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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49 No. 1488. manacaritram | Substance, country-made paper, 102 * 5 inches. Folia, 65. Lines, 9- 10 on a page. Extent, 967 slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, ? Place of deposit, Calcutta, Government of India. - Appearance, old. Prose. Incorrect. Mana-charitra. An allegory on the relation of knowledge to ignorance. In Marhatti. Beginning. srivaradatumbaradamurtti ekadanta cintile puravisisamartha ksane nittajne carani mathate vilabhave | End. te pritipavo gopinatha| sripatidasaksane | Colophon. iti srimanacaritre pravrttinivrttakhyane saparivarabodharajyadrdhikaranam nama astamo'dhyayah || visayah | atra maharastriyabhasaya asta adhyayah santi | tatra prathame, mangalacaranam | sye, moharajyavarnanam | 3ye, bodhasya rajyabhisekah | 4rthe, vivekadivarnanam | 5 me, vivekanitinirupanam | 6the, vivekakrta kamakrodhajayavarnanam | 7me, viveka- krtasaparivarapravrttijayavarnanam | 8 me, saparivarabodharajya drdhikaranam || No. 1439. paroksajnanam | Substance, country-made paper, 92 x 44 inches. Folia, 62. Lines, 10 -11 on a page. Extent, 1,448 slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, ? Place of deposit, Calcutta, Government of India. Appearance, old. Prose. Generally correct. Paroksha-jnana. A logical disquisition on inference, the object of the author being the refutation of the theory described in the Ratnakosha. Author's name not known. Beginning. parocajnanam niscayatmakameva siddhantah | End. visayah | iti na kathancidasya anumiteh samsayatvopapattiriti krtam pallavitena | cyatra satpratipaksasambalanadasayam samsayakaranumitimangikarttuh ratnakosakarasya matanirasapurvvakam anumityupamitisabdatmakaparoksajnanasya niscayatmakatvarupa- siddhantakathanam | H