Two new etexts have been added to the Muktabodha digital library
as part of the collaborative project between the Muktabodha Indological Research Institute and the Institut Francais de Pondichery .
The etexts are being produced by the staff of the IFP under the direction of Dr. Deviprasad Mishra. The funding is provided by Muktabodha, India.
As part of this project the following 2 manuscript bundles have now been added to the Muktabodha digital library and can be accessed from this link.
Note also that the original manuscripts can be viewed in the IFP manuscript database. The easiest way to locate these manuscripts in the IFP database is by the manuscript number: 26381, 30846
The new manuscripts from this project, now added to the Muktabodha digital library are:
IFP manuscript 26381 Vātulāgama and IFP manuscript 30846 Bhaktavilāsa
The detailed description of these manuscripts by Deviprasad Mishra is:
1. RE 26381 Vatulagama. There are 63 folios in this bundle. The conditions of folios are very good. Around 7/8 lines and 50 characters in each lines are there on each side of folios. Size of the manuscript 14 x 2. This bundle deals with few paṭalas of Vātulāgma which is one of the 28 Siddhantha Saiva mūlāgamas. The Śrotā means, the receivers of this Āgama is Șanmukha. As per the Kāmikāgama the Śrotā should be Śiva and Mahākāla but here are some changes. There are 12 Upāgamas for this mūlāgama, namely Vātulam, Vātulottaram, Kālajñānam, Prarohitam, Sarvam, Dharmātmakam, Nityam, Śreṣṭam, Śuddham, Mahānanam, Viśvam and Viśvātmkam. This bundle mainly contains the Nityārcanāvidhipaṭala, the pūjā which does by the priest in all the days for the sake of lōkakalyānam in Multiverse. The other related topics in the Paṭala are Śivaliṅgārcanam, Śaucādi-nityakarma, Nitya-naimittika-kāmya-pūjā, Utsavaviṣayaḥ, Prāyaścittaviṣayaḥ and there difference in musical instruments and flowers etc.
2. RE 30846 Bhaktavilasa. There are 43 folios in this bundle. Good in condition. The size is 32x3.5 and there are 9 lines per folio. In this bundle is reads about Śivabhaktavilāsa which is written by Sri Agastyar Maharshi and that which has been explained in many Puranas and the details of Śivabhaktas like Sundaramurthy nayanar, Musukunda Chakravarthi, Nīlakanta nayanar, etc. Mainly Taduttatkondapuranam of Sundaramurthy Nayanar and according to legend, a Chola king named Muchukunda obtained a boon from Indra (a celestial deity) and wished to receive an image of Thyagaraja Swamy (presiding deity, Shiva in the temple) reposing on the chest of reclining Lord Vishnu. Indra tried to misguide the king and had six other images made, but the king chose the right image and manifested Thiyagaraja in Tiruvarur. This is part of Skandapurana Arunacalamahatma khaṇḍa andthe Śivabhaktamahātma chapter.
Thank you,
Harry Spier