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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129 religious audience, namely, (1) Devya or works containing accounts of gods, (2) Devya Manusha, containing accounts of men and gods, and (3) Manusha containing accounts of men only. The subjects of such of the work may be various. Same may treat of the means of acquiring wealth, called Arthakatha, some may treat of love, affection, &c. and are called Kama-katha; some may treat of religion, called Dharma-katha, and some may treat of miscellaneous topics, called Samkirna-katha. At the end of the work there is a metrical eulogium of the author. H. P. S. Beginning. srimantam paramatmatapadamitam trailokya pujyam param End. nabheyadisamastataurthapaganam siddhamsca siddhasritan | cacaryyan ganipundarikaprabhrtin pujyanupadhyayakan sadhun darsanabodhacarucaritan dvesa tapahsamyutan || sajjnanamtatavaridhaun gunagurun srisadgurun bhaktito natva vighnavinasanaya manasi smrtva ca vagdevatam | sadvairagyavidhayakam sumanasamadeyamatyadarat kurve carucaritramaryyasamaradityasya bhumipateh || yugmam | sriharibhadramunindrairvihitam prakrtamayam samastiha | samaradityacaritram tathapi tadativa visamartham || cyadhunikamandabuddhikasatvaparijnanahetave tasmat | saphalo'stu me prayasah prasadatah sarvvasugurunam || upanayatu mangalam vo jinasya surarajistandasammilita | taurthapravarttanasamaye devavimukta kusumadrstih || ityadi | mahaphalam praptam| dvitiyena vihitam bhurimatsarena anantasamsaravarddhanam krtamiti | Colophon. iti vrksatkharataragacchadhausabhattarakasraujinasukhasvarivarausvarapadapadmamadhuka- ravidvacchraukaurttivarddhanamunivineyavibudhavarasrauiladharmamu nisisyaprajnasrivinayasundaramunisisyasamvignapa- ksauyasumativarddhanamuniviracite samskrtamayasamaradityacaritrottararddhe samaradityagirisena prabandharupo navamo bhavah | itasca samapto'yam sarve'pi granthah | (atah padyamayau vistaurna granthakaraprasastirvarttate ) | visayah| avantaudesadhipasya samaradityasya carucaritram haribhadramunina prakrtabhasaya gumphitamasaut | tadavalambanena viracitatvat tatroktavisaya evasya visaya iti jneyam | tatra khalu mahanupadeso'yam samksepena sangrhyata yatha, sarvatha srotum yogyanyeva srotavyani, prasamsarhasyeva vastuni 17