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Śmaśānayoga

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Identifier: PCRIND_0024_0000
Title: Śmaśānayoga
Type, original: Tantra text; original

Content

Abstract: This is a manual of śmaśānayoga which follows the Vajrayāna method. This is a text explaining techniques for tantric practices to be performed at a burning-ground to obtain siddhi. The deity envoked is Vajravārāhī. This document has a red stamp on its top left. Two mantras in Tibetan script are written near the seal. These mantras read: oṃ ā huṃ and mahāguruvajre ābodanye huṃ. Beginning of the text: oṃ namo śrī vajravārāhi || || samasānayoga yāyata || hnāpā gan one gana cone dhakā bhāpya samasānasa vanelā simā cha jaku duthā onelā tirthye onelā pūlāgu gvatheṃ onelā jodayāyathā onelā bhūmiṃ la vuyāothā onelā guhyathānasa onelā ganao ganaone dhāsā bhūtapreta pisāca gana[du] uguthāsa onā phasā smasānasa one | End of the text: amitābha ṣadguruyāgu japa phakvayāya śubhaṃ saṃgalaṃ bhavaṃtu sarvadākāre subha smasāna bhogayā saphū jula subhaṃ |
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Script and language

Language, script: Newari; Newari

Physical appearance

Width, height, and unit: 141; 32; cm
No. of folios: 1
Material, binding, and colour: Nepali paper; loose; light brown
Condition: broken; complete

Institution

Institution and reg. no.: Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Research Unit "Documents on the History of Religion and Law of Premodern Nepal"; Walter Rindfleisch Collection
Source and details: document itself; Digitized by Heidelberg University Library on 14/11/2022 as image identifier(s) PCRIND_0024r and PCRIND_0024v in DWork
Running no., exposures: 2

Project specific information

Created, modified, ID: 7/17/26, 12:00 AM; 7/17/26, 12:00 AM; 18
Notes: data entered/checked by: #RT##SG
Technical terms: śmaśānayoga, siddhi

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