.L.,

2. R, P. Sethu Pillaif B.A., B.L.,

3* C*

M, Ramachandra

_{Chettiar, B.AM} B,L.f

4

R, _{Krishnamoorthy, (Kalki)}

5* Dr* N.

_{Venkataramanayya,}

_M.A

_M Ph*D_M

6, Sri

M. Ramanuja

Rao

_Naidu-M*A^

_L.T*

f

7* _n V*

Prabhakara

Bastri. 8* _H N*

Venkata

_Rao,

M*

A

_M

&

^

H*

Sesha

Ayyangar^

iv

11. Sri

M. Mariappa

Bhat, M.A., L.T** 12. Dr.C-

Achyuta Menon,

B.A., PbuD.f

13. C.

Kunhan

Raja, M.A., D* PhiLt

14.

A.

Sankaran, M-A-, Ph.D.,

L/r,

15. Sri P. S.

Bama

Sastri,

16. S. K.

Bamanatha

Sastri,

17. Dr.

M. Abdul

Haq,

M,A.. D.Phil, _(oxon),

18. Afzul-ul-Ulama

Hakim

Khader Ahamed,

19. Sri P. D. Joshi,

20. , S. Gopalan, B-A-, B.L.,

21. T.

Ohandrasekharan^

M.A

5 L*T*,

The

members

of the

Committee formed

into **

Committees

for the various

_languages*

Santsk

Tamil, Telugu,

Kannada,

Malayalam,

Mahrathi

Islamic

Languages.

They met

during

the

month

May,

1949, at

Madras and

Tanjore

to

examine

manuscripts

and

make

a selection.

The

recommen

tions of the

Committee

were

_accepted

_by

the

Oove

ment

in G. O. No. Mis. 2745 _Education,

dated

31-8-1

and

they decided to call these publications aa

"MADRASGOVEBNMENI

ORIENTAL

BEEIE

and

appointed the _Curator,

_Government

_Oriei Manuscripts Library,

Madras,

as the

_{General Edi}

ofthe publications.

The

_following

_manuscripts

have

been

taken

for publication during the current

_year

;

"

_A"

_FROM

_THE

_GOVERNMENT

ORIENTAL

MANUSCRIPTS

_LIBRARY,

_MADRAS*

TAMIL

1.

_Eappal

Sattiifam*

2.

Anubhava Vaidya Murai

M

3.

Attauakolahalam

4*

_UpadBsa

5* Colaft

Ptova

6.

_Koftga

DsSa

_Rajakkal

7.

_{bivajasua Dlparn}

8.

Sadasiva

_Kupam,

with

_commentary.

TEL'J<

JCT

1*

_{Saftgltaratnakaramu}

2*

Ausadha Yogamulu

3*

_Vaidya

_Nigharrtu

4-

_Dhanurvidya

Vilasamu

5

_Yo^a

Dtirsaua

_Visayamu

6.

_Khadga

_JLaksana

_Sirornagti

SANSKRIT

I-

Vi

sana

_ray

amy

a

m

2.

_Bhargava

_Nacjlka

3,

_{Mariharacatupaiigam}

4*

Brahm.'isutravrtti

Mitfiksara

5

Nyuyauiddlumta

Tattvarnr

MALAYA LAM

1*

(Jarbha

Oikitsa

2, a. VftstaiJalcHanarn b.

_HilpaAastram

3-

Mahasaram

4- 1C;

m:t

k

k

usara

rn 5.

_Kriyuk

K

ANN

A

DA

1.

_Lokopakura

4*

A^vaAartram

5* a*

_Au^adha^aju

b.

_Vaidyavi^aya

6-

_{Han^Itaratnakara}

7.

H

ii

vi

ISLAMIC

LANGUAGES

1.

Jamil-Al-Ashya

2. Tibb-E-Faridi 3.

_{Tahqiq-Al-Buhran}

4. Safinat-Al-Najat

"B

"

FROM

THE

TANJORE

MAHARAJA

R

SARASVATHI

MAHAL

_{LIBRARY, TAN.FORK}

TAMIL

1.

_{Sarabhendravaidya}

_Murai

(Diabetes) 2.

Do

" (Eyes) 3.

_Agastiyar

₂₀₀ 4.

_{Konkanarsarakku Vaippu}

5.

Tirucciyyambalakkovaiyur

with

Padavurui

6.

Kalacakram

7.

_Tajasamudram

8.

_{Bharatanatyam}

9. a. _{Pa^dikBli Vilasa}

_Natakam

b.

Pararava Cakravarti

_Natakam

c.

Madana

_Sundara

Vilasa

_Natafcum

d.

_{Percy Macqueen's}

Collection in the Mat!

University Library on

Folklore.

10,

_Ramaiyan

_Ammaiai

11.

Tamil

_Patalkal including

Pa^inattar

V

and Vannankal

TELUGU

1.

Kamandakanltisaramu

2. Taladasapranapradlpika 3.a.

_Baghunstha

Nayakuhhyudayamu

b. _Bajagopala

Vilasamu

4.

_Eamayanamu

by

_{Kafla Varadaruju}

Vll

MAHBATHI

1. _{Natyasastrasangraha}

2. a-

Book

of

Knowledge

b.

_FolkSongs.

c.

Dara

Damn

Veni

Paddhati

d.

Asvasa

Catula Dumarii

3. a

_{Pratapasimhendra}

_Vijaya

Prabandha

b. SarabhSndra Tlrthavali c-

Lavani

4-

D5v5ndra

_Kuravafiji 5,

Bhakta

Vilasa

6. Bloka Badrlha _Hurnayana

SANSKRIT

1. Asvasiustra with Tricolour Illustrations

2* _Rajamrgiuika

4. _{Ayurvechimuhod.'idhi}

5. (Uta _{(lovinda Abliinaya}

(5*a. Colacanipn

b- Suhon<Ira Vilasa

7*

Dharmakutam

-

_Sundara

_Kanda

8. Jatakasara

9^ _{Vimnitaltvanirriaya}

_Vyakhya

10. _Sanglta

_Darpaya

11. _Bljapallava

It is _hoped that the _publication of

most

of the

important manuscripts will he _completed within the

next _{four years.}

Some

of themanuscripts

taken

upfor publication arc _{represented by single} copies in the _{Library and}

consequently themistakes that arc found in

them

could

not be corrected

by

comparing

them

with other copies,

The

editors have, however, tried their best to suggest

correct readings.

The wrong

readings are given in

Vlll

ed in square brackets.

When

different readings ai

found, they have been given in the foot-notes _exce]

in the case of a few books, in

which

the correct rea<

ings have been given in the foot-note or _incorporat<

in the text itself.

The

Government

of

Madras

have to be thankt

for _financingthe entire

scheme

ofpublicationalthouf,1

thereis a drive for

_economy

in all the

_department

My

thanks are due to the

members

of the

_Kxpe

1

Committee

who

_spared no _pains in _selecting t,l

manuscripts for _publication. I

have

also to thank tl

various _editors,

who

_{are experts in their}

_own

Held, ft

readily consenting to edit the _manuscripts

_and

_M

them

_{through the press.}

_The

_various

pre.ssea that hav

co-operated in printing the _manuscripts in the bo;

manner

possible also _deserve

_my

_thankM

for tl

patience exhibited

_by

them

in _{carrying out the}

corre<

tions

made

inthe_proofs.

The textof _{Visanarayanlya or}

Tantraaraaa%nUi

of _Narayana is based

_upon

the _following

manuscript

0Li

A

M

PaP6r .

mam

j

s

f

ipt in the

_Oovernmer

Oriental _Manuscripts

Library bearing H.

No

4If

which _,10|

_X9|

_{inches in}

size _{consisting of}

m'vwt

having20 lines _{on a page. It is in}

Grantha charLtt

The

_{condition of the}

manuscript is _{good. ThiH}

l>s 6d c

_Py

f * manuscript of i, Avanaparambia. Orio1 containing under

IX

3.

A

_{paper manuscript} 10|

X

9| inches in size,

consisting of 130 folios having 20 lines in _{a page,}

The

number

of the _manuscript is K. 5200. It is in

_good

condition

and

is in

Grantha

character. This is

a

transcribed

_copy

of _{a manuscript} of

Mlakanthan

Nambudiripad,

Kannur Mana,

Ottapalam,

Malabar

District,

4.

A

_paper manuscript obtained

on

loan

from

Dr.

Madhava

Menon.

This contains a

_commentary

also _{along with} the text. It is in 6 volumes.

The

commentray

is based

_upon

this manuscript.

In this connection I _express

my

thanks to those

who

lent their manuHcripts for taking copies

Reference is to be

made

to the

_good

work

done

_by

Sri* It.

_{Kalyanasimdaram,}

Siromani,

M.

S.

Vaidya-nathan, Siromani and T- If. Visvanthan, Siromani

the _panditH of

IhU

library in going through the

proofs

and

collating the press

copy

with

other

manuscripts.

Govt, Oriental )

T,

_{OHANUHAHEKHAHAN,}

Manuscripts

Library, > Qtiutral _Editor,

Madras,

PREFACE

This is

a

Tantrika work.

The

_subjects dealt with

in this

work

are swiftly fading

away

in

most

parts

of the country.

But

in _{the region} of _Kerala,

Mantra

Sastra

and

_Agada

Tantra _(Toxicology) are still in

vogue where

many

people are interested in learning

and

practising the traditional lines of these arts.

Tantric remedial principles

and

medicine are not

contrary to each other but _according to

Aric

view

points they are concomitant. l

A

Tantra

comprises five

subjects the creation, the destruction, the worship

of the Gods, the attainment of all objects

and

magical rites-

The

author of this

work

describes

all these subjects except the first. This

work

on such

varied Tantrika topics

was

written

some

years

ago

(15th or 16th

Century

A,

DO

with a

view

to revive

these fainting ancient arts by one scholar

_Nar5ya$a

who

is considered to be one of _{the top-ranking}

men

well versed in these subjects in

Kerala-Tantra

Sara Saftgraha is the title of this

work

which

we

recognise as

an

authentic one*

But

accord-ing to a vague popular version its

name

is said to be

r*M

WflnTywilyaw. This title is absolutely

unsound

and

unauthorised,

There

is a very popular

and

FA

Tantra is thus defitfed

_:~^&W

_iRNlfc

_$Wff

^fawnft

%mfa

ft : K According

to this version Tantra Sastra consists of seven different subjects. [$qffrr Makas one item, but yoga itself is divided

into

There is a _great number of*these works and a brief account

of them can beseen in iny Sanskrit Introduction (Foot

Note), The Tjntrtc works are mostly in the form of

2

widely read classical

work

in Kerala

called

HarSya

niyam, a masterpiece of Sri

NSMyya

Bto&rinp*

a well-known great devotee of

_QunwSytjr

Loi

Krsna This

work

containing over one thousar

delightful verses, puts the whole

main

and

episodic;

holy stories of

&T

Bhagavata

in

a

nut-shell.

Th

work

on6rt

Bhagavata

exercises

a

devotional vigoi

and

sway

over the hearts of the _people of

Keral

We

find in almost all

Ms.

of this Tantrio

woi

which

we

hadto handle,the

name

'

Narayanlya

" whic

is wrongly written in the beginning, at the end <

each Pataia

and

also in the colophon.

The

people wfr

took Yisacikitsa as their profession

and

who

wei

specially interested in studying this book wei

reading only upto such chapters (i-e,

from

I to I

which deal with Toxicology exclusively

and

did n<

take interest to see the other greater part of the hoc

containing various other subjects.

The

profession)

people

who

did not thoroughly

and

properly stud the whole

work

thought it _{necessary to} call this woi

in a different

way

to avoid the confusion nr

misapprehension that arose

on

account of these tvi

books, oneon

Bhagavata and

another on Tuntricsubje<

which werecalled _{by a}

common

name

_Nuruyanlynm.

h the people having superficial idea about thin

woi

addedthe

word

Visabefore the

name

_{Nur&yaiflgam an}

began to call it _{VisanSrayantyarn.} This is

misconstrued

and

misapplied

name.

First ofall tts

author does _{not give}

_any

hint in the book as Vif

Narayanlyam. Secondly -the _chapters

_from

I to '. only dealwith the subject toxicology _{(Visa Vaidya,}

These ten _Pa^alas form less than one _{third part} <

the whole work.

We

see _topics

_on

_{various othi}

subjects (entirly other

than

poisons) in the rest of tfc

twenty-two chapters

which form

_{(bulk of} *

the boo!

more

thantwo-thirds of the _{whole work.}

_Even

_recent)

we

_happenedto see

a

Ms. of this

_work

_in

3

script

which

contains only

up

to 10th Paiala.

That

shows

that Visacikitsakas of Kerala do not

care to read or write

_beyond

the _{portion (10th}

chapter) they wanted, of this book.

The

author hasset

apart only a

minor

portion to deal with

_Agada

Tantra

(poisons). Thirdly the subject

Agada

Tantra

is found

to beincomplete eveninthe _portion(in 10 chapters) set

apart for it an

we

find no description of herbal

and

mineral poisons (Sthuvara visa)

anywhere

in the

book*

So

no _one, with critical _eyes, will _agree to

call this as a book on

_Agada

Tantra _(Toxicology)

exclusively.

Not

a single manuscript

which

we

observed arith _{our open eyes, except} No. R. 3837, bears

the

name

_{*ViijaniirayaTjIya*.}

We

are surprised to

note that

some

one _(with

what

motive

we

do

not

_know)

has prefixed

two

letters f%

and

*r tothe

name

Narayartl-yam

and

Vaidyarn in the _opening

_{page and}

_{also clearly}

post-fixed the

word

ftwftr at the

end

of the

work

also just above the line of _colophon after $?& sw^flft*! in

the _Library Ms. No. It. 383?

and

this addition of

words

in

two

plaeoB seems to

me

entirely spurious.

I

_happened

to note another strange

name

also viz. &fa/tin* Sf

w

Httfifffaha in the M$* No. R< 4167 of the

Oriental _{MSH. Library*}

That

is the

_heading

given in

the _{opening page} of that manuscript in Nagari script.

Now

we

afaall consider the _question of real

and

proper title of thin work*

We

have

_pointed out

already that its title is Tantra

8dm

SaAffraJw.

The

author himself states in his introductory verses that

(I) he has oollecte I all the _important materials

(Sara Saftgraha)

from

several Tantric

works

suoh

as _Sikfaa*yogaf Uttara-Qargya,

Maha*Kala

etc* eto.

and

compiled this work- l

(8)

The

author proposes

another

name

also giving;

due

importance to the

subjects that he deals with in the

whole

work.

There

1 _0/. 2ad vorsa and its _commentary at P. 2 of thisbook, iii

are six different Tantrika subjects described

different chapters of this book.

The

first ten Pa$a]

are devoted for the subject Visa. In the

next

fo

Patalas the author has given

an

account of t

subject Graha Pidas and their treatments.

The

menl

disease

Unmada

is also included in this portion.

Th

two

Patalas 15th

and

16th describe various painl

bodily ailments

and

Tantrika treatment for

them

a

this subject is _specified there as Amaya-dhvathfsa,

T

next curious subject is

a

mischievous spiritual (map

like) deed of certain persons, say evil

minded,

which

called

_Krtya

in Sanskrit; such evil deeds

come

uml

the

term Ksudra

; these

Ksudras

and

their reinedi

can be read in the 17th

and

the 18th Patalas

und

the title of Esudra-dkvamsa-

The

next Patala e

plains to satisfy

some

people having interest in

mat

rialism

and

inquisitiveness in _conjuring art etc.

Tt

subject iscalled

Narma

or Vinoda.

The

whole

part aft

the 19th _Patala (13 _chapters) is _entirely devot

for Kamilta Karmas. In this _portion the

anth

comprehensively compressed the

Mantras

and

t

devotional aspirations of all the Deities

with

the

ultimate _effects, in 13 chapters,

_(When

this suhje

occupies a bulk of the _work,

_which

_is

really

larg-than the Visa _{portion, one}

_can

reasonably be inclim

to

name

this

book

as

Karmika

tcmtra).

So

_according

the author's _views, this

book

canalso becalled as,Sfo

KarmiTta tantra. 1 ₍₃₎

_To

_{deal with all}

the _anguish*

state of affairs of

human

_{body and}

_mind

_originat*

either _{by material or}

spiritual _{causes, the auth,} believes firmly that

_{Mantras and}

worships of sever

Gods

are _{highly useful}

_and

effective.

_The

_who

work

is_{therefore saidtobe a}

store

house

of all

_Mantra

Therefore, the author _{expresses his idea iu}

one

-his

Concluding

passages that it

can

be

_named

t

Narayanlya Sarva _{MantrSrtha, Kofa}

If _one 2 of this _book.

PREFACE 6

consideration to the author's

own

statements at the

beginning

and

the

end

of this

_work,

he will surely

come

to the conclusion that the

book

has _{got three}

different rational titles, ie, Taiitra Sara _Sangraha,

Satkarmika

Tantra

and

Sarva Mantrartha

Koa.

]

Among

these three

names

the first is

most

compre-hensive,

compendious

and

compatible

and

it is the

name

that the author

mentions

first in the beginning

of his

work

and

so

we

have

chosen the

name

Tantra

Sara _Saftgraha.

It is a

known

fact that

_many

of our

Mahakavis

were

interested in

Mantra

Sastra

and

its alliec

subjects.

The

description of Tantric rites cited ir

Bana's

Harsa

Carita (TIL chapter) as performer

by

Bhairavacarya, a great devotee of Siva anc

Maha

Ka]i In the burning-ghat ( ^raonraqnft )

with

the help of

_King

_Pupabhupati,

to attain tho

_goa

of Vidyadharasvarftpa (th$ state of a kind ol

demigod)

prompts

me

to _say that

such

great poet* of well-known classical

works

were

also well~verse<

in Tantric literature

and

interested to introduce som<

of the essential fragments of such Tantric art

knowr

t^thera

Another

Maha

Kavi,

Bhavabhnti

also skil

fully narrates in his play MalatT

Madhava

(V. act

the horrible site of a

_{cremation ground where}

Malat

was

brought

by

two

Kapalikan with the object o

satisfying their

Goddess

CamundT

(or Caijclika bj

sacrificing MalatI)

whom

they worshipped accordingt<

Tiatric rituals*

The 0an4^ka

thelong metric passage*

which

describe the feature of _OamuijdT are a typica

delineation of

some

such _enchanting verses anc

Mantras

that

we

read in this Tantric work.

Tha

i Ploasa *<w the _passage

^^^U^fal

HIHT

W<Mfft

at th

6 PBBFAOK

inspiring and interesting passage Da^clakas of

Bhava-bhuti are cited here in the foot-note-*

It is _quite natural for people

who

are

over-enthusiastic in

modern

science

and

modern

fashion,

whims

and fancies, to disregard the teachihgB of

Mantra

Sastra

and

its allied faculties.

The

followers

of ancient culture

may

or

_may

not take care of their

views.

Not

only those

who

are well conversant

with

Mantra

Sastra or _{sorcery but} also

many

Ayurvodic

exponents

recommend

Mani,

Mantra

and

Au^adha

an

effective _agents to prevent

and check

many

evils

and

ailments that affect our physical health

and

mental

equilibrium

and

strength*

Many

moderate

people

whone

faith

and

belief in ancient culture,

custom and

_unago

are not still affected

_by

modern

civilisation* are

prac-tising Mantrajapas,

and

wearing

some

fiaw-Iess

_game

or jewels

and

gold pendants in

which

medicinal herbs

or

Oadhi

would

be inserted.

The

secrecyof

such

natu-ral

phenomenal

curative effects of

Mani

f

Mantra

and

Ausadhas

still stand undiscovered

_by

scientists.

While

I

was

_preparing this _{introduction*} I

_happened

to readthe following

London

message

in

one

of our

local dailies with _surprise*

We

see facts in

_many

# # 5*

&cw^^

?e3ka3tapn^^

WR^pJWta^^

a^

^n^g^p^s^ps

^i^

-pi

w

%

it

Ayurvedic

works

and

the regular practice

among

Hindus

that Karnavedhana

_(making

hole in the lobes

of the _ears) is

an

_important rite of consecration.

Boring

inthe ear lobesisnot superstitious

and wearing

the ear-rings cannot entirely be considered to be

meaningless.

The

report

which

I read as above stated

says;

"Does

the wearing of ear-rings

improve

a

person's eye sight? Dr,

Reginald

Dixon, Organist

at Lancaster Cathedral, believes it does.

He

said

so at the Congress of the Incorporated Association

of _Organists* at present

meeting

in

Leeds

Yorkshire.

He

claimed that

he

WAS

able to discard his

spec-tacles

more

than thirty years

ago

when

he

took

to

wearing

ear-rings.

He

contends that every

time

the ear-rings move, they set

_up

a very feeble

electric current,

which

strengthens the eyes,

Dr* Dixon's claim is causing a flare-up ia the

age-long battle

between

science

and

superstition.

A

well-known

eye-specialht here said that the

belief that piercing of the ear-lobes

improved

the

eyes

was

a very old one,

and

still flourished,

parti-cularly

among

gipsies,

But

he said that there

was

no

reason

kaown

to science,

why

the sight should

benefit

from

wearing

ear-rings/*

He

commented:

"Some

superstitions

have

a scientific basis in that

there is a ner/e connection

between

the _part to

which

the treatment is _applied

anl

the _part

in-volved'*

-Globe*

This typical

example

of the

modern

observation

of

a

western scientist is just sufficient to believe

that our Tantric doctrine has _got its

own

merits

and

usefulness in

an

inexplicable

manner*

So

there

will be

an

opportunity for conducting fresh reseaches

in the field ,if this kind ofTSntric

work

Is published,

well circulated

and

carefully studied.

m&t

when

I

was

asked to adit this

book

for the Govt,

SBEFAOl*

paper manuscripts, of

which

one is

_the property

of that Library

and

another is of

Ayurvedaeurya

N.

Madhava

Menon*

We

have

given the sign uA*

f

to the former and

**B"

to the latter

which can

ho

found in the foot-note below the

commentary.

There exists similar Tantrika

work

caller!

Kasyapa

Samhita or

Garuda

Pancak^arl

Kalpa

published by SrlYatiraja

Sampat

Kum:irasvarain ,of

Melkote in 1933- In this

work

which

follows SrT

Vaisnava customs

and

Pancaratra doctrine, the nage

Kasyapa

expounds to his disciple

Gautama

the various

kinds of

venomous

reptiles, the effects of their poison**

in the

human

system,

and

their remedies-

There

are

about half a dozen chapters in this

work

and

we

can

seethere not only the subject matter of those chapter*

but also almost allthe _{verses, passages}

and

mantras

of

those chapters in about half a dozen _Pa^alas of

TantraSara

Sangraha

in the

same

order identically*

I, finda great similarity

between

these

two

books

printed Kafiyapa Sariihita

and

the

palm

leaf

MM.

No*

R. 3149 of the Oriental Mss. Library,

Madras.

KuAyapa

Samhita is an ancient work*

There

must

he a

common

source for both these authors

(Ka&yapa

and _Nuruyatia)

to gather necessary materials to compile tliene

two

works-

Ka&yapa

Sartihita

and

Tantra

Sara Sai'tgraha*

Narayana

mention-* this Tantric

work

nowhere

in his

work

Tantra f ara Saftgraha*

He

refers _nothing-else

except a few

unknown

works

Bikhayogadi

Tantra

to*

Sri

Sampatkumara

Svumiji, the publisher uf

_Kasyapa

Sartihitamentionsthis

work

as t#

NariyaijiIyara

lf

but not

Narayaijlyam" in the preface of the

work

Saifahita _published

_by

him*

*

Kerala

is^kno^n

to be

a

place nofc* _only for

Sanskrit

and lyurvedic

learning^ but also for _learning

of Toxicology,

Mantra

Sasira

and

allied _subjects.

fBWACB

9

country. This

work

Tantra

Sara _Saftgraha*

which

was

found in

some

places in

Malabar and

in the

Manu-script Libraries is

now

_{fortunatly brought to the}

light of the

day

in fine print, possessing several

up-to-date improvements. I

have

tried

_my

level best

also to collect all the

names

of the important subjects,

Mantras and

technicalities

from

the

book

and

_prepared

an

exhaustive Index

_{and appended}

the

same

to the

book

for _easy reference of the readers

who

_may

take

interest in this work.

In this Introduction, or Preface I

am

not _givingthe

neceHHary details

and

quotations as regards the facts related to the author*$ life, the detailed feature of

this

work

and

_many

other allied _{subjects pointed out}

by

me

in this Preface and I _{request the readers}

to _{go through} the Sanskrit Introduction _(q^tar)

which

follows this for additional information.

_My

sincere

thanks are due to Sriraan T.

_{Chandrasekharan,}

M,A., L.T., Curator of the Govt- Oriental

MBS

_Library,

Madras

for the _opportunity given to

me

to _study this

forgotten subject closely

and

to edit this

work

and

I

am

glad to note at the end that myself

and

the learned Curator

were

able to see the success of our earnest attempt in _{completing the publication of this Tuntric}

work.

"Arya

Grham

"

\

Vepery,

_MadraB-7[

M.

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_AIYANGAR,

31850,

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