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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97 Naresvara-pariksha with a commentary entitled Nares'varapariksha-prakas 'a. The work comprises three books, the first of which, after pointing out the defects of the perfect man as portrayed in the Sankhya and other systems of philosophy, describes the particular attributes, the possession of which constitutes perfection; the second treats of the attributes of the Divinity; and the third criticises the opinions of the different current systems of philosophy regarding the attributes of the Deity. By Ramakantha Bhatta, son of Narayanakantha. Beginning. (mulasya )- atha meyavviratnasya sankarasyamitadyuteh | pariksam lesata vacmi pumpariksapurahsaram || 1 || (tikayah ) tam sakti saktimadrupam natva narisvaram param | naresvarapariksayamaksararthah prakasyate || 1 || End. (mulasya )-ityam sarvapariksantu pumparoksapurahsaram | cakara mrdubuddhinam hitayatisphutamimam || sadyo jyotisamaleyam sivena gurusattamah | krpayaivanjagraha yagrajyotirgunakarah || (tikayah ) evanca purvanayenesvarapariksaksiptaiva naraparikseti tatprayojanenaiva saprayojane ti siddham|| naresvarapariksarneti gahanatvato naiva yadgatirjagati gamyate vitatabuddhi- vegesvapi | idam parahitecchaya sutanuramakanthatatah kutarkatamasam nudam vihita- van prakasat sphutam || Colophon. iti srinarayana kanthanu bhattaramakanthakrtau naresvarapariksaprakase paradasana- prasiddhesvarapratiksepakhyam dhatiyam kandam | sampurnascayam naresvaspariksaprakasah | subhaya bhavatu || 0 || visayah | idanca darsanam sankhyavedantadidarsanadivat prthageveti pratimah ; yatra khallu cini kandani santi | yadye-tavatsankhyadidarsanalacanalacitapurusasya khandanapurahsaram tattadvilaksana- laksanena laksitam purusam | tacca narapariksabhidham | dvitiye -khamatenesvaralaksanam srutyadipramanatah krtam taccesvarapariksanamakam ka edam | trtiye tu-isvaravadinyayavaisesikaditattaddarsanaprasiddhesvarakharupapratiksepah tacca paradarsanaprasiddhesvarapratiksepakhyam kandam ||