Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts
by Rajendralala Mitra | 1871 | 921,688 words
These pages represent a detailed description of Sanskrit manuscripts housed in various libraries and collections around the world. Each notice typically includes the physical characteristics, provenance, script, and sometimes even summaries of the content of the Sanskrit manuscripts. The collection helps preserve and make accessible the vast herit...
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7 No. 3248. vasikarana stotram | Substance, country-made paper, 73 * 4 inches. Folia, 3. Lines, 7 on a page. Extent, 25 Slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, ? Place of deposit, Calcutta, Government of India. Appearance, old. Prose and verse. Incorrect. Vasikarana-stotra, A hymn in praise of the goddess Varabi for the purpose of bringing the creation under one's control. It is apparently an extract from some Tantra or other. Beginning. asya srivasyavarahistotramantrasya ajah rsih sirasi gayatri cchandomukhe vasaukaranavarahau devata iti hrdaye kraum vijam iti guhye aim saktih padayoh krim kilakam nabhau ityadi | End. tasmadavasyam varahi jagat savrvvam vasaukuru | vasastotramidam devyastrisandhyam yah pathennarah || so'bhistavasa + bhaktya ramo (?) rajyamathapi va | Colophon. iti vasikaranastotram sampurnam | | visayah | jagadvasaukaranopayarupavarahistutikirttanam | No. 3249. vamanajayantivratavidhih | Substance, country-made paper, 10*4 inches. Folia, 12. Lines, 10 on a page. Extent, 226 slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, ? Place of deposit, Calcutta, Government of India. Appearance, new. Prose and verse. Incorrect. Vamanajayanti-vrata-vidhi. Rituals for the performance of the fast called Vamanajayanth-vrata. It is performed on the 12 th of the waxing moon in the month of Sravana. It is an extract from the latter portion of Bhavishya Purana. Beginning. atha sravanadvadasyam vamanapuja likhyate | masapaksadyullikhya mama iha janmani janmantare ca samastapapaksayapurvvakavisnulokapraptartham sravanadradasauvratangatvena -ityadi | bhumau yathecchaya rajan sarvvatraisa vidhih smrtah | End. evam vrate krte brahman yat pusyam tannibodha me | Colophon. iti sraubhavisyottarapurane vamanajayantauvratodyapanam sampurnam | visayah | sravanadvadasyam vamanajayantivratavidhikathanam | tatra tatprayogakathanam | udyapanah vidhikathananca |