"The Hindu Pantheon in Nepalese Line Drawings" by Bühnemann (2003)

Title of the Book: The Hindu Pantheon in Nepalese Line Drawings: Two Manuscripts of the Pratiṣṭhālakṣaṇasārasamuccaya

Author: Gudrun Bühnemann

Publication Year: 2003

Published By: Indica, Vārāṇasī

This book reproduces line drawings of the pantheon of deities described in chapter 6 of the Pratiṣṭhālakṣaṇasārasamuccaya from two 17th-century Nepalese manuscripts Drawing of the 64 Yoginīs according to the Devī-Purāṇa found in an appendix to both manuscripts are also reproduced. 

The line drawings from Nepal should prove to be of great importance to the study of Hindu iconography. Comprehensive and almost complete sets of illustrations of pantheons such as this one are rarely found. 

In addition to the line drawings, this volume reproduces the Sanskrit text of chapter 6 of the printed edition of the printed edition of the Pratiṣṭhālakṣaṇasārasamuccaya (published in Kathmandu in 1966), which is not accessible. The Pratiṣṭhālakṣaṇasārasamuccaya, also called Lakṣaṇasārasamuccaya, Lakṣaṇasaṅgraha and Lakṣaṇasamuccaya, is a text of the 11th or 12th century and is attributed to Vairocana. It is a work on the construction and installation of lingas compiled from various Agamas. The present book discusses its authorship and date, the contents of its individual chapters, and analyses in detail the iconographic features of the deities described in chapter 6.

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Table of Contents

For APA citation:

Bühnemann, Gudrun. (ed.). (2003). The Hindu Pantheon in Nepalese Line Drawings: Two Manuscripts of the Pratiṣṭhālakṣaṇasārasamuccaya. Vārāṇasī: Indica.

For MLA citation:

Bühnemann, Gudrun, ed. The Hindu pantheon in Nepalese line drawings: two manuscripts of the Pratiṣṭhālakṣaṇasārasamuccaya. Vārāṇasī: Indica Books, 2003.

MS - Nṛsiṃha and Śiva mantra

MS - Nṛsiṃha and Śiva mantra

 Courtesy: Dr. Govinda Sharan Upadhyaya (Friday 13 February 2015 at 20:41)

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Dr. Upadhyaya gives the following caption to this: 

Mantra-Manuscript : Written in hand made papers by hand made Ink about 302 year ago by one of my ancestor.

मूलपाठ

श्री

१९

1. स्वाहा ।। वज्रदंताय शिखायै वषट् ।। धी

2. महिकवचाय हुं ।। तन्नोनृसिंहनेत्रत्र

3. यायवैाषट् ।। प्रचोदयात्अस्त्रायफट्

4. इति नृसिंहगायत्री ।। अथमंत्रः ।। ओं नृं नृं

5. नृं नृसिंहायनमः ।। इतिमंत्रः ।। १ ।। अथ

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(२०?)

1. शिवगायत्री ।। ओं महादेवाय विमहे ।।

2. रुद्रमूतर्ति धीमहि ।। तन्नोशिवप्रचोदया

3. त् ।। ओं महादेवाय अंगुष्ठाभ्यां नमः ।। वि

4. द्महेतर्जनीभ्यां नमः ।। रुद्रमूर्तिमध्यमा

5. भ्यां नमः ।। धीमहिअनामिकाभ्यां नमः

In English

Śrī

19

The Nṛsiṃha Gāyatrī and the mantra of Lord Nṛsiṃha.

(20 ?)

The Śiva Gāyatrī.