eGangotri 21. ICPR Workshop on Kashmir Shaivism. Awards for Digital Preservation Work. And More Manuscript and Rare Books News

Trika Workshop in Lucknow(Sept 21- Oct 1 )
 
The Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR)is organizing a Workshop (for 11 Days) on Trika Philosophy of Kashmir (i.e. Kashmir Saivism) from September 21 to October 1, 2016 at ICPR Academic Centre, Lucknow, Professor Navjivan Rastogi my Guruji is the Coordinator of the program.
 
         Last Date of receiving applications is 15th July 2016. 
 
 
 
Please do rush as the last date of Application is just around.
 
 
Awards for Digital Preservation Work
 
Digital Preservation Coalition(DPC) is a UK-based non-profit limited company which seeks to secure the preservation of digital resources in the UK and internationally to secure the global digital memory and knowledge base. 
 
There prestigious 2016 awards for Best Digital Preservation Work in 6 Categories is open for all Individuals and Insititutions working for Digital Preservation globally.
Application and Information is viewable below:
 
So if you have digitized Texts, Audio, Videos etc and worked for preserving Human Civilization’s Digital Memory, here is your Opportunity to find Esteemed Recognition and pathway to future Grants.
 
But do remember the last date of ApplicationJuly 21stis around the Corner. So hurry.
 
Manuscript News
 
Few more Shelves of Almira 26 all Tantric Works have been completely digitized. Remarkable entries are:
Another Rudryamala has been digitized:
A Transliteration of Bhagavata Gita in Persian Characters
Vidyaranava Agama

Shyama Rahasya

Shyama Rahasya 5904 Almira 26 Shlf 3 Devanagari Tantra : eGangotri : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

All Latest Manuscripts Viewable at:
Rare Books News:
A 4-Language Translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam in 508 Pages – includes English, French, German and Arabic with several Color Illustrations

A Sanskrit Compilation of Pre-Partition Lahore including Bhartrahari shataka’s

Ayodhya Kanda Geeta Bhartihari Shatak Buddha Charit Etc Printed In Lahore : eGangotri : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

Bhagwan Gopinath Of Kashmir Gopinath Trust : eGangotri : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

A 1889 English Translation of Ananda Lahari, littered with mystical diagrams and exposition make the edition very useful

https://archive.org/details/AnandaLahari1899R.AnantakrishnaSastri

English Translation of Panchastavi by Revered Mystic GopiNath of Kashmir

Panchastavi By Gopi Krishna Central Institute For Kundalini Research Srinagar : eGangotri : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

Another Stein Work on the Ancient Geography of Kashmir – the Colonial Sanskritist who had done precious and valuable work in Kashmir – including the catalog of the Library we are digitizing:

Memoir On Maps Illustrating The Ancient Geography Of Kashmir M. A. Stein : eGangotri : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

Some kind of Manuscript

Avatara Names In Bhagavata Hand Written Manuscript RK Ashram Srinagar : eGangotri : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

All Viewable in chronologically descending Order:

https://archive.org/details/@indologicalbooks

Sarai Donations
 
Old Issues of Hindi Magazines Sarswati, Janavani and Bhavishya from the 30s recieved from Sarai are digitized/viewable at
 

eGangotri 20: Unesco IFPC Grant; Stein’s Tantric Collection Completed; Prof Shahid Urdu Collection Completed; Oldest Printed Work of Abhinavagupta

IFPC Unseco Grant
I confess I am late in passing this information , but there is still time till May 31st 2016 for applying to the IFPC Unesco Grant worth 20,000 to 100,000 USD for any Work related to Cultural Preservation or Novel Creation. All it  takes is to fill an Online Form.
Please view details below:
All my friends in this List – who are working in the field of Culture and Preservation – please do apply and I hope everybody who applies gets it.
Prof Shahid Amim Urdu Collection
Thanks once gain to Shri Ravikant of Sarai ( CSDS ) who had lent us the Old and Rare Urdu Books Collection of  Prof Shahid of Delhi University, all the 70-ish Urdu books save a few whose pages were giving away on touch have finally been digitized.
Many interesting Titles amongst a very Rich Literary Selection are:
Essays on Rumi in Urdu
2 Urdu Ramayans
An 1890 Translation into English and Persian from its Turkish Original – unfortunately fragmentary
The Holy Bible in Persian and Urdu
Poetry of Bollywood Fame Urdu Poet Majruh Sultanpuri and Qateel Shifai, works of Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad are some other interesting titles.
Around 10-15 books in the Collection were Naval Kishore Publications – whose complete Online Archive – is one of our upcoming Project and more details below.
Steing Tantra Collection
All Stein Tantra Volumes have now been completed and viewable as usual at:
Only Item 4933 Sharada Tilak from the List couldnt be located though but another Sharada Tilak in the List was done
 
 
This Copy of Rudrayamal Tantra is an important rare much in demand manuscript
This could be a very rare and important manuscript
since its author is Bhatta Narayan Kantha – a Shaivite whose oeuvre is discussed in Sanderson’s articles.
The following three are Lexical Works on Agama/Mantra Shastra
Since, Stein’s Tantric Collections are over now, we are back to Our Original Almira 27 and now digitizing the remaining Musical Manuscripts.
This One has 3 Scripts and Four Languages – Devanagari( Sankrit/Hindi), Gurumukhi, and Perso-Arabic(Urdu)
Ther Other Musical Works are:
Taladhyaya
Svaradhyaya
Hindola Rag
Deepak Rag
Deepak Rag above had some nice illustrations:
Rare Book News
Oldest Kashmiri Shaivite Publication in Print ( and Oldest Work to be translated in a Modern Language ) traced
While reading Ulrike Strike’s riveting An Empire of Books on Munshi Naval Kishore Press’ Career of almost a century  I was delighted  to come across the following  Entry  in the Appendix
wherein is mentioned the 1876 Publication of Paramartha Sara by Abhinavagupta plus a Hindi Translation.
My Guruji Prof Navjivan Rastogi had informed me in the Past that he had heard of such a Publication of this Text by Naval Kishore in the 19th Century but he  was uncertain if the Title was really Abhinavagauptan.
I urge scholars if they can ever come across this Text and make it available for Digitization.
The Amir-ud-daula Library which houses around 2000 Donated Naval Kishore Publications doesnt have this book mentioned in there Catalog – see below.
Naval Kishore Archives Project
I was very fortunate to speak to the founder of rekhta.org, Shri Sanjiv Saraf. rekhta.org Mr. Saraf’s Digital Initiative to preserve Old and Rare Urdu Books has already made 20,000 Urdu Literary Works online.
rekhta.org Staff apprised me that they have received Truck Loads of Books from Naval Kishore Press Descendants  and since there only focus is Urdu Literature, I have been assured I can get access to the remaining Sanskrit, Hindi and Persian Texts and non-Literary Urdu Texts as well which they will not digitize.
Besides the Gates of Amir-ud-Daula Library will be opened soon to us also where they house around 2000 Titles of Naval Kishore Press in the Naval Kishore Room
The Catalog of this Collection can be seen below once again:
Other Rare Book News
Few Stray and Interesting Rare Titles:
A Sufi Work
Lal Vakh Translations in Urdu in Two Volumes
These 2 are Kashmirian Publication from Bombay of Keshava Bhatta a Kashmiri Sanskritist and we have digitized quite a few of his Publications. Keshava Bhatt’s Commissionings of Publications to Nirnaya Sagar Press  are appended there, so the List is Known and this can be used to tally with whatever has been done and at some point of time bring all his Works in Public Domain and with Certainty state that his works have been exhaustively brought out.
Hope all my friends who apply can make it to the Grant.

eGangotri 19: Holi Issue. Krama PhD, Naval Kishore Press Books

In this Issue of eGangotri I have a very special Text .
 
The Two Volume Unpublished PhD of Guruji Navjivan Rastogi on Krama Monism.
 

The Philosphy Of Krama Monism Of Kashmir An Analytical Study Vol. II Navjivan Rastogi : eGangotri : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

The Second Volume Guruji had redacted into a Book unpublished to date which we uploaded in 2014

Metaphysics and Tantric Esotericism of Krama : Unreduced Version : Navjivan Rastogi : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

The Availability of this Unpublished PhD will greatly add to the amount of meagre information on one of the Most Esoteric Schools of Indian Mysticism the Krama.

Naval Kishore Press:

Thanks to Ulrike Stark and her book

Empire of Books, An: The Naval Kishore Press and the Diffusion of the Printed Word in Colonial India

My attention was first drawn to the fact that the Legendary Nawal Kishor Press is still quasi-operational and that his descendants still cherish his memory and are eager to keep the flame of his work alive. After much search I was able to track Padma Shri Dr. Ranjit Bhargava – descendant – who has given me a cache of around 60 Unique Titles of Naval Kishor Press, including

Urdu Ramayan

Urdu Simhasan Batisi

Indra Sabha Amanat

Hindi Mahabharat etc

All these Unique Titles can be viewed below:

Naval Kishore Publications in Sanskrit, Hindi, Urdu | Facebook

A few of these books have been digitized already and can be viewed at the following account created exclusively to host Naval Kishore Publications:

https://archive.org/details/@navalkishorepress

 
Dr. Ranjit Bhargava – who had donated all Naval Kishore books to the Amir-ud-daula Library, Lucknow , amongst other institutions – has also written us a Letter of Introduction asking the Library Authorities to allows us to digitize these Texts.
A Few Pictures my staff took of the Naval Kishore Room of Amir-ud-daula Library can be seen here:
As you can see there is a cutting of Avadh Akhbar – one of the oldest newspapers of Urdu in India.
The Catalog of these Naval Kishore Books can be read here:
The Number of Books according to Languages are as follows:
Sanskrit 71
Hindi 194
Other Publications in Hindi 32(Ram Kumar Press, a subsidiary )  + 14
Persian 699
Urdu 381
Arabic 156
Hopefully we can start digitizing these books in a month or so.
The archive account gives a brief synopsis of the career of Naval Kishore Press. Naval Kishore Press is especially remembered in Pakistan for his huge contribution to Indo-Islamic Publishing in the nascent stage of Printing Industry. I thank Dr. Bhargava profusely for his kindness in making this possible.
Our next target are the brilliant guys at Rekhta.org based in Noida and who received a much larger collection from Dr. Bhargava and are doing a phenomenal job of digitizing Rare Urdu Books of poetry
Anyone with the direct contact info of Shri Sanjiv Sarraf, proprietor rekhta.org will be appreciated.
Since they are only concentrating on Poetry, I hope they will let us come in the picture and do non-literary works and Hindi/Sanskrit Books they have recieved.
Ulrike Stark’s book makes very riveting reading I recommend it to everyone interested in the Indian Cultural Renaissance happening in the Late 19th Century.
Digitized Books:
As mentioned in my last Newsletter, we were fortunate that the Naval Kishore 1880 Hindi Translation of the Bhagavata Gita was found at Ram Shaiva Ashram, Srinagar.
This is another BG Translation of Anand Giri’s Tika of 1921

This above also was one of the last remaining books that were left in Ram Shaiva Ashram Fateh Kadal.

Now with the exception of Uttara Gita with Gaudapada Karika, which we should get hold of soon, all Ram Shaiva Ashram Texts are finally digitized.

Mr. Roshan Kaul the care-taker we wish him all the best for his most kind assistance.

Other digitized Rare Books can be seen below:
In Manuscript work , we continue following the Venerable Stein and his List of Tantric Works.
Recent entries can be seen here.

eGangotri 18: Raghunath Temple Manuscripts Mentioned in Gopinath Kaviraj Manuscript All Digitized

In this Issue we have completed digitization of the Tantric Manuscripts at Raghunath Temple that were referred by MM Gopinath Kaviraj in his Work Tantric Sahitya ( Tantrik Literature ).
Viewable at:
https://archive.org/details/@dharmarthatrustjk#uploads

The Hindi Document Tantric Sahitya of MM Kaviraj ji is Viewable at:

A Singe Work Samayachaara(1203) couldn’t be located.

The Largest Agama Kalpalata is at 623 Pages.
https://archive.org/details/AgamaKalpalataYadunathSharma4914Alm22Shlf3DevanagariTantra
Text Shiva Tandava was also interesting for having numerous Magickal Squares and Other Magickal Geometric Polygons.

https://archive.org/details/ShivaTandava4935Alm22Shlf3DevanagariTantra
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Some other interesting names:

Amnaya Guru Mandal Devatarchan Kramavalli 4898 Alm 22 Shlf 2 Devanagari Tantra : eGangotri : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

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Amnaya Guru Mandal Devatarchan Kramavalli 4898 Alm …
Manuscripts of Dharmartha Trust ( धर्मार्थ ट्रस्ट ) at Raghunath Temple, Jammu,J&K
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Sharabh Sahasranama Stotra In Akash Bhairava Kalpa 4856 Alm 22 Shlf 1 Devanagari Tantra : eGangotri : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

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Sharabh Sahasranama Stotra In Akash Bhairava Kalpa 485…
Manuscripts of Dharmartha Trust ( धर्मार्थ ट्रस्ट ) at Raghunath Temple, Jammu,J&K
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https://archive.org/details/GuruKavacha5040Alm22Shlf5DevanagariTantra

https://archive.org/details/GuruKavacha5040Alm22Shlf5DevanagariTantra
https://archive.org/stream/GyanarnavaTantra4910Alm22Shlf3DevanagariTantra/Gyanarnava%20Tantra_4910_Alm_22_Shlf_3_Devanagari%20-%20Tantra#page/n0/mode/2up
We have now started targetting Stein’s List of Tantric Works ( which overlap with Kaviraj’s List)

So by next Issue you should be able to see all Tantric Manuscripts of Stein.

Amongst Rare Books we have done, mentionable is the 1894 Bhagavata Gita Hindi Translation of Nawal Kishor Press:

https://archive.org/details/ShriBhagavataGitaWithHindiTika1894MunshiNawalKishorPress
There is another 1880 Hindi Tika of Bhagavata Gita in Srinagar we know of by Nawal Kishor Press and we hope to digitize it soon.

Purna Prajna Darshana is an 1883 Publication of the Free Sanskrit College of Jibananada Vidya Sagar

Purna Prajna Darshana 1883 Pt. Jibananda Vidyasagara : eGangotri : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

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Purna Prajna Darshana 1883 Pt. Jibananda Vidyasagara : …
Indological Books related to Sanskrit Learning ( संस्कृत )
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Dvaitokti Ratnamala is another unusual Publication from Calcutta by Panchanana Tarka Ratna Bhattacharya using the Shaka Era 1838 ( 1916 CE ).

https://archive.org/stream/DvaitoktiRatnamala1916PanchananaTarkaRatnaBhattacharya/Dvaitokti%20Ratnamala%201916%20-%20Panchanana%20Tarka%20Ratna%20Bhattacharya#page/n3/mode/2up
Another Book of interest for its mixed use of Urdu and Tatsama Hindi were some Old Book of Sermons from Advaita Ashram Mathura.
The 3 Volumes we found of a possible Decalogy are below :

Advaitananada Ya Sachidananda Prakash:

https://archive.org/details/AdvaitanandaYaSachchidanandaPrakashaVIIISwamiAdvaitananda

https://archive.org/details/AdvaitanandaYaSachchidanandaPrakashaXSwamiAdvaitananda
https://archive.org/details/AdvaitananadaYaSachidanandaPrakashIIIParamhansaAdvaitananda

This Tika on Bhagavata Gita by Lahiri Mahashaya has a Preface by Goinath Kaviraj also.

https://archive.org/details/BhagavataGitaI1954LahiriMahashayaAndSanyal

Other Rare books available at:
https://archive.org/details/@indologicalbooks#collections
Wanted to remind my dear readers who follow my blog
indologicalbooks.wordpress.com

has now been renamed to egangotri.wordpress.com to better reflect our Name and Brand so please update your bookmarks accordingly.

eGangotri 17: 2 Worm Eaten Sharada Manuscripts Skanda Purana Kashi Khanda and Nalodaya/Naishadha Charita

I am sure to the Delight of most readers I have given up on scribd and switched to archive.org – for  manuscript uploadings – as scribd’s filepicker.io Plugin – which allowed me to instantly transfer pdfs from my google  drive repository to scribd has some javascript bug which they dont seem to care to fix but I am actually much happier with archive cos I am not limited by 100 MB only limits and working with multiple split files can be an irritating exercise for most end-users. Even though Scribd is better SEO/DMS-oriented than anything else in the World of Free eBook sharing.
 
The following will be the Default Location of All Books from now on from Raghunath Temple.
 
 In my Last Issue, I realized, I missed providing the Link to Vyadi Paribhasha Vritti, so here it is again.
We were lucky to stumble upon 2 Sharada Manuscripts with Insect Damage and actually with no Catalogue Stickers.
 
These are Nalodaya-Naishadhiya Charita at 1230 Pages and
 
 
Skanda Purana’s Kashi Khanda at 1229 Pages.
 
Other notables are:
 
Bhangeesh Samhita – a well known Text also published by the Jammu Campus of Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan – on Kashmirian Piligrimages in Devanagari at 629 Pages
 
Chiita Pradeep of vasudeva a Vedantic Text in 310 Pages
 
Mrigendra Vritti of Bhatta Narayan Kantha at 277 Pages is an important Shaiva Siddhanta Text
 
This is the Second Text of MV we have been able to scan. Recently, a blogger link below was discussing this very text and its importance and difference from the Eight-Limbed School of Classical Yoga.
 
Free Dive into Tantric Pranayama
 
Katha Sarit Sagar , The Ocean of the Streams of Stories – a Metric Work which is a Vast and delightful Collection of Multiple Tales inside tales written by Somananda a Kashmiran in the eleventh century – a redaction of the Now Lost Brahat Katha of Gunadhya – believed to be written in Paishachi Prakrit Literally Barbaric/Monstrous Common Tongue after the Author had vowed to abandon speech of the Refined Sanskrit and even the civilized vernaculars if he lost his bet – in 1411 Pages.
Many popular TV Serials and Films on Tantric intrigues and Magic can be traced to this text.
 
 
The Proto-type of the Alibaba and the Thief Story in which the faithful wife takes revenge with Opportunist Seductors – in its original form can be found in this Text. I had the rare privilege of reading its superb Hindi Translation published by Bihar Rashtra Bhasha Parishad in 3 Volume which is also available at Scribd at:
 
 
Couple of Mahabhashyas with the Pradeep Commentary of Kaiyyata of Kashmir
 
 

eGangotri XV Diwali Issue: Manuscripts from Srinagar Ashram; Some More Kashmirian Manuscipts

In this Edition of eGangotri I have a few more exciting manuscripts. First a pleasant discovery in Srinagar.

Karan Nagar Ashram, Srinagar:

Recently someone left a note on my Blog and informed us that the Karan Nagar Ashram in Srinagar has some manuscripts and also many books which in the KP Exodus of the 90s were deposited by the fleeing Community.

I was very excited and I contacted the Caretaker Shri Kaul and to my immense pleasure and surprise, permission to digitize was given immediately. And work has started there thanks to my New Manager Hashim.

But very sadly though, I was told that 60% of the books were destroyed in the floods esp Manuscripts.

But whatever of the Old Books and Manuscripts survive our team is now working there and should take us two months to digitize them.

The New Account for the Karan Nagar Ashram is:

https://www.scribd.com/srinagarashram

We have done 5 Manuscripts there , 3 in Sharada and 2 in Devanagari  – and the only ones we have found so far:

Spanda Nirnaya in Devanagari( Wet Copy )

Spanda Nirnaya_Wet_damaged Devanagari Manuscript No 2 – Found in Ram Krishna Mission Srinagar

Sandhyoapasa Vidhi in Sharada

Sandhyopasana Vidhi Tika in Sharada Manuscript No.5 – Found in Ramakrishna Mission Srinagar

Bhagavata Gita and 9 Other Texts in Sharada

Bhagavata Gita_Yoga Vashishtha and 9 Other Texts Sharada Manuscript No 4 – Found in Ram Krishna Mission Srinagar_Part1

The Manuscripts contained are as follows:

Shri Bhagavat-Amrit-Abdhi-labdha Shri Bhagavat Bhakti Ratnavali Trayodasha virachanam
Ganesh Stotra in Nandikeshwar Samvada: Starting Page: 1
Shuka Stuti in Bhagavata Mahapurana : Starting Page: 16
Dhruva Stuti in Bhagavata Mahapurana : Starting Page: 22
Ram Gita : Starting Page: 29
Mukunda Mala: Starting Page: 58
Vai Stuti : Staring Page 82
Mahimna Stuti : Starting Page 112
Shri? : Starting Page 140
One Pgae Om Brahmeva-idam-sarvam : Staring Page 149
Illustration of Goddess with 5 Heads, 8 Arms, Seated on a Swan : Page 152
Gita Chanting Rituals : Starting Page 154
Bhagavata Gita with Major Colophonal Notes : Starting Page 161
Bha? : Starting Page 374
One Page of Text : Starting Page 429
Yoga Vasishtha : Starting Page 431

An Illustration inside a Manuscript which scholars have surmised as the Five Faced Gayatri:

Illustration of Goddess Saraswati

Bhakti Ratnavali in Sharada of Swami Vishnupuri:

Bhagavata Bhakti Ratnavali of Swami Vishnupuri Sharada Manuscript No 3 – Found in Ram Krishna Mission Srinagar_Part1

Contents of the above Devi Mahatmya in Devanagari with Multiple Manuscripts:
Devi Kavacha: Starting Page 1
Argala Stuti: Starting Page : 33
Kilaka : Starting Page: 39
Devi Mahatmya Starting Page 48
Laghu Stavi : Starting Page 299
Indrakshi Stotra : Starting Page 319
Bhavani Nama Sahasram : Starting Page 330
Snana Vidhi Sandhya : Pg 408
Jwala Mukhi Praises in 2 Pages : Starting Page 478
Rare Unknown Lost and Forgotten  Kashmirian Books from the Ashram:
 Shri-Shri-Maha-Rajni-Pradurbhavah (श्री श्री महाराज्ञी प्रादुर्भावः)

Popular Kashmiri Shaivite Stotras from a 1939 Edition including Panchastavi, Jwalamukhi, Sharika Stora:

A Manasa Kosha of 1909
An 1894 Leelavati of Bhaskar:
1891 Nirbhay Vilas
Many other Rare Interesting Titles can be checked in the Main Account.
Before providing Details of New Manuscripts digitized, I will like to proudly mention that Our Last Issue of eGangotri was very well received by His Excellency Maharaja Karan Singh – especially because it highlighted the Unprecedented Work done by H.E.’s Great Ancestor Maharaja Ranbir Singh and scholars of Kashmir Shaivism are forever indebted to his unprecendented work for the Preservation and Dissemination of Manuscripts.

The following is H.E.’s very generous acknowledgement:

 Dear eGangotri ( Hiding my Name ):

I have read with much interest your circular letter of 25th October and must commend you for the excellent work that you are doing on these manuscripts. It will be good to see you when you are next in Delhi.

 Greetings,

 Karan Singh

Kashmirian Manuscripts from Raghnath Temple:

A Curious Tantric Sharada Manuscript with a Strange Register of Sharada :

Indologist Christopher Tompkins informs me that he has 7 Digital Copies of Nepalese Manuscripts of this Work but this is the first itme he is coming across a Sharada(Kashmirian) Version.
Ishwar Pratyabhijna Vivritti of Abhinva

A Second Tantraloka – this one is not cataloged in Stein but in IGNCA – but as we discovered in a 1929 Harabhatta Shastri Catalog of Raja Hari Singh’s Manuscript Collection this prefatory note that post Stein’s 1896 Catalog, Raja Ram Singh’s Collection was completely transferred to Raghunath Temple and this and many other manuscripts may have originated from Raja Ram Singh’s Collection that cannot be seen in Stein.

Sharada Manuscripts on Jyotisha: PrashnaMala and Janma Patra Likhan Prakar:

Shakti Tattva Vimarshini:
A Sanskrit Prose Novel Tarka Kutuhula by Vijayeshwar Suri:
The following are Stein’s Comments on it:
The name of this work which is a novel and should accordingly have been entered
in Class xii., jg very doubtful. It is written on the back of the first leaf by a different
hand; the letters (fo ~o are found on the margin of the leaves. The MS. is written in
a modern Kashmirian hand; it shows no signs of having been copied from a. S’arada
original.
A very interesting Mantra Bhashya wrongly ascribed to Abhinavagupta and definitely Kashmirian with the following  observation of Stein:
The Mantrabhasya a manual of the formulas and rites occuring in the Vrata shikha samskara of the
Upanayana Tradition deserves notice as one of the comparatively rare contributions 
we possess from Kashmiri authors towards liturgical literature. The author doesnot state his own name
but mentions his father Saomananda as a resident of Vijayeshwar, a town well know to the annals of  Kashmir, the modern Vijabror
2 Swachanda Udyots:
Kavya Prakash of Mammata:
A DashBhashodaya Kosh in Devanagari and Partially in Perseo-Arabic Script with Synonyms in Ten Languages:
Sanskrit
Hindi
English
Arabic
Persian
Turkish
Kashmiri
Pushto
Balti ( language of PoK Baltistan )
Laddakhi( referred as Lami )
Abhinava’s Paramartha Sara Vivritti
And a Very Interesting and Rare Case of Arabic to Sanskrit Translation from an Arabic Astrological Work also commissioned by H.E. Maharaja Ranbir Singh:
The Hayat Sangyo Grantha [The Text Called Hayat]
Author Name or Translator’s Name Unknown.
Some Mathematical Diagrams in the manuscript make interesting Viewing.
Two Works of Bhattotpala a 10th Centruy Kashmirian Astrologer :
A Spanda Vivritti:
and some other minor works.
The eGangotri Team

eGangotri XIV: 20 Commentary Bhagavata Gita Commissioned by Majaraja Ranbir Singh

The 20 Commentary Bhagavata Gita commissioned by Majaraja Ranbir Singh I had mentioned last time is now finally ready for viewing.
 
The name of the Commentaries once again are:
 
i. Anandi – Anand Rajanak
ii. Kusum Vaijayanti – Giridhari Das
iii. Gita Tatparya Shuddhi – Ram Chandra Saraswati
iv. Gudartha Chandrika – Vanamali
v. Gudartha Prakashika – Madhu Sudan Saraswati
vi. Tatva Prakashika – Rajanak Lakshmi Ram
vii. Tatparya Nirnaya – Anand Giri
viii. Pancholi –
viiii. Paramartha Prabha – Surya Pandit
ix. Pishach Bhashya
x. Gitartha Sangraha – Abhinavagupta
xi. Bhava Deepika – Neel Kanth
xii. Bhav Prakash – Sadananda Vyas
xiii. Bhashya – Shankaracharya
xiv. Bhashya – Ramanuja
xvi. Madhu Bhashya – Ananda Tirtha
xvii. Sarvatobhadra – Ram Kantha Rajanak
xviii. Subodhini – Shridhar Swami
xix. Ranavir Samdbodhini – Court Pandit of Maharaja Ranbir Singh
xx. Hindi Bhashya – Court Pandit of Maharaja Ranbir Singh
 
Items marked in Red are Kashmirian
 
One of the Commentary is in Hindi and another Ranbir Samidbodhini( Jagdishwar Vedapathi) in Sanskrit – these both were composed by Maharaja’s Court Pandits at his Orders. Hence Late 19th Century Works and the youngest in the Compilation. Approximate Time Period would be within Maharaja’s Reign 1857-1885. 
 
Could this Hindi Tika be labeled as the Oldest Known Hindi Prose Translation of Bhagavata Gita. I should soon get a copy of a Nawal Kishor Press Hindi Translation of Bhagavata Gita – will be interesting to see what date it has. And if that predates this Hindi Tika.
 
Sarvatobhadra of Ram Kantha – another tika of the same was also done and viewable: 
 
 
 
 
Would like to point out a Source of Confusion in the Naming of Rajanak Lakshmi Ram( aka Lasa Kak )’s Tika. The 18 Manuscripts ( each manuscript for each Chapter, hence for BG’s 18 Chapters 18 manuscripts ) consistently refer to Lasa Kak’s Tika as Lasiki.
 
But another manuscript which is exlusively Lasa Kak Tika we did viewable below:
 
refers to it as Tattva Prakashika.
 
Stein when referring to Lasikia Tika in this Group of Texts – against the actual usage in the Manuscript – calls it Tattva Prakashika as well.
 
This can be seen in the following 2 Pages of the Catalog:
 
 
Prof. Sanderson in his Survey of Kashmirian Literature also refers to Lasa Kak’s Tika as Tattva Prakashika.
 
The Texts of the Tikas in both places are identical. Hence we have to conclude that Lasiki is an alternate Name for Tattva Prakashika.
 
The Last Portion of the Commentary on the 18th chapter has some biographic Data inserted in the margins which amongst other things confirms his Kashmirian Origins: 
 
लक्षमीराम इति द्विजोऽत्र निवसन्काश्मीर भूमण्डले मेरोर्मातुह पाङ्ग देह जननोराजान(क)गोपालकात् श्री शाके द्विगुणा(?) भूपरि मित्रे मासेस्थितावाश्विने शुक्लायां प्रतिपद्यजां चितिरतो गीता सुटीकां व्यवधात्
 
 
 
Now – going by Shri Jai Kishan Sharma’s List* – I have five more Kasmirian BG Tika’s remaining to discover:
 
 i. Keshavabhatt Kashmirin’s “Tattvaprakashika” (16th century), …..
 ii. Bhatta Bhaskara’s “Bhagavad Gita Tika” (900 AD),
 iii. Sahib Koul’s “Gita Sar” (17th century),
 iv. Sahib Ram’s “Gita Vyakhya Sahibi” (19th century),
 v. Pandit Daya Ram’s “Bhagavad Gita Tika” (19th century),
 
* Original Article for those who dont have the context from the Last Issue, please view:
 
 
Item (i) is confusing. Tattva Prakashika as we have shown is Lasiki Tika but then who is Keshava Kashmiraka? and what was the name of his Tika.
 
Sahib Ram’s Gita Vyakhya Sahibi – which Jai Kishan Sharma says is in the Srinagar Archives – remains to be digitized. With blessings of the Almighty in 2016.
 
 
Daya Ram Shastri ( son of Sahib Ram’s )’s Gita Tika is in the Library and that will soon be digitized.
 
That makes Sahib Koul’s GIta Vyakhya Sahibi and Bhatta Bhaskar’s Tika two tikas yet to be discovered.
 
Inquiries with many scholars in Jammu and online regarding Jai Kishan Sharma ji has not yielded any results.
 
I am sure readers will also appreciate two Printed Copies of Bhagavata Gita we have found in Srinagar:
 
1921 Publication
 
and a 1916 Publication
 
Will be back with the Nawal Kishor Press Edition of Bhagavata Gita and manuscripts of many Kashmirian Texts like Tantraloka with Jayaratha( a second one ) and Pratyabhijnas and Vigyan Bhairavas.
 

https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%2218+Commentary+Bhagvata+Gita%22

eGangotri XIII: All Kashmir Shaiva Works; 2 Balinese Lontars; 20 Commentary Bhagavat Gita

Subsequent to my discovery of the 4 Post-Stein Catalogs of Raghunath Temple by Patkar and Kamal Kishor Mishra ji, I decided to concentrate on all Kashmirian Works in the Library first – and my wishlist augmented by the Online IGNCA Catalog of the same.
Hence, work is now progressing through a Wishlist of about 100 manuscripts which upon completion  will allow us to resume the Original per-almira-order.
These Manuscript Catalogs which are to a large extent uptodate – though a lot of entires catalogued were missing from the Library:
The Catalogs can be seen here:
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If any Scholar wishes to get anything in particular scanned, I will be able to entertain those requests provided it is a Critical Work and related to Kashmir Shaivism which I may have overlooked.
2 Sharada manuscripts that I did as part of this Wish List, details I have already posted at the following Link:
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2 New Sharada Manuscripts at Raghunath Temple

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They include all Kashmirian/Kashmir Shaiva Work that have not already been digitized by us so far – but KS Works already digitized will have to be consulted in the other Accounts.
I am not providing any Links, I request Patrons to browse based on the Scribd Account above
These are the Abhinavagupta Works that we have done:
1). Geetartha Sangraha – Abhinava Gupta_Alm_10_Shlf_4_2351_Devanagari – Vedanta Shastra.pdf , 30 Pages
2). Geetartha Sangraha – Abhinava Gupta_Alm_8_Shlf_5_1930_Devanagari – Vedanta Shastra.pdf , 130 Pages
3). Ghat Karpar Vivritti – Abhinavagupta_Alm4_shlf_4_809_gh_Devanagari – Kavyam.pdf , 22 Pages
4). Ishwar Pratyabhijna Sutra Vimarshini – Abhinav Gupta _Alm_11_shlf_3_2593_Devanagari – Dharma  Shastra.pdf , 193 Pages
5). Ishwar Prtyabhijna Sutra Vimarshini – Abhinava Gupta_Alm_Alm_10_shlf_3_2336_Devanagari – Bhakti shastra.pdf , 268 Pages
6). Para Praveshika_Alm_9_Shlf_3_2089_Devanagari – Bhakti Shastra.pdf , 16 Pages
7). Para Trimshika Vivaran with Tika – Abhinava Gupta _Alm_8_shlf_5_1916_Devanagari – Bhakti shastra.pdf , 108 Pages
8). Parmartha Sara Sangra Karika with Purna Advayamayi Vivritti and Ashram Upanishad – Abhinava Gupta -2063_2064_Alm_9_shlf_3_Devanagari – Bhakti shastra.pdf , 104 Pages
9). Parmartha Sara with Commentary- Abhinava Gupta and Yogi Raj _Alm_10_shlf_1_2195_Devanagari – Bhakti shastra.pdf , 98 Pages
10). Pratyabhijna Sutra Vimarshini – Abhinavagupta_Alm10_shlf_2_2263_Devanagari – vedant shastra.pdf , 256 Pages
11). Pratyabhijna Sutra Vimarshini – Abhinavagupta_Alm_11_shlf_3_2594_Devanagari – Dharma Shastra.pdf , 70 Pages
12). Pratyabhijna Sutra Vimarshni – Abhinavagupta _Alm_10_shlf_1_2183_Devanagari – vedant  shastra.pdf , 51 Pages
13). Tantra Sara and Dehasta Devata Chakra Stotra – Abhinava Gupta_Alm_10_shlf_3_2333_2334_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 88 Pages
These are Other Shaivite Works we have done:
1). Bhagwata Gita Bhashya Mula – Shri Anand Tirtha_2418_Alm_10_shlf_4_Devanagari – Vedanta Shastra.pdf , 121 Pages
2). Bhuvaneshwari Panchangam from Rurayamala_Alm_ _3887_Sharada – Tantra.pdf , 52 Pages
3). Dhvanyaloka Lochanam – Anand Vardhan (Abhinav Gupta)_Alm_3_shlf_3_499 _1_G_Devanagari – Alankar Shastra.pdf , 245 Pages
4). Dhvanyaloka Lochanam – Anand Vardhna (Abhinav Gupta)_Alm_4_shlf_4_803_Devanagari – Alankar Shastra.pdf , 344 Pages
5). Dhvanyaloka Lochanam – Ananda Vardhan_Alm_3_shlf_3_499_gh_Devanagari – Alankar Shastra.pdf , 249 Pages
6). Ganapati and Other_11 Stotras_4766 – 4776 Sharada.pdf , 462 Pages
7). Laghu Stava Tika From Panchastavi_Alm_2_shlf_2_230_Devanagari – Kavya.pdf , 20 Pages
8). Lalita Sahasra Nama Bhashya Saubhagya Bhaskara – Bhaskar Rai_4885_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 452 Pages
9). Mahanaya Prakash – Kshiti Kantha_Alm_8_shlf_5_1920_Devanagari – Bhakti shastra.pdf , 55 Pages
10). Samba Panchashika Vivritii – Shri Kshemraj_2331_Alm_10_shlf_3_Devanagari – Kashmir Shaivism.pdf , 58 Pages
11). Samba Panchashika_Alm_5996_1599_K_Devanagari – Kashmir Shaivism.pdf , 117 Pages
12). Saubhagya Kavacham In Vamakeshwari Tantra_Alm_ _4513_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 12 Pages
13). Shiva Drishti Vivritti – Shri Utpaldev Rajanak _Alm_10_shlf_3_2332_Devanagari – Bhakti Shastra.pdf , 110 Pages
14). Shiva Jiva Dashakam_Alm_5793_Anand Nath_Sahib Kaul_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 9 Pages
15). Shiva Sutra Vimarshini – Shri Khemraj_Alm_8_shlf_5_1917_Devanagari – Bhakti shastra.pdf , 50 Pages
16). Shiva Sutra Vimarshni – Shri Khemraj_Alm_10_shlf_3_2309_Devanagari – Bhakti shastra.pdf , 114 Pages
17). Spand Sutra Vritti (Shiva Sutra Vimarshini)- Vasugupta and Kshemaraja – Alm_5_shlf_3_993_ gha_Devanagari – Bhakti Shastra.pdf , 89 Pages
18). Stava Chintaman Vivritti – Kshemaraja_Alm_8_shlf_3_1919_Devanagari – Bhakti Shastra.pdf , 56 Pages
19). Stava Chintamani Vivritti – Shri Kshemraj_Alm_10_shlf_3_2337_Devanagari – Bhakti Shastram.pdf , 66 Pages
20). Stava Chintamani_Alm_22_shlf_5_Devanagari_5041- Bhakti.pdf , 37 Pages
21). Swatantrya Deepika_Alm_5593_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 235 Pages
22). Utpal Stotravali with Advaya Sukti Vivrittti _Shri Utpal Deva _Alm_10_shlf_3_2335_Devanagari – Bhakti Shastra.pdf , 141 Pages
23). Vamakeshwar Tantra_Alm_ _ 5618_1152_k_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 133 Pages
24). Vigyan Bhairava with Udyota Commentary – Shivopaddhyaya_Alm_8_shlf_5_1922_Devanagari -Bhakti Shastra.pdf , 100 Pages
25). Vigyan Bhairava_Alm__ 5603_1137_K_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 142 Pages
These are books which had Serial Numbers corresponding to Kashmiri WOrks but turned out a glaring case of Wrong Cataloging:
1). Bhagawat Purana Raasa Krida Panchadhyayi Tika_Alm_5_shlf_3_1003_Gh_Devanagari – Puran.pdf , 230 Pages
2). Chanakya Raj Niti Shataka_Alm_5_shlf_4_1072_GH_Devanagari – Neeti Shastram.pdf , 54 Pages
3). Chandogya Upanishad Seventh Prapathak in Tika – Shankracharaya_1672_Alm_8_shlf_3_Devanagari – Vedanta Shastra.pdf , 54 Pages
4). Gaadadyartha ( Samanya Nirukti ) _Alm_7_shlf_5_1576_Devanagari – Nyaya Vaisheshika.pdf , 54 Pages
5). Gadadhari Tika_Alm_7_shlf_2_1477_Devanagari – Nyaya Vaisheshika.pdf , 22 Pages
6). Ganapati Kavacha Shiva Kavacha from Skandha Purana_Alm_5_shlf_4_1032_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 6 Pages
7). Ghat Karpara Tika Artha Deepika – Kalidas_Alm_5_shlf_3_1012_Gha_Devanagari – Kavyam.pdf , 12 Pages
8). Mahabharate Anusmriti_Alm_5_shlf_4_1033_Gha_Devanagari – Mahamatam.pdf , 8 Pages
9). Mahimna Stotra Tika_Alm_5_shlf_4_999_Devanagari – Stotra.pdf , 40 Pages
10). Mundaka and 52 Other Upanishads till Ashram Upanishad_Alm_8_shlf_3_1746_1797_Devanagari – Upanishad.pdf , 305 Pages
11). Narad Gita and Dana Leela _Alm_5_shlf_4_1096_Devanagari – Bhakti shastra.pdf , 14 Pages
12). Narayana and 15 Other Upnishads _Alm_8_shlf_3_1717_1736_Devanagari – Upnishad.pdf , 109 Pages
13). Niralambopanishad_Alm_5_shlf_2_967_Gha_Devanagari – upnishat.pdf , 8 Pages
14). Paksha Didhiti Prakasha In Jagadishi Shiromani Tika _Alm_7_shlf_2_1475_Devanagari – Nyaya Shastra.pdf , 68 Pages
15). Prakrit Prakash Vritti Manorama – Varruchi _Alm_5_shlf_2_938_GH_Devanagari – Vyakarana.pdf , 45 Pages
16). Pranava- Aruna- Kalagni Rudra -Upanishad _Alm_5_shlf_3_1015_Devanagari – Upanishad.pdf , 6 Pages
17). Rakshasa Kavya Vyakhya Kashika – Bal Krishna Paya Gunda _Alm_2_shlf_2_231_Devanagari – Kavya.pdf , 32 Pages
18). Ras Ganga Dhar – Pandit Raj Jagannath_Alm_2_shlf_2_254_kh_Devanagari – Alankar Shastra.pdf , 362 Pages
19). Saundarya Lahari Shankaracharya_Alm_5_shlf_3_1002_Gha_Devanagari – Stotra.pdf , 18 Pages
20). Shariraka Mimansa Bhashya 3rd and 4th Quarter of 2nd Chapter – Shankaracharya_Alm_8_shlf_11647_Devanagari – Vedanta Shastra.pdf , 82 Pages
21). Shri Raghunath Mandir – Kamal Kishor Mishra.pdf , 182 Pages
22). Siddhanta Chandrika Sarasvati Tika _Alm_1_shlf_2_22_Devanagari – Vyakarana.pdf , 158 Pages
23). Siddhanta Lakshana_Alm_7_shlf_2_1476_Devanagari – Nyaya Vaisheshika.pdf , 74 Pages
24). Surya Ka Mantra_5513_1033K_Devanagari – Stotra.pdf , 26 Pages
25). Surya Kavacha from Rudra Yamala Tantra_Alm_5_shlf_3_1009_Gha_Devanagari – Tantra.pdf , 6 Pages
26). Vibhakti Artha Nirupana in Vyutpatti Vada Tika – Gadhdhar_1582_Alm_7_shlf_5_Devanagari – Nyaya Vaisheshika.pdf , 190 Pages
27). Vijaya Kalp_Alm_5_Shlf_3_1010_Gha_Devanagari – Ayurveda.pdf , 3 Pages
This is one Jain Prakrit Manuscript that we did:
Shiva Jiva Dashakam is yet another Sahib Kaul work that we have freshly discovered.
Sri Vidya Nitya Paddhati a very crucial work that will shed light on Sri Vidyaism in Kashmir – that I had assumed to have been hitherto unknown based on several Telephonic Inquiries with Indian Scholars – turns out thanks to the correction by Prof. Sanderson – available as a manuscript in European Libraries and discussed by Prof. Sanderson in four of his Articles all available at his Academia.edu Page.
Shiva Jiva Dashakam – it is possible is really unknown to anyone.
I had a great fortune to visit Bali earlier this Month. Amongst other Wonderful things like my stay at Prabhu Darma Yasa-jis Ashram and the Satsang and the Rituals , I had the rare fortune of a random visit to a Shaman’s Residence. My causal inquiry if they had lontars ( Balinese manuscripts ) I was shown a heap of them. They were over generous and let me take pictures, I only photographed two of these which time and my strengh at that hour of the evening permitted.
These Can be now viewed at our FB Page:
I dont have the faintest clue what they are about but are most likely in Old Javanese interspersed with Sanskrit, though my phone camera didnt exactly do an Optimal Job. Inputs by experts of Balinese Literature are welcome. I also was able to reach out to two Experts n Bali who are responsible for the Digitization of Balinese Manuscripts at archive.org and recieved a complete copy of there Digitial Efforts also available at archive.org – not least give them as mcuh eBooks/e-manuscripts as they were interested in.
And finally, thanks to this Wonderful article by Jai Kishan Sharma of Jammu, PhD Sanskrit Jammu University
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Kashmiri commentators of Bhagavad Gita

Although Bhagavad Gita has remained a subject of multiple interpretations, scholars world over are still exploring the esoteric meanings in it.
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My Attention was redrawn to Stein’s Catalog and I discovered that Maharaja Ranbir Singh had commissioned a Compilation of a 20 Commentary Bhagavat Gita including two that were written by his Court Pandits at his behest. I am having this digitized as of now and shall be available in the Next Issue of eGangotri.
The Entry in Stein’s Catalog corresponding to the Entry can be seen below:
Atleast four Commentaries are Pre-Modern Kashmirian in Origin:
Sarvatobhadra of Rajanak Ram ( the Oldest Kashmiri Commentary on BG)
Tattva Prakashika of Rajanak Lakshmi Rama ( aka Lassa Kak )
Gitartha Sangraha – Abhinava Gupta
Ananda Tika – Rajanak Rama
The Hindi Tika will be yet more Rare Specimens of Late 19th Century Hindi Prose available online.
Tika Names are as follows:
 Anandi – Anand Rajanak
Kusum Vaijayanti – Giridhari Das
Gita Tatparya Shuddhi – Ram Chandra Saraswati
Gudartha Chandrika – Vanamali
Gudartha Prakashika – Madhu Sudan Saraswati
Tatva Prakashika – Rajanak Lakshmi Ram
Tatparya Nirnaya – Anand Giri
Pancholi –

Paramartha Prabha – Surya Pandit

Pishach Bhashya
Gitartha Sangraha – Abhinavagupta
Bhava Deepika – Neel Kanth
Bhav Prakash – Sadananda Vyas
Bhashya – Shankaracharya
Bhashya – Ramanuja

Madhu Bhashya – Ananda Tirtha

Sarvatobhadra – Ram Kantha
Subodhini – Shridhar Swami
Ranavir Samdbodhini – Court Pandit of Maharaja Ranbir Singh
Hindi Bhashya – Court Pandit of Maharaja Ranbir Singh
The Ninth Chapter of this Work can be seen below:
So stay tuned for the Next Issue.
PS.I will appreciate if someone in my list knows Shri Jai Kishan Sharma of Jammu – who can help us find the Other Kashmirian Commentaries and there Locations in J&K he has mentioned.

eGangotri XII: New Work of Sahib Kaul and a Tibetan Manuscript

Dear All:

In this Issue of eGangotri, Almira 27, Shelf-2 and 3, mostly Tantric Material are now digitized Completely.

List of all Items in Almira 27 Shelf 2

https://egangotri.wordpress.com/2015/08/23/list-of-manuscripts-in-almira-27-shelf-2/

List of all Items in Almira 27 Shelf 3

https://egangotri.wordpress.com/2015/08/23/list-of-manuscripts-in-shelf-3-almira-27/

All Items can be seen uploaded newly at:

https://www.scribd.com/dharmarthatrustalm27

One of the Most Interesting Items in these Shelves was Sri Vidya Paddhati of Sahib Kaul at 771 Pages.

Sahib Kaul, believed to be an Enlgihtened Shaiva Master of Medieval Kashmir whose Devi Nama Vilas is published – and a manuscript in Sharada we have digitized also – located at Ishwar Ashram Trust, Sarita Vihar, Delhi. This New Work I reckon is not only unpublished but is unknown as well.

Terminal Colophon:

श्रीम्च्छ्रीमहामाहेश्वराचार्य सर्व दैशिकवरेन्द्र चक्रचूडामणि साहिब कौल विरचिता श्री विद्या नित्य पूजा पद्धतिः समाप्ता

This Document may be an Authentic Source of History of the State of the Transmission of Sri Vidya in Kashmir.

I will try to contact Prof. Donald Renfrew Brooks ( his email unknow to me ) – the Author of the Highly readable and comprehensive ‘Auspicious Wisdom – The Texts and Traditions of Sri vidya Sakta Tantrism in South India‘ – and see if this new manuscript means anything.

The Manuscript is below:

https://www.scribd.com/doc/275740991/Shri-Vidya-Nitya-Paddhati-of-Sahib-Kaul-Alm-27-Shlf-2-6053-1673-K-Devanagari-Tantra-Part2

Shelf-4-5-6 are entirely musicological. They are mostly thick tomes. One Rag Malhar – in Old Hindi Prose at 779 pages – on Music as well – is viewable below:

Megh Rag_Alm_27_shlf_4_6128_1892_K_Devanagari -sangeet shastra_Part1.pdf

https://www.scribd.com/dharmarthatrustalm27

Today Monday happens to be the First Day of the Sharada Revival Workshop being organized by MIEF and Sanskrit Department Jammu University.

Everybody in the vicinity can take advantage of this Open Event and learn Sharada free of Cost

Details here:

Sharada Workshop In Jammu Organized by MIEF and Sanskrit Department, Jammu University

One of the  Items in Almira 28 A was a Large Tibetan Manuscript, the

Arya-Mahasannipata Ratnaketu Dharani

and now has been photographed and uploaded at my eGangotri Facebook Page.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1609465599307529.1073741846.1537616383159118&type=3

Comments by Tibetologists and Buddhologists are very welcome.

Four New Manuscripts have been shifted to Almira 28 which is a Completely Digitized Almira.

Details of these New Ones:

4 More Manuscripts Recently Moved to Almira 28 now digitized

eGangotri XI: Almira 28 Last Manuscript; Ganjoojis Vedic Manuscript at 1536 Pages; Almira 27 Manuscripts

Dear All:

Almira 28 is now finally over with its last remaining Book finally digitized unless the 3-4 items that were photo-catalogued but we could not trace are found again – and available below – :

6216 Sanskrit Persian Arabic Kashmiri Hindi English Tibetan Kosh Alm 28 Shlf 2 Part1

This is a very laudable endeavour to complile synonyms in Persian, Arabic, Sanskrit, Kashmiri,Hindi,Tibetan and English 

Unfortunately for Tibetan ( referred as Bhot )  though named in the Tables, entries are not seen.

The only script used is Devanagari even for English.

I have now redevised my Scribd User Accounts.

Earlier I had planned to make all manuscripts available at 

https://www.scribd.com/dharmarthatrust

But clearly this is not desirable and I have now introduced a new Scheme wherein every Almira will have a corresponding Scribd Id and all its contents will be uploaded exclusively there:

Through the new Scheme you can view:

Manuscripts at Almira 28-A

https://www.scribd.com/dharmarthaTrustAlm28A

This Site has manuscripts containing several Devanagari Manhabharatas and one Tibetan Manuscript which can only be photographed due to its Size and will soon be uploaded to my Facebook Page as an Album.

and Almira 27

https://www.scribd.com/dharmarthatrustalm27

Almira 27 first 3 Shelfs are books exclusively on Tantra and some Kashmir Shaiva Texts – all in Devanagari. Shelfs 4-6 are on Musicology.Also in Devanagari.

Shelf-1 of ALmira 27 is complete and all titles can be viewed below:

List of All Manuscripts in Almira 27 Shelf-1 ( 36 Items )

Amongst entries in Almira 27 some interesting ones were:

Swachchandaotyota of Kshemaraj at 775 Pages.

Swachchandotyota – Kshemraj Alm 27 Shlf 2 6048 1658 k Devanagari – Tantra Part1

A Vitasta Stotram – Hymns to Jhelum River – the chief River of Kashmir/Srinagar.

Vitasta Stotram Alm 27 Shlf 2 6062 1726 K Devanagari – Stotra

Matanga Vritti – a Shaiva SIddhanta DOcument:

Matang Vrittih Alm 27 Shlf 2 6047 1657 K Devanagari – Tantra Part1

and Malini Vartika of Abhinavagupta Maharaj:

Malini Vartika of Abhinavagupta Alm 27 Shlf 1 6028 Devanagari – Tantra

Other notable Works were Netrodyota of Kshemaraj, Krama Deepika, Shyama Rashayasm/Tara Rahasyam, Sharika Panchanga, Shakti Sangam Tantra, Niruttara Tantra ( Satish Apte, you had been looking for a Printed COpy now you can read its Manuscript Original ).

The Vedic Manuscript which I had recieved from Ganjoo ji is also now available for viewing:

Vedic Texts in Sharada – Ram Shaiv Ashram_Part1

Ignore the Rajatarangini written in Sharada on the Cover.

Comments welcome regarding what it contains ? I have asked Michael Witzel already.

Soon I will post a Report of my Books and Manuscripts Survey in Srinagar with lots of Photographs including damages caused by the Floods.

Luckily Ishwar Ashram Trust, Srinagar Library was completely spared – owing to its elevated Position and my Staff is now assiduously working there – thanks to the Kindness of Dr. Anusheel Munshi, Raina Sahib and other Honourable Trust Members and within 2 Months I will have the entire Library digital which includes the Meditation Hall Library, Library of Mataji Prabha Devi and the Main library all in the Same Premises. This will be followed by digitizing the entire Print Collection of Ganjoo Sahib in Srinagar and also the Books at Swami Ram Shaiva shram, Fateh Kadal – I will check with the folks at Bhagwan Gopinath Ashram in future and any information of any Sanskrit Library in Srinagar or Mattan I welcome.

The few titles of IAT, Srinagar that we have uploaded can be seen below:

https://www.scribd.com/ishwarashramsrinagar

This library includes scores of Pre-1900 books and many of the Sanskrit publications of  great Bengali Maverick Jibananda Vidyasagar.

Infact Raghunath Temple has a Whole Almira of Jibananada Vidyasagar Published books in Decent Conditions which could represent the entire Publicstions of them   and at some point of time these will be digitized as well – but that would be after 2-3 years

Lastly some scholars had made some wishlists of Manuscripts they wanted done:

Some of these 20 odd ones are:

216Gha Dashraupavaloka Dhanajaya Dhanik – Alankar Shastra

451_Gh_Dashrupakavaloka – Dhananjaya and Dhanik – Alankar Shastra

406Gh_Vatsyayan Kama Sutra Vyakhya Kandarpa Chudamani of Vira Bhadra Deva – Alankar Shastra

4329_Vakya Bhedavada of Ananta Deva – Nyaya Vaisheshika.pdf

650_Pancha Sayaka Lakshya Vedhanakhya Vivarana Sahita_Part1