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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MINISTRY OF CULTURE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA SL skana vala sarakara 161 End. sravidake samarthanivrttya brahmaiva san brahmapyeti vimuktaya vimucyate-- srutibodhita nitya sijabhuma jhatmaka svarupanandavibhava iti siddham | Colophon. iti sriharidasakata vedantasiddhantakaumudi sabhata | visayah | suddhadvaitavadamavalamba viracito'yam granthah | taca brahmane nirdhisesattramata- kirttanam | jivasya brahmaprativindhavadakhandanam | brahmano'mo jiva iti nirupanam | nandanandana eva brahmasabdavacya iti nirnayah | tasya svabhavikajnanadisaktima cakathanam | srimadbhagavatasya veda- tukhyatvanirnayah | brahmanah sastrakagamyatvanirupanam | jnanapeksaya bhakterabhyarhitatvakathanam | bhagavato bhaktyeka labhyatvanirnayah | moksopayakathanam | mocatarupavivecanaca || No. 2101. madhuryyakadambini | Substance, country-made paper, 11 * 53 inches. Folia, 19. Lines, 11 on a page. Extent, 643 slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, SM. 1860. Place of deposit, Santipur, Pandit Kalidasa Vidyavagisa. Appearance, fresh. Prose and verse. Correct. Madhurya-kadambini. On faith as the only means of salvation. Faith and devotion to be directed to Krishna who is the embodiment of the divine soul. With this object the work opens with a disquisition on the nature of soul, and its twofold division, the human and divine, and then explains how the divine soul may, for the well-being of creation, assume a corporeal form. The author then describes various forms of faith, and their peculiarities. Beginning hrdapre navabhannisasya vitateh sanjivani khagama- rambhe kamataparcudai damani vidyapayojnakhini | durano maranasakhino'pi sarasibhavaya bhuyat prabhu- sricaitanyakrpa nirankusama ha madhuryyakadambini || bhaktih pubvaih cita tantu ramam pasyedudattadhih | tannomi satatam rupanama priyatamam hareh || iha khala paramanandamayapi purusadbrahma puskam pratistheti End. madhuryyavaridhah krsnacaitanyaduddhrte rasaih | iyam vinita madhuryyamayi kadambini jagat || dutyadi | Colophon. iti srimadhukadambinyam purnamanoratho namamyahatadrstih | sampurneyam makadambini sata pritaye svaditi | samvat 1860 | 21