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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End. 299 yadityasyannayam tadadityatmetyacacate + + mahanamnam prajapate + + +vi visvamitrasya va sima va mahya va sakkayyo va sakkartho va | Colophon. ityarseyatrahmane dhatiyaprapathakah samaptah || visayah | phalakathanapurvvakam samnam rsinirupanam | No. 1273. sisupalabadhah | Substance, palm-leaf, 14 x 14 inches. Folia, 153. Lines, 4 on a page. Extent, 2,294 slokas. Character Bengali, Date, SK. 1436. Place of deposit, Calcutta, Government of India. Appearance, very old. Prose. Correct. Sisupala-badha. An epic poem by Magha, on an episode of the Mahabharata, the subject being the destruction of Sisupala, a sovereign inimical to the Pandu brothers. The work has been printed several times and is well known, but the MS. under notice is a very old one, being dated Saka 1436 A. C. 1512, and contains many readings not to be met with in the printed editions. Its style of writing is shown on plate V. = Beginning. sriyah patih srimatisasitu jagajjagannivaso vasudevasadmani | End. vasan dadarsavatarantamambaraddhiranyagarbhangabhuvam munim harih || sarvena sarvasraya ityanindyamanandabhaja janitam janena | yasca dvitiyam + + + +tauyo mukhyah satam gaunamavapa nama || sri sabdanasya krtasabda samaptilaksma laksmipatescaritakirttanamatra + +1 tasyatmajah svakavikirttipurasayo'dah kavyam vyadhatta sisupalabadhabhidhanam || Colophon. iti sridattanoh srimadhakaveh krtau srilaksmani sisupalabadhe mahakavye + + ++++h sargah samaptah || visayah | sisupalabadhavivaranam | No. 1274. abhijnanasakuntala | Folia, 82. Lines, 4 on a page. Date, Sr. 1494. Place of depoAppearance, very old. Correct. Substance, palm-leaf, 13 x 13 inches. Extent, 1,271 slokas. Character, Bengali. sit, Calcutta, Government of India. 202