Two versions दुर्गाध्यानम्

[Harry Spier]

Dear list members,

Happy Navaratri to everyone

The following information has been passed on to me from a priest in Pune.

"People in Gujarat and North India (including Geeta Press publications) use this version of दुर्गाध्यानम् , they follow "Katyayani Tantra".

विद्युद्दामसमप्रभां मृगपतिस्कन्धस्थितां भिषणां

कन्याभिः करवालखेटविलसद्धस्ताभिरासेविताम् |

हस्तैश्चक्रगदासिखेटविशिखांश्चापं गुणं तर्जनीं

बिभ्राणामनलात्मिकां शशिधरां दुर्गां त्रिनेत्रां भजे ||

but people in Maharashtra, Karnataka and South India use this version of दुर्गाध्यानम्, they follow "Daamar Tantra".

विद्युद्दामसमप्रभां मृगपतिस्कन्ध्स्थितां भिषणां

कन्याभिः करवालखेटविलसद्धस्ताभिरासेविताम् |

हस्तैश्चक्रदरालिखेटविशिखांश्चापं गुणं तर्जनीं

बिभ्राणामनलात्मिकां शशिधरां दुर्गां त्रिनेत्रां भजे ||

I have a couple of questions:

1. In the second version of the hymn what is the meaning of दरालि. Is it दर + अलि ? If thats so, then how does अलि fit here.  Does it mean "something with a sting" and if so, then is this a kind of poetic reference to a sword? Or does this phrase mean something else ? 

2. What kind of texts are the "Katyayani Tantra" and "Damaar Tantra" the priest from Pune pointed out as authorities for these two different versions of the hymn?  Any information about these two texts would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Harry Spier

[Mohan Chettoor]

1. a)Damara tantra : text in Nagari script with an English translation ...

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu › catalog › FRANKLIN...

Ḍāmaratantra. English & Sanskrit. Notes: In Sanskrit; preface and translation in English. Hindu tantric verse work. Contributor: Rāya, Rāmakumāra.

b)Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Ḍāmaratantra (डामरतन्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—tantra. Oudh. Xi, 24. Xvii, 82. Quoted by Śrīnīvāsa L. 1855 and inDāmaratantre Kārtavīryārjunakavaca. Pet. 725.
—Kārtavīryārjunastotra. Bhk. 16.
—Saṃkṣepapūjāvidhi. Oudh. 1877, 58.                                                                                                                                                                             c) https://archive.org/details/NirnayaSindhuHindi Nirṇayasindhu.                                                                                                                                     2. Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र).—n. a Tantra containing the description of the methods of दुर्गापूजा (durgāpūjā) and said to have been composed by Śiva. Derivable forms: kātyāyanītantram (कात्यायनीतन्त्रम्).                                                                              Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum 1) Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—L. 2488. Burnell. 150^b. —by Nāgeśa. Oudh. Ix, 20. Kātyāyanītantre Caṇḍīprakaraṇam. Rādh. 25. 2) Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र):—Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 16 (and—[commentary]). —[commentary] Mantravyākhyāprakāśikā by Nīlakaṇṭha, son of Raṅgabhaṭṭa. Stein 228 (paṭala 20-23). Kātyāyanītantre Mantravidhāna. Rgb. 982. —Homamantravibhāga. Stein 228. 3) Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र):—tantra. Hpr. 2, 31.                                       -Mohan  Chettoor 

—[commentary] Mantravyākhyāprakāśikā by Nīlakaṇṭha, son of Raṅgabhaṭṭa. Stein 228 (paṭala 20-23). Kātyāyanītantre Mantravidhāna. Rgb. 982.
—Homamantravibhāga. Stein 228.

—by Nāgeśa. Oudh. Ix, 20. Kātyāyanītantre Caṇḍīprakaraṇam. Rādh. 25.

Kātyāyanītantra has the following synonyms: Devīmāhātmyamantravibhāgakrama.

2) Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र):—Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 16 (and—[commentary]).
—[commentary] Mantravyākhyāprakāśikā by Nīlakaṇṭha, son of Raṅgabhaṭṭa. Stein 228 (paṭala 20-23). Kātyāyanītantre Mantravidhāna. Rgb. 982.
—Homamantravibhāga. Stein 228.

3) Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र):—tantra. Hpr. 2, 31.

1) Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—L. 2488. Burnell. 150^b.
—by Nāgeśa. Oudh. Ix, 20. Kātyāyanītantre Caṇḍīprakaraṇam. Rādh. 25.

Kātyāyanītantra has the following synonyms: Devīmāhātmyamantravibhāgakrama.

2) Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र):—Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 16 (and—[commentary]).
—[commentary] Mantravyākhyāprakāśikā by Nīlakaṇṭha, son of Raṅgabhaṭṭa. Stein 228 (paṭala 20-23). Kātyāyanītantre Mantravidhāna. Rgb. 982.
—Homamantravibhāga. Stein 228.

3) Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र):—tantra. Hpr. 2, 31

Kātyāyanītantra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kātyāyanī and tantra (तन्त्र).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—L. 2488. Burnell. 150^b.
—by Nāgeśa. Oudh. Ix, 20. Kātyāyanītantre Caṇḍīprakaraṇam. Rādh. 25.

Kātyāyanītantra has the following synonyms: Devīmāhātmyamantravibhāgakrama.

2) Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र):—Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 16 (and—[commentary]).
—[commentary] Mantravyākhyāprakāśikā by Nīlakaṇṭha, son of Raṅgabhaṭṭa. Stein 228 (paṭala 20-23). Kātyāyanītantre Mantravidhāna. Rgb. 982.
—Homamantravibhāga. Stein 228.

3) Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र):—tantra. Hpr. 2, 31.

Derivable forms: kātyāyanītantram (कात्यायनीतन्त्रम्).

Kātyāyanītantra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kātyāyanī and tantra (तन्त्र).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—L. 2488. Burnell. 150^b.
—by Nāgeśa. Oudh. Ix, 20. Kātyāyanītantre Caṇḍīprakaraṇam. Rādh. 25.

Kātyāyanītantra has the following synonyms: Devīmāhātmyamantravibhāgakrama.

2) Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र):—Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 16 (and—[commentary]).
—[commentary] Mantravyākhyāprakāśikā by Nīlakaṇṭha, son of Raṅgabhaṭṭa. Stein 228 (paṭala 20-23). Kātyāyanītantre Mantravidhāna. Rgb. 982.
—Homamantravibhāga. Stein 228.

3) Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र):—tantra. Hpr. 2, 31.

Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र).—n. a Tantra containing the description of the methods of दुर्गापूजा (durgāpūjā) and said to have been composed by Śiva.

Derivable forms: kātyāyanītantram (कात्यायनीतन्त्रम्).

Kātyāyanītantra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kātyāyanī and tantra (तन्त्र).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—L. 2488. Burnell. 150^b.
—by Nāgeśa. Oudh. Ix, 20. Kātyāyanītantre Caṇḍīprakaraṇam. Rādh. 25.

Kātyāyanītantra has the following synonyms: Devīmāhātmyamantravibhāgakrama.

2) Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र):—Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 16 (and—[commentary]).
—[commentary] Mantravyākhyāprakāśikā by Nīlakaṇṭha, son of Raṅgabhaṭṭa. Stein 228 (paṭala 20-23). Kātyāyanītantre Mantravidhāna. Rgb. 982.
—Homamantravibhāga. Stein 228.

3) Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र):—tantra. Hpr. 2, 31.

Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र).—n. a Tantra containing the description of the methods of दुर्गापूजा (durgāpūjā) and said to have been composed by Śiva.

Derivable forms: kātyāyanītantram (कात्यायनीतन्त्रम्).

Kātyāyanītantra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kātyāyanī and tantra (तन्त्र).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—L. 2488. Burnell. 150^b.
—by Nāgeśa. Oudh. Ix, 20. Kātyāyanītantre Caṇḍīprakaraṇam. Rādh. 25.

Kātyāyanītantra has the following synonyms: Devīmāhātmyamantravibhāgakrama.

2) Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र):—Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 16 (and—[commentary]).
—[commentary] Mantravyākhyāprakāśikā by Nīlakaṇṭha, son of Raṅgabhaṭṭa. Stein 228 (paṭala 20-23). Kātyāyanītantre Mantravidhāna. Rgb. 982.
—Homamantravibhāga. Stein 228.

3) Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र):—tantra. Hpr. 2, 31.

c)https://archive.org/details/NirnayaSindhuHindi Nirṇayasindhu. 

https://archive.org/details/NirnayaSindhuHindi Nirṇayasindhu. 

                c)

2) Ḍāmaratantra (डामरतन्त्र):—read Oudh. Xviii, 82. Mentioned in Āgamatattvavilāsa.

3) Ḍāmaratantra (डामरतन्त्र):—See Uḍḍāmaratantra, Uḍḍāmareśvaratantra. Ḍāmaratantre Kārtavīryārjunasahasranāman. Stein 229.
—Bhagavadvastramantrapaṭala. Stein 229.

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2) (a)Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र).—n. a Tantra containing the description of the methods of दुर्गापूजा (durgāpūjā) and said to have been composed by Śiva.

Derivable forms: kātyāyanītantram (कात्यायनीतन्त्रम्).

Kātyāyanītantra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kātyāyanī and tantra (तन्त्र).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—L. 2488. Burnell. 150^b.
—by Nāgeśa. Oudh. Ix, 20. Kātyāyanītantre Caṇḍīprakaraṇam. Rādh. 25.

Kātyāyanītantra has the following synonyms: Devīmāhātmyamantravibhāgakrama.

2) Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र):—Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 16 (and—[commentary]).
—[commentary] Mantravyākhyāprakāśikā by Nīlakaṇṭha, son of Raṅgabhaṭṭa. Stein 228 (paṭala 20-23). Kātyāyanītantre Mantravidhāna. Rgb. 982.
—Homamantravibhāga. Stein 228.

3) Kātyāyanītantra (कात्यायनीतन्त्र):—tantra. Hpr. 2, 31.                                                                   

b) https://archive.org/details/KatyayaniTantraTikaMantraVyakhyaPrakashika5295Alm24Shlf1DevanagariTantra

Mohan Chettoor