The oldest Sanskrit grammar writen by an european

I just learned about it from "The Sanskrit Grammar and Manuscripts of Father Heinrich Roth S.J. 1620-1668: Facsimile Edition of Biblioteca Nazionale Rome Mss or 171 and 172". This grammar was never printed, the first page of the manuscript can be seen bellow.

The above mentioned book also contains two manuscripts, one of Sadānada's Vedāntasāra and one of Veṇīdatta's Pañcatattvaprakāśa along with Father Roth's commentary.

Sanskrit manuscripts online

• Tokyo University library. It hosts almost the entire scanned collection from Matsunami's catalog. As far I remember one exemplar of Bodhicaryāvatāra is missing.
• Sanskrit Manuscripts at the University of Pennsylvania Library;
• Digitale Bibliothek - Münchener Digitalisierungszentrum (for more details see Daniel Stender's post on the subject)
• Research Institute of Sanskrit Manuscripts & Buddhist Literature, Peking University. Here you can find: Śatasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā, Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā, Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā and Saddharmapuṇḍarikasūtra

Codex Sinaiticus is online

A 4'th century manuscript of the Christian Bible is now available online. The pieces scattered in four libraries are now digitized and made available for free through the internet. The manuscript is written in nice and clear Greek characters and the language is also Greek.

The project to make this Bible available to the public is an ambitious one. They offer the transcript of the text(with some kind of apparatus) together with translation in English (incomplete as far as I detected) and the plan to offer translations also in German, Russian and Greek.

The software used to present the images resemble google maps' with zoom-in feature which, unfortunately, is not working very well. Nevertheless, I have confidence that the programmers will fix the issues very soon.

Tokyo manuscript nr. 516 - part 3

The last part is now done. I must thank to PDSz for take the time to standardize the input and thus greatly helping me.

Here is the input:

Page 3
line 1:
puṣṭikarīsarvvabhītyaprahāriṇī sarvvarakṣāṃ sarvvajayavināvināśinī | sarvvamaṃgalamāṃgalyāśivā
line 2:
sarvvāsarvvārthasādhanīṃ mohiṃ parasamtrāśāṃbhedinīkṣābhiṇītathā || paramantratantrayantraviṣa
line 3:
cūrṇṇasarvvaprayogādīnām anyeṣāṃ yat kṛtaṃ kālitaṃ tanmastakanipatinīṃ sarvvahiṃsāmāka-
line 4:
rṣiṇī | ahitāṇāṃ canāśinīduṣṭātmanāṃ canāśinīṃ yat karoti yat kiñcit kariṣyati vi-
line 5:
rūpakaṃ kārayati vā anumodayati vā karmmaṇām anasāvācāyedevāsurarākṣasāsti
line 6:
yakṣapretasarvvahiṃsakāvirūpakaṃ kurvvaṃti mamamantratantrayantracūrṇṇasarvvaprayogādī

Page 4
line 1:
nāmānmahastena vā yaḥ karoti kariṣyati vā tān sarvvān | dheṣāṃnivartti
line 2:
-tvā yataṃtimastake || || iti śrī mahābhyairavatantre viparītapratyaṃgirā samaptaḥ || ||

Part 1
Part 2

Tokyo manuscript nr. 516 - part 2

The second page is over now. The first page was checked and emended by I.S., PDSz and SDV. You can find bellow the e-text of both pages. The last two lines of the first and the second page still needs to be checked by someone more experienced. I've used red bold color for the parts I am not sure about.

Page 1:
line 1:
[śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || atha viparītapratyaṃgirā || oṃ asya +viparīta+pratyaṃgirāmantrasya bhairava ṛṣir anuṣṭup cchandaḥ pratyaṃgirā deva (for devatā)]
line 2:
[aṣṭottaraśatamantrasyāsya prakīrttiteti || sarvvaiḥ kṛṣṇopacāraiś ca dhyāyet pratyaṃgirāṃ śubhāṃ | ṭaṃkaṃ kapālaṃ ḍamaruṃ triśū-]
line 3:
[-laṃ saṃbibhratī candrakarīva* taṃsāṃ | piṃgorddhvakeśī sitabhīmadaṃṣṭrā bhūyād vibhūtyai mama bhadrakālī || 1 || evaṃ dhyātvā jape-]
line 4:
[-n mantram ekaviṃśativāsaraṃ | śatrūnāṃ nāśanaṃ hy etat prakāśo yaṃ suniścitaṃ || 2 || aṣṭamyām arddharātrau tu saratkāle]
line 5:
[mahāniśi || ārādhitā cen mahākālī tatkṣaṇāt siddhidā bhavet || sarvvopacārapannāye vastraratnaphalādibhiḥ | puṣpai-]
line 6:
[s tu kṛṣṇavarṇais tu sādhayet kālikāṃ parāṃ || 4 || varṣādurddhamajaṃmeṣaṃ mṛgaṃ vāthayathāvidhi | dadyāt purvvamaheśāni tataś ca ja-]
line 7:
[-pam ācaret || 5 || ekāhāt siddhidākālī satyaṃ satyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ | mūlamantreṇa rātrau ca homaṃ kuryyāt samāhitaḥ || 6 || ma-]
line 8:
[-līcalājāhomaiś ca sārṣapairmmāraṇaṃ bhavet | mahāvarapade caiva na bhayaṃ vidyate kvacit || 7 || pretapiṃḍaṃ samādāya go-]

* Em: candrakarīva taṃsāṃ > candrakalāvataṃsā
"with the crescent moon as an ornament". SDV

Page 2:
line 1:
[-lakaṃ kārayettamaḥ | kitaṃ kṛtvā śatrūmāyāṃ ca putalīṃ || 8 || jivaṃ tatranidhāyaivaṃ citāvahnoXnetataḥ | tatrāyuta]
line 2:
[japaṃ kṛtvātrirātrānmāraṇaṃ ripoḥ || 9 || mahājvālābhavet asya taXXtāṃmraśalākayā | guḍadvārepravesyāsya saptāhānmā-]
line 3:
[-raṇaṃ ripoḥ || 10 || pratyaṃgirāmahāproktāpaṭhitāpāṭhitānaraiḥ | likhitvā cakare kaṃṭhevāhośirasi dhārayet || 11 || mu-]
line 4:
[-cyate sarvvapāpebhyo nāpamṛtyuṃ kadācana | grahā jhakṣāstathā siddhā sayajoragarājasāḥ || 12 || na tasya pīḍāṃ kurvvaṃti di-]
line 5:
[-vibhummantarikagāḥ | catuṣṭātheṣu geheṣu vaneṣu padaneṣu ca || 13 || śmaśānedurgamedyoresaṃgrāmeśatrusaṃgame || ||]
line 6:
[oṃ kṣrauṃ oṃ oṃ oṃ kuṃ kuṃ kuṃ māṃ sāṃ rāṃ khāṃ vāṃ lāṃ kṣāṃ oṃ hrīṃ hrīṃ hrīṃ oṃ oṃ hrīṃ hrīṃ hrīṃ vāṃ ṣāṃ māṃ rakṣāṃ kuru oṃ hrīṃ hrīṃ oṃ saḥ hūṃ oṃ kṣrauṃ vāṃ]
line 7:
[lāṃ ṣāṃ māṃ sāṃ oṃ kuṃ pluṃ rakṣāṃ kuru oṃ namo viparītapratyaṃgirāyai vidyā rajñī trailokyavasaṃkarī tuṣṭi-]
 



Part 1
Part 3

Tokyo manuscript nr. 516 - part 1

n Matsunami catalog it is called "Collection of fragments" and the part I is ending with:
śrī-mahā-bhairava-tantre viparīta-pratyaṃgirā samāptaḥ
I have transcribed several lines from the first page and encountered difficulties in identifying few characters. Now I am asking for help from the more experienced readers; I have noted in my transcription with X the characters I am not sure about. Can anyone shed a bit of light on this issue?


[here is the transcript]
line 1:
śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ || atha viparītapratyaṃgirā || oṃ asyapratyaṃgirāmantrasya bhairavaṛṣir anuṣṭupcchandaḥ pratyaṃgirādeva
line 2:
aXttaraśatamantrasyāsyaprakīrttiteti || savvaiḥ kṛṣṇopacāraiśca dhyāyet pratyaṃgirāṃśubhāṃ | ṭaṃkaṃ kapālaṃ ḍamaruṃ triśu
line 3:
laṃ saṃvibhratīcandrakarīvataṃsāṃ | piṃśorddhakeṇositabhīmadaṃXbhūyādvibhūtyaimambhadrakālī || 1 || edamdhyātvājape
line 4:
nmantramekaviṃśativāsaraṃ | śatrūnāśanaṃXtataprakāśoyaṃsuniśyitaṃ || 2 || aṣṭamyāmarddharātrauXsaratkāle
line 5:
mahāniśi || ārādhitācenmahākālītatkṣaṇātsiddhidābhavet || sarvvopacārapannāyedamtraratnaphalādibhiḥ | puXX

Part 2
Part 3

Link to the entire manuscript

Rich illustrated MS in Tokyo

Matsunami catalog reports the manuscript 466 in Tokyo library as a bundle of medical works starting with Siddhi-nāgārjuna and is unclear if the three distinct parts make one text or three different ones. The first section contain 63 folios, has a regular hand writing and four diagrams, the second one is only 5 folios, the writing is much smaller and has no diagrams and the last section, 32 folios and appears that is entirely dedicated to diagrams and deities.

The script seems to be something between Devanāgarī and Nepalese. Pretty often appear vertical written mantras which I, with my limited experience, have encountered only in Nepal writings.

Bellow you can admire few geometric diagrams and some with deities. Click on the pictures to see them in the manuscript context.

Enjoy!

IASWR MBB II 231 Transcript (part 1)

Thanks to Daniel Stender a digital copy of a Bodhicaryāvatāra manuscript and many other related materials are now available on his blog http://granthinam.blogspot.com/
Few days ago I started to transcribe the manuscript in order to learn Nepalese scripts and to gain a little experience reading this kind of documents.

The meaning of the tags used in transcript:
{} correction
[] to be added
<> to be omitted
x unreadable Aksara


The transcript of the first page is bellow:
1: [....durbala]m eva ni<bh>[t]yaṃ / ba<r>[l]aṃ tu pāpasya mahat sughoram / taj jīyate 'nyena śubhena kena saṃbodhicittaṃ yadi nāma na syāt // [I,6] kalpān analpān pravi-
2: cintayadbhir dṛṣṭaṃ munīndrair hitam etad eva / yataḥ sukhenaiva sukhaṃ pravṛrddham utplāvayaty apramitāṃ janaughān // [I,7] bhavaḍuḥkhaśatāni
3: tartukāmair api satbabeśanāni hattukāmaiḥ / bahusaukhyaśatāni bhoktukāmair nabimocyaṃ hisudaivabodhicittaṃ // [I,8] bhavacā
4: rakavandhanovarākaḥ sugatānāṃ sutasucyatekṣaṇena / sanarāmaralokavandanīyobhavati smodita eva bhodhicitte // [I,9] a
5: sucipratimāmimāṃ gṛhītvā jinaratnapratimāṃ karotyanaghān / rasajātamatīva vedhanīyasudṛḍhaṃ gṛhnatabodhicitta
6: sajñaṃ // [I,10] suparīkṣītamaprameyadhībhirdvahamulyaṃ jagadekaisārthavahaiḥ / gatipattanapravāsaśīlāḥsudṛḍhaṃ gṛhnata

PS. Péter, thank you for the help!

Another collection of manuscripts

This time you can find here manuscripts from all over the world.
The Schøyen Collection

MS 2175

1.	MUDRAS OF THE VAJRADHATUMANDALA, HAND GESTURES FOR WORSHIP
2.	CARYAGTTAKOSA OF THE VAJRADHATUMANDALA, A COMPLETE CYCLE OF RITUAL CARAYA SONGS
3.	UNIDENTIFIED TEXT

MS palimpsest in Sanskrit and Newari on paper laminated on canvas, Nepal, 17th c., 60 ff. concertina-folded, 8x20 cm, 3 columns, (3x27 cm), 7 lines in Newari script, punctuation and rubrication in red, more than 300 painted illustrations of hand gestures. Text 3 is the underlying text.

Binding: London, 1996, blue cloth folding case.

Provenance: 1. Monastery in Nepal (17th c.-); 2. Sam Fogg cat. 17(1996):25.

Indian manuscripts

A beautiful collection of Indian manuscripts and a praiseworthy project.

Here is a small sample:

पञ्चवर्णचूर्णविधि

the document description


उपभेदकारणे [पञ्चवर्णविधिः]

पीतं शुक्लारुणं कृष्णं पत्तनार्थं रजः स्मृतम् ।
वामी(सो० - वामा) ज्येषठा च रौद्री च भवानी च रजोऽधिपाः ॥१॥

सर्वदोषनिवृत्त्यर्थं कृष्णवर्णं प्रसाध्ययेत् ।
मूर्तेस्तस्याः प्रकाशार्थं शुक्लवर्णं प्रसारयेत् ॥२॥

तीव्रां गजाननार्थं रक्तवर्णं प्रसा रयेत् ।
आलिखेद्वरण पीताद्यैः कनिष्ठाङ्गुलनाहतः ॥३॥

सूत्रान्तरं यवं प्रोक्तं ह्रस्वाद्ध्रस्वान्तरं स्मृतम् ।
अपसव्येन मुक्त्यर्थं भुक्त्यर्थी सव्यकेन तु ॥४॥

सर्वसिद्ध्यै कराग्रेण श्रीकामी मुष्टिना लिखेत् ।
कर्णिकां पीतवर्णेन रक्तवर्णेन केसरम् ॥५॥

दृढसिद्ध्यै दृढाग्राणि श्वेतवर्णेन लेखयेत् ।
लेखां सुलेख्यरक्तेन कृष्णेनान्तरमालिखेत् ॥६॥

यदि वादरुणलेखां तु कृष्णरक्तेन लेखयेत् ।
श्वेतेन वाऽथ रक्तेन बहिर्वीथीं प्रसारयेत् ॥७॥

द्वारद्वारवर्णानि । शोभाश्चाप्यवशोभिताः ।
सर्वं वशेस्समालिख्य रात्रौ चावाधिवासयेत् ॥८॥

॥ इति पञ्चवर्णचूर्णविधिः ॥

कारणे ---

वर्णानामुत्तमं रक्तं मध्यमं कुङ्कुमादिकम् ।
तण्डुलं वर्णसंयुक्तं चूर्णं वाऽथ कनीयसम् ॥९॥

पीतं हि रजनीचूर्णं कुष्णदुग्धतुषादिकम् ।
रक्तं धातुसमुद्भूतं श्यामं बिल्वदलैः कुतम् ॥१०॥

श्वेततण्डुलचूर्णं सयाद्ब्रह्माद्यास्त्वधिदेवताः ।
शुभं वाप्यशुभं वापि चूर्ण ग्राह्यं क्वचिन्मते ॥११॥

॥ इति पञ्चवर्णविधिः ॥

I transcribed this text from a muktabodha manuscript.
SDV signaled few errors and proposed a emendation at verse 5, thanks man, if you find more errors in it please leave a note here. Thanks!