Ramsingh 1423.

a predecessor of Gururāmakavi of Mullandrum (Ratneśvaraprasādana, MD. 12632.
Subhadrādhanañjaya, MD. 12723.)

by Aghoraśivācārya. BORI. 337 of Viś i. D. p. 434. Poona 337. Same as the
Kriyākramadyotikā. According to the Śaivabhūṣaṇa, there are 18 Paddhatis by Śaiva writers,
one of which is Aghoraśivācārya's. For mss. see under Kriyākramadyotikā.

a Śaiva writer; disciple of Vidyākaṇṭha, the disciple of Rāmakaṇṭha, [Page058-b] who was
the son of Nārāyaṇakaṇṭha and disciple of Utpala (Hz. II. Extr. p. 109); wrote the
Mṛgendravṛttidīpikā at the instance of this Guru; Sarvātmaśiva is usually mentioned as his
chief Guru; was born in the Cola country in the Kauṇḍinyagotra; had the title
‘Lakṣadvayādhyāpaka’, teacher of Mīmāṁsā which is called ‘Lakṣadvaya (?)’; see p. 7. English
Intro. to the Bṛhatī, Madras Uni. Skt. Ser. III. ii; mentioned sometimes as Ghoraśiva and
Parameśvara (MT. 2104) also; known as Jñānaśiva too (MD. 5436) (?); mentions in the
Kriyākramadyotikā that he wrote it in Śaka 1080, A. D. 1157. See p. 4, Skt. Intro. to the
Chidambaram Grantha edn. of 1927 of the Kriyākramadyotikā in part and p. 6, Intro. Devakottah
Śivāgama Siddhānta Paripālana Saṅgha edn. of the Tattvaprakāśa.

According to Trilocanaśivācārya (Prāyaścittasamuccaya, Hz. 954), Aghoraśivācārya was one
of the spiritual heads of the seat called Āmardakamaṭha (Hz. II. Extr. p. 80). Sage Āmardaka was
one of the disciples of Durvāsas and the founder of dualistic Śaiva.

A traditional version of his story is found in a work called Cidambarasāra. See Tamil Preface to
the abovementioned edn. of the Kriyākramadyotikā. This preface and the Skt. Intro. referred to
previously give a list of Āghoraśivācārya's works. Works marked with an asterisk below are
refered to by the a. himself in his Ratnatrayollekhinī (See p. 108 of the Devakottah Śivāgama
Siddhānta Paripālana [Page059-a] Saṅgha edn.) and Mṛgendravṛttidīpikā.

[Aghoraśivapaddhati. Poona 337.

Same as Kriyākramadyotikā].

*--Abhyudaya. nāṭaka.

[--Āgamāhnika. Auf. CC. I. p. 39a. Same as Dīkṣāvidhi below; forms part of
Kriyākramadyotikā].

--Āśaucadīpikā (for Śaivas). MD. 3027. This does not form part of the
Kriyākramadyotikā.

--Āścaryasāra. kāvya.

*--Kāvyatilaka. (?) See Mṛgendravṛttidīpikā, Vidyāpāda end.

--Kriyākramadyotikā (K. k. dyota, K. k. jyoti, Nityakriyākrama, Aghoraśivapaddhati). (Many
selections from this have been pub. in S. I. under several titles, with text in Grantha and with or
without Tamil Transl.).

--Tattvatrayanirṇayavyākhyā. Adyar II. p. 175b. Mysore I. p. 542. TD. 8187.

Edn. Devakottah Śivāgama Siddhānta Paripālana Saṅgha 1923.

--Tattvaprakāśikāvṛtti (Śiva ta. pra. vṛ.). Adyar II. p. 175b. MT. 3914. 4433. Śṛṅgerī
Mutt 216 (2). TD. 8183.

Edn. same as that mentioned above.

--Tattvasaṅgrahalaghuṭīkā. Mysore I. p. 542. Śṛṅgerī Mutt 216 (3) ? TD. 8188.

Edn. same as that mentioned above.

[--Dīkṣāvidhi. Auf. CC. III. 1b (only a part of the Kriyākramadyotikā)].

--Dviśatikālottaravyākhyā. Trav. Uni. 4509.

--Nādakārikāvṛtti. L. 1434. TD. 8191.

Edn. Devakottah Śivāgama Siddhānta Paripālana Saṅgha 1925. [Page059-b]

--Parārthanityapūjāvidhi (also called Śivālayanityavidhi).

Edn. Devakottah Śivāgama Siddhānta Paripālana Saṅgha 1930.

Does not seem to form part of the Kriyākramadyotikā; the Col. describes it as a compilation
based on the Sakalāgamasārasaṅgraha for which see MD. 5549. TD. 15304.

*--Pāṣaṇḍāpajaya. kāvya.

*--Bhaktaprakāśa.

--Bhogakārikāvṛtti. Mysore I. p. 543. TD. 8190.

Edn. Devakottah Śivāgama Siddhānta Paripālana Saṅgha 1925.

--Mṛgendravṛttidīpikā. Hz. 1105.

--Ratnatrayollekhinī (R. T. Uddyota). Mysore I. p. 544.

Edn. Devakottah Śivāgama Siddhānta Paripālana Saṅgha 1925.

--Vṛṣotsarjanaprayoga. Adyar. An extract from his Kriyākramadyotikā ?

--Sarvajñānottaravṛtti. Hz. 959. TD. 6728. Trav. Uni. 6578 (fr.).

*--Sarvavidyeśinī, an epitome of Mataṅga and other Āgamas.

--Siddhāntaśekhara (?) Śṛṅgerī Mutt 216 (4).

Adyar II. p. 230a.

Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 1. MD. 5837.

MD. 5838.

MD. 5839.

stotra. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 1. MD. 10904. MT. 2595b.

Ptd. Stotrārṇava, Madras Govt. Ori. Mss. Lib. Ser. LXX. pp. 134-40.

--C. an. MT. 2595b. [Page060-a]

TD. XX. Sup. no. 1031.

mantra. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 1.

guru of a Śaṅkarācārya who wrote the Durgāpūjāvidhi. MT. 2256.

--Yogakarṇikā, a metrical compilation in 15 pādas on yoga. Benares Edn. 1905. Br. Mus. Ptd.
Bks. 1906. 28. 29.

TD. XX. Sup. no. 1018.

stotra in 8 stanzas. MD. 10905.

Ptd. Stotrārṇava, Madras Govt. Ori. Mss. Lib. Ser. LXX. pp. 140-1.

mantra. AK. 958. BORI. 958 of 1891-95. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 1. MD. 5840-5845. 15153 (all
entered as Aghorāstramantra). Taylor I. 367. II. 82 (from Prayogasāra). TD. XX. Sup. no. 863 (with
yantra; in a coll.).

TD. 17086-92.

Taylor I. 367.

mantra. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 1.

mantra. Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 1.

from the 38th patala of Svacchandabhairava Tantra. TD. XX. Sup. no. 863 (in a coll.).

MD. 5846.

Gov. Or. Libr. Madras 1. MD. 7731.

ref. to in Kubjikāmata. RASB. VIII. B. 6820.

MD. 5847. 5848. Taylor II. 152. 154.