A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras
by M. Seshagiri Sastri | 1901 | 1,488,877 words
These pages represent "A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts of the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras"—a scholarly work that systematically details the vast collection of Sanskrit manuscripts held by the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library in Madras, now Chennai, India. The catalogue serves as an essential ...
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li-e Vedanta-Paribhasa, in which the Pramanas and the Prameya of the Advaita school are explained in a clear, brief and accurate style. This Paribhasa has been commented upon by the author's son, Sri Ramakrsnadhvarin, who, in the beginning of his commentary, says :is an 66. aseto sumerorapi bhuvi viditan dharmarajadhvarindran vande'ham tarkacudamanimanijanana ksiracistatapadan | " In the next verse the son calls himself a "Makha-krt"; the father "Adhvarin"; and it is clear that these Advaita-acaryas performed Vedic sacrifices too, in addition to teaching and writing upon Logic and Philosophy. His native place was Kandramanikkam in the Tanjore District, Cf. 68 tatra kandaramanikagramaratnanivasina | maniprakasavivrtirdharmarajena tanyate || " and this Nyaya work of his testifies to the widespread popularity of Tattvacintamani and of the glosses on it. Sri Dharmaraja's devoting a special section to each of the Pramanas of the Advaitins in his Vedantaparibhasa may be due to his training and proficiency in Navya-Nyaya; for not only does Navya-Nyaya dwell largely upon Pramanas, but most of the writers also of primers and manuals on the Vedanta concern themselves mainly, or more, with the prameya (substance or categories, supreme and subsidiary) of the science than with the detailed examination of the pramanas or means of knowledge. (6) Agnisvaramahatmyam-D. No. 16417.-The following is found in the colophon of this manuscript :- iti bhavisyottarapurane ksetrakhande uparibhage " The locality of this sacred place is stated to be in the Mani forest to the south-east of Sri Brahmesvara, another such holy place. This place was called Agnisvara, because, according to this Puranic work, the Fire-god liberated Himself from the curse of Goddess Parvati by bathing in the sacred waters of a tank dug by Him on the south-east side of the shrine of God Siva, Whom the Fire-god propitiated here by many such meritorious deeds. (7) Vanivilasa-D. No. 16498.-This is a work on lexicography by Sri Harsa, the well-known author of the Naisadha and the Khandanakhanda-Khadya. It contains three Sargas, and gives the meanings of words not found in other such Sanskrit dictionaries. 66 padanyanuktapurvani "