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Tantra Samucchayam Malayalam Chapter 02

by Chennas Narayan Nampoothiri

  • First published:
  • 15th century
  • Language: MAL
  • Content type: Primary source
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Tantrasamuchaya of Chennas Narayan Nampoothiri (1427-28 A.D.) is the most influential and widely practiced ritual manual of Kerala. It primarily deals with the temple-oriented rituals ranging from construction of a new temple to the installation and expiatory rituals. There are two Sanskrit commentaries on it, called Vimarsini and Vivarana, written by his son and disciple respectively. Apart from these well-known Sanskrit commentaries there are a couple of Malayalam commentaries also. The Malayalam commentary which is being uploaded in this website is written by Kuzhikkattu Maheswaran Bhattathiri (1795-1865 A.D) and it has been in print almost six decades ago. Unfortunately it is out of print at present. As a part of our collective effort to make all the texts related to Kerala Tantra freely available to scholars worldwide, we are uploading this commentary chapter by chapter.

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