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:

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:

To separate these special Kashmir Shaiva and Kashmirian Works, I have created a New Scribd Account:

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.

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:

These are books which had Serial Numbers corresponding to Kashmiri WOrks but turned out a glaring case of Wrong Cataloging:

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

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 –

Sarvatobhadra – Ram Kantha

Subodhini – Shridhar Swami

Ranavir Samdbodhini – Court Pandit of Maharaja Ranbir Singh

Hindi Bhashya – Court Pandit of Maharaja Ranbir Singh