कर्मार्चन पूजाविधि

[कर्मार्चनपूजाविधि], [Karmārcanapūjā] MTM, MTM 1: कर्मार्चनपूजाविधि, Sanskrit  with  Newari Intructions, Devanagari, Start: श्रीगणेशाय नम॥ श्री कुब्जिकायै नम(:)॥ त्रितत्व आचम्य॥ गुरुनम = स्कारादि न्यास॥ जलपात्र पूजा॥ ऐँ ५ जलासनायनम॥  (fol 4b, digital image 004), End: इति श्रीकर्मारचनपूजाविधि: समाप्त:॥ ॥ या दृष्तं लिखितं (fol 96b, digital image 096), Colophon: इति सम्वत् १९३२ साल मिति श्रावण शुक्ल १२ गुरुवार तद्दिने लिखितं दैवज्ञ = श्री शिवरत्न शुभ्म्॥ ॥ शाके दंत नन्दचन्द्रे श्रावणे शितो पक्षे रवितिथि गुरूवारे॥  (fol 96b, digital image 096);  MTM 2: आशिर्वाद मन्त्र (fol 97a, digital image 097), Sanskrit, Devanagari; 098Diagram layout for कौमारि पूजा (fol 98b, digital image 098); sections highlighted, formulae in Kuṭākṣara (digital image 035), marginal additions ( digital image 019), additions by crowfeet, later one (digital image 013), multiple hand, overwriting (fol 038b, digital image 038), erasure (fol 61, digital image 061). Calendar: 1932 (Vikram Samvat). Extent and format of original material: 193 folios. Physical characteristics: Thyāsaphū (folded book), Nepali handmade lokta paper, cloth cover, Haritāla (A mixture of arsenic suphilde, Manaśilā and rice flour glue) on one side only; 27cm x 12cm (2 folios); 25cm x 11.4cm (191 folios). Author(s) of original material: दैवज्ञ शिवरत्न. Scribe of original material: दैवज्ञ शिवरत्न. 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.