"Tantra Sara Sangraha (with Commentary)" is a comprehensive text on the principles and practices of Tantra. This work delves into the intricacies of tantric rituals, philosophies, and meditative techniques, offering insights from both primary texts and scholarly interpretations. The commentary enhances understanding by elucidating complex concepts, making it accessible to both novices and advanced practitioners. It serves as a valuable resource for those interested in the spiritual and practical aspects of the tantric tradition.
M. Duraiswami Aiyangar (1883-1956) was a notable Indian historian and scholar. He made significant contributions to the study of South Indian history and culture, focusing particularly on the Tamil region. Aiyangar's works often insolved meticulous research and analysis of ancient texts and inscriptions, helping to shed light on the historical and cultural developments of South India. His editorial work and publications have been instrumental in preserving and promoting the rich heritage of the Tamil people.
The Government of Madras took up for consideration the question of publication of the various manuscripts in different languages on subjects like Philosophy, Medicine, Science, etc., early in May 1948. Important manuscript libraries in the Madras Presidency were requested to send a list of unpublished manuscripts with them for favour of being considered by the Government for publication. The Honorary Secretary of the Tanjore Maharaja Serfoji's Sarasvathi Mahal Library, Tanjore, alone complied with this request. This list as well as a similar list of unpublished manuscripts in the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, were carefully examined and a tentative selection of manuscripts suitable for publication was made. Government in their Memorandum No. 34913/48-10, Education, dated 4-4-1949, constituted an Expert Committee with the Curator of the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras, as the Secretary, for the final selection of manuscripts suitable for printing and for estimating the cost of publication.
This is a Tantrika work. The subjects dealt with in this work are swiftly fading away in most parts of the country. But in the region of Kerala, Mantra Sastra and Agada Tantra (Toxicology) are still in vogue where many people are interested in learning and practising the traditional lines of these arts. Tantric remedial principles and medicine are not contrary to each other but according to Arsic viewpoints they are concomitant. A. Tantra comprises five subjects the creation, the destruction, the worship of the Gods, the attainment of all objects and magical rites. The author of this work describes all these subjects except the first. This work on such varied Tantrika topics was written some years ago (15th or 16th Century A. D.) with a view to revive these fainting ancient arts by one scholar Narayana who is considered to be one of the top-ranking men well versed in these subjects in Kerala.
Tantra Sara Sangraha is the title of this work which we recognise as an authentic one. But according to a vague popular version its name is said to be Visa Narayaniyam. This title is absolutely unsound and unauthorised. There is a very popular and widely read classical work in Kerala called Narayaniyam, a masterpiece of Sri Narayana Bhattatripad, a well-known great devotee of Guruvayur Lord Krishna. This work containing over one thousand delightful verses, puts the whole main and episodical holy stories of Sri Bhagavata in a nut-shell. This work on Sri Bhagavata exercises a devotional vigour and sway over the hearts of the people of Kerala. We find in almost all Mss. of this Tantric work which we had to handle, the name Narayaniya" which is wrongly written in the beginning, at the end of each Patala and also in the colophon. The people who took Visacikitsa as their profession and who were especially interested in studying this book were reading only upto such chapters (i.e. from 1 to 10) which deal with Toxicology exclusively and did not take interest to see the other greater part of the book containing various other subjects. The professional people who did not thoroughly and properly study the whole work thought it necessary to call this work in a different way to avoid the confusion and misapprehension that arose on account of these two books, one on Bhagavata and another on Tantric subject which were called by a common name Narayaniyam. So, the people having superficial idea about this work added the word l'işa before the name Narayaniyam and began to call it Visanarayaniyam. This is a misconstrued and misapplied name. First of all, the author does not give any hint in the book as Visa Narayaniyam. Secondly the chapters from I to X only deal with the subject toxicology (Visa Vaidya). These ten Patalas form less than one third part of the whole work. We see topics on various other subjects (entirely other than poisons) in the rest of the twenty-two chapters which form (bulk of the book) more than two-thirds of the whole work.
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