Yogāmbarāvidhi

This is a tantric ritual text extracted from the Catuḥpīṭha Bṛhatmahātantra, containing the first section of the Ātmapiṭha ritual. The Catuḥpīṭha is a yoginītantra comprising of four subchapters, centered on a pantheon of 13 goddesses led by Jñānaḍākinī, whose consort is Yogāmbara. The Yogāmbarasādhanavidhi, a satellite text of the Catuḥpīṭha, It is attributed to Jagadānandajīvabhadra (fl. 14th c. CE) and is the most widely circulated ritual manual of Yogāmbara in Nepal. In this mss, folia 1–24 are newly written, and the rest of the mss. is old. Incomplete mss. A tantric ritual text, containing the Ādiyoga samādhi (See fol. 10a5). (Selected Chapters from the Catuṣpīṭhatantra by Peter Daniel Szanto, 6–17)