Author: Unithiri, N.V.P.; editor
Title: Tantrasarasangraha by Narayana with Mantravimarsini Commentary by Svarnagrama Vasudeva. Parts I & II
Description: Calicut, University of Calicut, 2002. orig. wrappers. 21x14cm, 573 pp. TWO VOLUMES.. Worn. Some page-margin smudges. Corner bumped. Good. ¶ Contains a 9-page English introduction. Remainder of text in Sanskrit. [ Entirely in Devanagari characters]. "The Tantrasara sangraha containing 32 chapters and about 2100 verses besides the mantra portions is a text on Visavaidya, Mantravada & Tantra. The first 10 chapters deal with Visavaidya or toxicology. The next 4 chapters give an account of the subject Grahapidas including the mental disease Unmada & their treatments: In the following 2 chapters, the author described various painful bodily ailments & Tantrika treatment for them. This subject is named here as Amaya dhvamsa. Chapters 17 & 18 form Ksudradhvamsa or black magic-like deeds and their remedies. In the next chapter the subject of Narma or Vinoda is dealt with. The remaining 13 chapters are entirely devoted to Mamika karmas.The Mantras and the devotional aspirations of al the deities with their ultimate effects are the subject of these chapters..." - from Introduction.

Keywords: Sanskrit Philology, History of Religion, Hindu Hinduism, Tantra Magic, Language, Literature, Literary History, Ancient India, South Asia