यंत्रसंस्कार, उन्मत्तभैरवकवच and यन्त्रसंग्रह

MTM, MTM 1: यंत्रसंस्कार,  Start: श्रीगणेशायनम:॥अथयंत्रसंस्कार॥ विधिलिख्यते॥=आदौ^संकल्पादि^भूतशुद्धयादि आत्मपूजादिकं कृत्वा॥कलशस्थापन=॥आधारादिअष्टपुष्टिकासनाय नम:॥ (fol 3, digital image 003), End: इति श्री साधारण यंत्रसंस्कार पद्धति स=माप्त॥ सम्वत् १९७६ साल् आषाढ सुक्ल त्रियोदसि पर=चतुर्दस्यो तीथौ शुक्रवासरे नानातंत्रवीलोक्य रचित=लिखितमिदं रूद्रनारायणधेयेन शुभ्म्---- (fol 8, digital image 008); MTM 2: उन्मत्तभैरवकवच, Start: श्री गणेशायनम॥॥अथ उन्मत्तभैरवकवच लिख्यते॥, End: इति श्रीवामकेश्वरमहातन्त्रे = उमामहेश्वरसंवादे श्रीउन्मत्तभैरवकवचस्तोत्रं संपूर्ण=म् शुभं भूयात्॥ (fol 9-10, digital image 009-10); MTM 3: वटुकोपनिषद etc, fol 10-12: Start: श्रीगणेशायनम॥॥अथ वटुकोपनिषद् लिख्यते॥ (fol 10, digital image 010), End: इत्याथर्वणे वटुकोपनिषत्समाप्तम्॥ (fol 12, digital image 012);  MTM 4: संक्षेप आवर्णपुजा, Start: संक्षेपवटुकआवर्णपूजा॥ (fol 12, digital image 012),  End: इति संक्षेप आवर्ण स=माप्त॥ (fol 14, digital image 014); MTM 5: वटुक दीपदानविधि, Start: अथ वटुकभैरवदीपदान=विधि॥ (fol 14, digital image 014),  End: इति वटुकदीपदानविधि॥ (fol 15, digital image 015); MTM 6: a Yantra diagram (fol 16, digital image 016); अथात संप्रक्षामि यंत्रं वटुकभैरवं॥ (fol 17, digital image 017); Ibid: इति मेरूतन्त्रोक्त (fol 17, digital image 017); वटुकभैरवस्यधारणमंत्र labelled Yantra diagram (fol 18, digital image 018);  MTM 7: Notes on Tantra prayoga (fol 20, digital image 020);  MTM 8: वटुकभैरवपूजाविधि, Start: अथवटुकभैरवपूजाविधि॥ (fol 21, digital image 021),  End: इति श्रीवटुकभैरवपूजापद्धतिसमाप्त॥॥शुभम्॥ (fol 37, digital image 037) ; MTM 9: यन्त्रसंग्रह, Sanskrit, Devanagari, later than 1919 AD (fol 38-059, digital image 038-59),  crowfeet additions in margins (fol 3, digital image 003), later, crowfeet additions (fol 4, 6, 29, digital image 029), overwritten (fol 6, digital image 006) different handwriting (fol 7, digital image 007), Kuṭākṣaras (fol 26, 29, digital image 026),  deletion by strikethrough (fol 5, 62,  digital image 005), deletions by placing dots below (fol 35, digital image 035); MTM 10: वटुकभैरवनित्यदीपदानविधि, Start: श्रीगणेशाय नम:॥॥ अथ वटुकभैरव नित्य दीपदानविधिर्लिख्यते॥ (fol 61, digital image 061), End: वृन्दारकं प्रकरवंदिनेति शापोद्धार स्तोत्र पाठ॥आपदु=द्धारस्तोत्रपाठ॥वटुकोपनिषट्॥पठेत्॥॥ (fol 63, digital image 001); Enclosure 1: Nepali paper, Haritāla smeared; a yantra diagram, no label (fol 65, digital image 065); Enclosure 2: Nepali paper, labelled प्रत्यंगिरायंत्र (fol 76, digital image 067). Calendar: 1976 (Vikram Samvat). Extent and format of original material: 67 folios. Physical characteristics: Indian paper (or any machine made paper), Student exercise book, left-bound, stapled, slight acidification; 16cm x 20cm (64 folios); 18.5cm x 18.5cm (1 folio); 17cm x 17cm (1 folio). Additional script information: Kuṭākṣara is a vertical syllabogram based on Newari scripts, mostly used to write cryptic formulae for esoteric practice. Kuṭākṣara is unique to Nepal, although as Vījamantra they were familiar to Śaiva and Śākta scholars in India. The project team are not aware of the existence of such script outside, except disseminated from Nepal to east Asia, China and Japan.