Dear All:

Merry Christmas to everyone.

We have been able to release around 100 Manuscripts which represents Our Efforts in the Last Three Weeks of Digitization at Raghunath Temple Library.

I have also rescanned the Working Catalog of the Library:

or

Almirah 9 – which was actually a Book Rack not a Manuscript Almirah had some Highly Interesting Sharada Manuscripts, shelved randomly – is now complete.

These Manuscripts were the remnants of – what I could gather – a Srinagar Library which was either torched or looted.

Thanks to the Bhairava of Destruction – He chose inaction for this cache which represents some of the most representative Texts of Kashmir Shaivism and consequently His Worship also.

Viewable at :

				Almira – 9 20_Kusha Manda and 8 Other Manuscripts_Sharada_RaghunathTemple_Uncatalogued_Almira_9_531_1694.pdf.pdf Dec 21
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Some of the interesting manuscripts in this Collection were:

1392_Vigyan Bhairava and 16 Other Manuscripts_Sharada_RaghunathTemple_Uncatalogued_Almira_9_531_1694

available at:

A Composite Manuscript in Sharada, 954 Pagaes containing:

Vijnana Bhairava, Mahartha Manjari, Spanda Shastra, Stava Chintamani, Utpal Stotravali, Paramrtha Sara, Yoganushasanam, Virupaksha Panchashika, Gayatri Mantra Nirnaya, Gita, Yoga Vasishtha, Surya Sttuim Veda Stuti, Amara Bhairava, Panchastavi, Vairagya (?) Stotram

and

1410_Kularnava and 7 Other Manuscripts_Sharada_RaghunathTemple_Uncatalogued_Almira_9_531_1694

Has 552 Pages and Total 8 Manuscripts:

Sri Kularnava Tantra, Swatantrya Deeipka, Pancha Stavi, Utpal Stotravali, Pratyabhijna Hridaya, Samba Panchashika Tika, Spanda Vritti, Spanda Sandoha

Some Other Critical Manuscript Titles:

And Almira 28 is our First Full Manuscript Almira undertaking.

We have so far done 43 Items chiefly Shelf 1  and can be found below:

and also at:

The Most Important Manuscript we found was a Composite Text 593 Pdf pages registered as Malini Shloka Vartika but actually containg many many Abhinavaguptan Works chiefly in Devanagari and a few folios in Sharada.

This Very Manuscript – I have been informed was the Original for Prof. Hanneder’s Translation Abhinavagupta;s Philosophy of Revelation.

This one seems unpublished and another Original Work by a Kashmirian Scholar

Kavya Prakash Sanket of Ruchaka_Alm_28_Shlf_1_6262_23k__Devanagri_Raghunath Lib.pdf

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This has some 19th Century specimens of Yantra Diagrams:

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This is certainly an unpublished work of Non-Khari Boli Hindi Poetry titled:

Hida It Da Barahamasa_Devanagari_Raghunath_Almira_28_6174_996K

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Most Manuscripts so far are in Almira 28 are in Devanagari and they are a Very ecletic mix of works on jyotish, Hindi Litt. ( sursagar and vinay patrika ) , Ayurveda, Poetics, Sanskrit Litt, Lexicography, Mathematics, Grammar, Nyaya  etc.

Photo Catalog of All Books in Almira-28 which we will be digitizing and have digitized can be seen at:

and this Link will be the Place Holder for all photo-catalogs of Raghunath Library.

		Cover Pages Drive Sign in Cover Pages 2 items TITLE LAST MODIFIED Almira-28 Cover Pages 3:57 am Almira-9 Cover Pages 3:56 am
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Amongst other Great News I could gather was the Sanskrit Translation of Parsi Works which were published in the first decade of the 20th Century by the Title of

Collected Sanskrit Writtings of the Parsis !!!

Seems somebody had commissioned translations into Sanskrit of Zorastrain Works and now someone has reprinted a low priced edition of these Works.

		Collected Sanskrit Writings of The Parsis (Sanskrit Edition) Collected Sanskrit Writings of The Parsis (Sanskrit Edition) [Ervad Sheriarji Dadabhai Bharucha] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in …
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I glimsped a few pages available in the Amazon Preview and the Sanskrit had a very distinct and refreshingly alternative flavor.

A Mantra in Tantraloka

In Anava- Upaya 5th Ahnika (Chapter ) Shloka 148 Abhinavagupta Maharaj has given a Post-Diksha Mantra which I think will be nice to share with everyone, my only resolve in reading TA. is to glean all esoteric practices and mantras and utilize them, in the former I have been rather slack and tend to skip important information but I am glad I did stumble upon a mantra and they are definitely an easier practice.

Ab. Maharaj’s praise for this Mantra is as follows:

Seven days diligent japa with tanmayata( thatness with the mantra, Oneness ) one will be see his Lakshya( Aim ) ( meditatiable something, Jayaratha )

It shines like a Summer Sun in the Practitioner’s Mind and burning blue yellow flames are perceived in the Ocean of the Heart.

In Devanagari

क्षं मं रं यं णं

In IAST

kṣaṁ maṁ raṁ yaṁ ṇaṁ

I have done a few malas already – not exactly a shakti pat experience but does have an appeal that wants me to do it.

I will love to hear any stories if any one tries it.