SADHANAMALA
EDITED BY
BENOYTOSH BHATTACHARYYA, M.A. Li/e Ycmb~r,A~iolicSociuty of Bengd.
Central Library, Baroda.
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SADHANAMALA
EDITED BY
BENOYTOSH BHATTACHARYYA, M.A. Li/e Ycmb~r,A~iolicSociuty of Bengd.
Central Library, Baroda.
Pl~bliehedby Newton Mohun Dutt. C'uM.tr)r of State Librarir*. f o ~ the Go\-~rnmcntof H.H. the Mnha~'n.ja(:wkwnd of Rar(K1~. Printed s t the Baptiut &ion Prees, 41. Inwer Circular R o d , Odcutta.
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HIS HIGHNESS MAHARAJA DR.SIR SAYAJI HA0 GARKWAD. G.C.S.T.. G.C.I.E., LL.D., in tbe course of his n~enlorsblcAddren~d e l i v a d before the Chnvmution of the Henartw Hindu 1Tniverait-y on the 19th zlanuclr~.1914, clivelt tit le~lptllon tire neoe~eity of hrerrdth of \-isio~ii n field of J~ldinnsoholarehip, R I : ~ warned all sctio1~1.s l o trr-oid Ilrcrt tnmt terrible of t l r c b
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Prrorv, the trf~rt.or,.tr~.*~v of thorrr~ht.rc*hicit rrt tlrv end 8tiJhz thntrghf and i~uf;r.itittnlif,y. '' Hin Higlrnc~~~'w words were
not lllere words o f elllpty co~lnc.il: he wan laying down a principle ivbic*h I~adrol~aixtt~ntly followed through11th
~ tof ~cl~olarship Hiu Highnem's out his lift.. 111 t h ~~ l lt er t)n*~dth c ~ tvisicw intlr~cetlI l i ~ ut,o i~lstitutihn thorot~gh esalllina t io11 of this .Tttill Hllcillclnl.x of .Jaisnlrner and Patt,ali. Tlliu si*~rv11 R K H ~ I ! let1 too the discovery of two nnicjtle alld ~ ) r ~ c ( ~Rr~dcll~i~t li~-s 13155 which were long supposed to ha\-(% I,ce~rloqt t o t l l c a \c.orld i l l their original Sanskrit. His Highness. in corlrsc*of thc snrne addrees, also at~norrncedthe dir~coveryo f thpae t w o MSS. The first in tilth Nyciynl)r.c~t*e.Qtr of Diilnaga, who is reputed to be the first yv~t~enliser of lridiall IAociv,and the second c ~ l~~ ~ f ~l i t n r a k with ~ i t ~the . Paiijih is t h T~a l f t ~ f ~ . s c r t ! q rof of Kitmltla4ila. Hot11 tliene ucholer~ will ever be remembered in Illdin11 history for having introduoed, Buddhisr~land Huddl~isticcult urc! into Tibet. Great io the achierea~eutcolil~equerlt011 the breadth of vision, which once on the part of the ancient Jainas, led to the preservation of these u~liqueworku in their Bhandam, and again on the part of His Highneen, led to the dimvery and publication of tl~eseworku. Furthermore, aotuated by his characteristic love of ancient Tndien aulture, His Highness gaciously promised his powerful eupport
to the cause of Buddhist and Jaitl studies in his State. An ardent lover and keen student of comparative religion he roalieed the lack of published materials for further rwertrches in Buddhism and .lainism. In pursuance of His Higtlness's wisl~esin the matter of Buddhistic str~diesseveral ue\v Hnddhist works have been undertaken for puhlicntion i t 1 tlie Cnekfocrd'r Oriental Sem'e.~,besides t 11e Xgilyn prvr /.P.(.IL and the Tnft?:a.sa~!h,grahu already referred 1.0. The niost inlporta 11t alllo~lg them are the SudhnnnmAlfi, .4dtrcr!ln ~-qjrcr.vn~~~!\rcri~(~ Jii~ n n ndddhi of I ntlral~hn ti, Prrr.j,?o1>irynt.ini~4cc1,ya~iddIt i of Anailgavnjrn a ~ l dthe TarEnhhas,c of ,\lokytlktirasrupta. (I
The Sadhicnu~nitlfibeing so~lle\\.htttvoll~tnino~~s, it is proposed to isslte it in two volunles. the tirst of which is now prenent.ed t,o tlw Satlsl;ritists. This book belongs to a little known l)t.;~nclhof Norther11 Hutldhism eallcrl the \Tajrayanrt. The importance of t.lle work was rightly recog~liacstlby t l ~ etautlioriticbs of t l l c x Rilrliothicc~Buddhiat Seriea o f S t . t3ctcrsl)rlrg, \vho tool< u p this work for publicatioll over 11 yenrs itpo 1)nt 11ad to abandon their activities dr~ringthe great \\-ar a.tltl tlie s ~ ~ b a e q r ~ e ~ l t Ru~siallKevolntio~l. The iatrodur-tion to th(. secoiid \?olumeof this work will girc full details of the SitrJhnrrnt~titliiand of the Vajrayanu syst,em of Buddhist pliilosoplly with n history of the litmetun. atid noticixs of the iniportatlt autllora mainly. 111 this ~ o l u m ewe will elldeavollr to explain tt few salient feature.? of the worlr whicll may enable our readers to follow the text with greater ease and satisfaction. The S i i d h n a ~ ~ n iis.i l aa ~ the title indicatee. acollection of short works called Sadhenas or rituals for worshipping deitiee. It s p p e m to be a heterogeneous collection of SBtlhanas, oompoed by different. authors, without any
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definite plan. a~ can be eeet~frotn a qlence at the s~~110ps b of contents. The work begins with two Siidhanas for Trisamayan%ja, wllo is t.o he ident i6ed with Anloghasiddhi. one of the five Dhptini Huddllas. They arc followed by threr Sridlla11a.sof VRjriisnna Buddha wllo i~ pelierallg confonnded with G ~ I I ~ RBliddlln. I I I R hr~twho. as A matter of fact. is nolie other than tilt. I)hy&ni Ruddhn Aksoblig~ liimself. Only o ~ l cSlidhaan (So. 3) i l l single 31s gives the. Snrrrn.4irr.rr n s : --
hut RS his V ~ j a ~ l ~ i ~isn t'*r tH~I I I"~ t llt- Vijalnnatnr of A k ~ b h y un11t1 . as thcb Sndhat~lnNo. :I (p.18.1. 17) deacribcs \'rrjr&snu~as .Ak+ohlrgn nllrl i t l s o n.4 IIP shows t Ile Rhfiuli*parria 3lrldrli or tllc. 1111clraof .-!kvot)hytl, it is c l e ~ tbtit r \'ajrtisan