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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304 repeated within a given time, and in particular postures are the principal conditions. Contents : 1, Time meet for repeating vija mantras. 2, General conditions for repeating mantras. 3, Sixteen primary conditions. 4, Different kinds of Parayana. 5, Parayana of the mantras sacred to the Vidyas (forms of Durga). 6, Parayana of the name of a god or goddess. 7, A form of Parayana called Tattva ; 8, Ditto called Hamsa. 9, Ditto called chakra. 10, Ditto called Rama. 11, Ditto called A'mnaya. Beginning. akha + katasananda nispandamrtavigraham | End. cinmatrarupinim vidyam vande khanandasundarim || atha vacye vistarena parayanavidhim param | yasya vijnanamatrena saksatparasivo bhavet || evam yah kurute bhaktya parayanakramajjapah | manuse varttamanapi sacatpara sivah parah || Colophon. iti srimatsaubhagyatantre parayana vidhau amnayaparayananirupanam namaikadasah visayah | patalah | 1 patale, japakalah | 2, mantraparayanalaksanam | 3, soda़sangavidhanokta- vijatattvakathanadi | 4, parayanabhedah | 5, vidyamantraparayanakathanadi ! 6, namaparayanakathanam | 7, tattvaparayanakathanadi | 8, hamsaparayanalaksana- kathanadi | ra, cakraparayanalaksanakathanadi | 10, ramaparayanalaksanakatha- nadi | 11, amnayaparayanalaksanakathanadi | No. 910. rasasanketakalika | ? Place Substance, country paper, 122 X 62 inches. Folia, 14. Lines, 11 on a page. Extent, 357 slokas. Character, Nagara. Date. of deposit, Varahanagara, 24-Parganas, Babu Sambhuchandra Mukhopadhyaya. Appearance, old. Verse. Generally correct. Rasasanketa-kalika. A treatise on the preparation of metallic medicines. By Chamunda, a Kayastha of the Naigeya clan. The MS. is incomplete, some unknown portion of the end being wanting. Contents : 1, Mercury, its purification and oxidation; tests of perfect oxidation, virtues of its various oxides. 2. Oxidation of iron, gold, copper, &c. 3. Medicinal preparations with poisons. 4. Medicinal preparations with mercury.