20 Iśānaśivagurudevapaddhati यावत्सामर्थ्यमस्माभिः सर्वलोकहितैषिभिः । शिखायोगादितन्त्रेभ्यः क्रियते सारसङ्ग्रहः || From these stanzas it is clear that the work is only a compendium based on several authorities. The stanzas also justify the titles Tantrasārasangraha. Towards the end of the work the author informs us that he is a Keralite. He belonged to the village Sivapura on the banks of the river Nilā. Nārāyana was his father and the name of his mother was Umā. He had a sister Gauri and an uncle named Parameswara. The last three stanzas of the work reveal that it consists of two thousand stanzas besides suggesting the competence of the author in the subject. ग्रामो यस्य शिवास्पदं शिवपुरं श्लाघ्यो निलातीरजो नायो मुण्डमुखालयस्य जनको नारायणो वेदवित् । यस्योमा जननी पतिप्रियगुणा यस्यापि गौरी स्वसा तत्तुल्य: परमेश्वरो शिवपरो यस्यामवन्मातुलः ॥ नानाजातिक्रियाढ्यान् जगति बहुविधान् मन्त्रवादाननेकान् आलोच्यालोच्य कर्माण्य भिमतमखिलं सारमादाय तेभ्यः । तेन श्लोकै: सहस्र द्वितयपरिमितैस्तन्त्रमेतत् प्रणीतं निष्पैशून्येन तन्त्रेस्वनिशमनिमिषाक्षेण नारायणेन ॥ The last and final stanza of the work contains a Phalaśruti detailing the scope and aim of the work besides enumerating the benefits conferred on the readers. एतस्मिन् मन्त्रवादे भुवनहितकरे सर्वमन्त्रार्थ कोशे नाम्ना नारायणीये प्रचुरपरिचय : श्रद्धधानः पुमान् यः । संप्राप्ताशेषकामः स भुवि चिरतरं कामचारी चरित्वा दिव्यानिष्टांश्च भोगाननिमिषपतिवत् प्राप्नुयाद्दिव्यदेहः ॥ The first ten Patalas are devoted to toxicology. In the next four the author has given an account of the subject of graha. pīdas; evil-effects of the planets, and the ways for getting over the ill-effects. This portion also deals with mental disease. The fifteenth and sixteenth sections deal with various painful bodily ailments and Tantrika treatment for them. The next three sections (17-19) enumerate the evil magic resorted to by mis- chievous persons to harm their enemies. The remedies for such acts are given here. The last thirteen chapters are devoted to
