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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250 No. 2496, hanumatsamhita | Substance, country-made yellow paper, 18 x 4 inches. Folia, 11. Lines, 8 on a page. Extent, 360 Slokas. Character, Bengali. Date, SK. 1715. Place of deposit, Calcutta, Raja Rajendranarayana Deva, Bahadur. Appearance, fresh. Verse. Generally correct. Hanumat-sanhita. A poem describing Rama's arcadian recreations with Sita. Among other incidents it describes a curious manifestation of eighteen thousand one hundred and eight nymphs from the person of Sita, with all of whom Rama engages in dalliance. By Hanuman. Beginning jayatyanantadbhutasangarapriyo End. mahabali vauravalau sakhagranih | pracandamarttandasahakharasmih (kantih ) sriramapadadraya ekatanah || kumbhodbhavayambudhisosanaya visuddha vijnana subhapradaya | sriramapadadvaya niscitaya mahamunindraya namo namaste || sriagastya uvaca | srutam ramasya mahatmam� tava vaktranmahakape | aisvaryamatulam tejah prabhavam paramatmanah || ------ srihanumanuvaca | sadhu pujyo'si brahmarse manasaiveti niscitam | guhyadguhyataram divyam tava prautya vadamyaham || ityadi | srihanumadrseh kavyam sravyam bhavyam sadaiva hi | tasmin sasito rama'pi tusto bhavati nanyatha || Colophon. iti sri hanumatsamhitayam paramarahasye maharasaraseाtsatre pancamo'dhyathah | vanendamunibhramo hi sake srauramasundarah | urjjakrsna trtiyayamale khaudrama rasakam ||