Caryagiti becomes a general name of the song sung by the Indian Buddhist accomplished one (Siddha). Those are not only collected but also are occasionally displayed with tunes. At the same time those songs had been important, in course of the Tantra sacred rituals. They preserve as well as the resource of the social values of the humanity since the olden days. Apart from their indigenous literary aesthetics, those might reflect the local administrative conditions. The present collection of Caryägiti samgraha (CSMS) has expressed the specific Buddhist practices to achieve accomplishment. Those characteristics have been narrated by metaphorical literary expressions.
All the songs of CSMS may be divided into two parts. One part is songs of doctrinal teachings of Sahajayana Tantric Buddhism. On other hand, the songs express in joyous feelings of Siddhācāryas in course of higher attainment of bliss (ananda). They also indicate the time of composition of these songs.
Regarding the composition of some songs delt here the mentions of Narendra Nath Malladeva the king of Nepal was casually referred.
The songs in the CSMS are displayed with the musical tones (rägas) and their measures (talas) of Indian origins. Those songs contain the mediaeval musical structure. In this connection this collection has exhibited an aesthetic cross-cultural relationship in between the musical spiritual modality belonged to India and that of the Nepal.
Also eulogium of various gods and goddess is represented in the CSMS songs. However, the manuscript represents the mood of Indian cultural heritage that started since the 7th century A.D. when the Siddhäcāryas appeared.
Besides above these reasons, this collection has an utility and importance in the Indian society up till now.
The Caryasamgraha Manuscript (CSMS) is collected from Nepal by the late Professor Jagannath Upadhyaya of Varanaseya Sampurnananda Sanskrit Viśvavidyalaya and that is preserved in the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS) Sarnath. The present text is a photo print from Institute procured in 1991 for study. The Research Journal of Rare Buddhist Text Research Unit (RBTRU) Dhih, no. 3 volume of CIHTS mentions three carya texts, namely:
A. Carya-samgraha: Microfis no. MBB 1973-122 Photo no. 5082, total pages 85, size 8 x 26 cm., scripts Newari in 1986 A.D. (1049 in Nepal), line no. 14, letter per line are 34, Materials: Newari paper, It contains 165 songs.
B. Carya-pustaka: Microfis no. MBB. 1971-28, Photo 5081, total pages 36, size 8 x 26 cm., script: Newari, Line no. 10, per line Oletter no. 20, The text has 35 songs. 1321 28
C. Carya-grantha: Microfis no. MBB II 269, photo no. 5083, total pages 100, line no.: per page 12, letter per line 35, size 20 x 8 cm. script: Newari, materials: Newari paper, It has 136 songs. Among these collections, the first one is biggest in size. The text here contains one hundred and sixty five (165) Carya songs in which the early and later compositions have been assorted. The serial of other two texts are also compared. The microfilm of the manuscript has been compared with the following published materials.
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