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A Descriptive Bibliography of the Printed Texts of the Pancaratragama. Volume I.

The Pancaratragama is a large collection of sacred Sanskrit texts, without fixed arrangement, used by the Srlvaisnava sect of South India. An accepted history is that they were put in place by Ramanuja to substitute for the Vaikhanasagama used by the Bhagavatas. These canonical manuals of instruction on worship, rites, temple construction, yoga, mantra, and philosophy are included in the obscurity surrounding Hindu tantra and agama literature— despite good editions and translations of single texts. Professor Smith's volume, which presents thirty of the traditional and variously reported list of 108 samhitas, is definitive. The definition is accomplished by descriptions of the some nine hundred chapters included within this collection of thirty texts entered in alphabetical order. Each text (samhita) is given with full bibliographical information, introductory remarks, and concluding critical notes. Five of the thirty titles are Aniruddha-samhita, Ahirbudhnyasamhita, Naradapancaratram (Jnanamrtasarasamhita), Parama-samhita, Laksmltantra. The nine hundred descriptions are summary; but the scope, nature, and intrinsic interest of the material is reported with all academic care and in a manner that holds the attention. The effect is that the volume reads more like a good mystery novel than like a descriptive bibliography. Just as with most works of fiction, this scholarly work would have profited from the attention of a professional editor; the English phrases are not easy or modern. However, Smith is endowed with a natural feeling for the pace of storytelling suitable to the instructions, which often include reference to mythic events and dialogue. This bibliography is more than the sum of its descriptions. Taken together, the descriptions present the essence of the Pancaratra, which is encyclopaedic. The presentation is simple, generous, and clear. Even the mechanical layout expresses this. The summary descriptions are printed with a wide, aesthetically pleasing margin. There being no indexes in this volume (they will be in vol. II.), this layout makes for easier scanning. The titles of the chapters are given in Devanagari script, in Roman transliteration, and in English translation. The number of slokas is noted. Some of the nine hundred titles: "The Transmission of the Teaching" (Sastravatara), "Concerning the (Icon) Bath with 108 Pots" (Mahabhiseka), "Rules for Surrender of One's Burden, and the Features of MWri-Gestures and Worship" (Bharanyasadimudralaksanarcanantavidhi), "The Fruits of Sweeping the Temple, and the Sin of Misappropriating the Lord's Funds" (Sammarjanadiphaladevasvapaharadosaklrtana), "Definition of Tantric Teaching" (Tantravyakhya), "On Town-planning" (Gramavinyasa).