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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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285 No. 881. gayatri hrdayam | ? Place of Substance, country paper, 12 X 44 inches. Folia, 2. Lines, 17 on a page. Extent, 200 slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, deposit, Calcutta, Asiatic Society. Appearance, new. Prose. Generally correct. Gayatri-hridaya. Origin, derivation, and meaning of the Gayatri, related by Brahma in reply to a query of Yajnavalkya. This is a Puranic account, different from No. 442. Beginning. atha gayatrihrdayam | namaskrtya bhagavan yajnavalkah svayambhuvam paristacchati | tvanno bruhi bhagavan gayatrupratpattim turiyam srotumicchami brahmajnanotpattim prakrtim pariprcchami | End. visayah | (khanditatvacchesavakyadikam na praptam ) | gayatryutpatti-gayatraprasidikathanam | No. 882. gayatryastottarasatadivyanamamrtastotram | Substance, country paper, 12 X 42 inches. Folium, 1. Lines 19. Extent, 42 slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, SK. 1747. Place of deposit, Calcutta, Asiatic Society. Appearance, new. Prose and Verse. Generally correct. Gayatrya-ashtottara-sata-divya-namamrita-stotra. A hymn in praise of the 108 names of the Gayatri. This is apparently an extract from a Tantra, and, according to it, Vis 'vamitra recites the hymn for the edification of Rama. Beginning. asya srigayatra ]ste |ttarasatadivyanamamrtamahamantrasya brahmavisnumahesvara rsaya rgyajuhsamatharvani cchandamsi gayatrisavitrisarakhatyadayo devata halo vi- jani kharah saktayah, avyaktayah kilakam mama gayatriprasadasiddhyarthe jape viniyogah | End. roginam rogasamanam sarvaisvaryapravarddhanam | kimatra bahunoktena stotram sarvasya darsanam || 23 || Colophon. iti srivisvamitra raghavasamvade gayatrastottarasata divyanamamtatastotram samparnam || visayah | gayatragra astottarasatanamakathanam |

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