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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134 No. 1180. saduktikarnamrtam | Substance, country paper, 17 x 3 inches. Folia, 299. Lines, 7-6-5 on a page. Extent, 8185 slokas. Character, Bengali. Date, Sk. 1500. Place of deposit, Santipura, Kalidasa Vidyavagisa. Appearance, very old. Verse. Correct. Saduktikarnamrita. A collection of miscellaneous verses by different authors and on various subjects, five verses being devoted to each subject. By Sridhara Dasa son of Vatu Dasa. The author's father was a confidential friend of, and a general under, Lakshmana Sena, king of Bengal. The author held the rank of a mahamandalika or chief over several districts, and completed the work in the month of Phalguna in the Saka year 1127.-A. D. 1205,-just one hundred and twenty-six years from the date of Lakshmana's accession. The number of poets named amounts to 446. Although the poetry collected is not of much value, it is of great use in identifying the poets whose names are of the highest importance as affording a limit on one side regarding their ages. For convenience of reference, I annex the names of the poets in alphabetical order. Some of the names are in the feminine gender, and are evidently intended for females; others are of Buddhist monks. Abandhya-krishna, Abhimanyu, Aparajita-rakshita, Apavis 'ves 'vara, Abhinanda, Achala, Achalasimha, Ajayavardhana of Kasmira, Ajjoka, Amakantha, Aravinda, Aryavilasa, Avantikajanhu, Avantivarma, Bahbhata, Balabhadra, Baladeva, Amara Sinha, Amaru, Amoghadeva, Amrita-datta, Bhadanta-dinnaga, Bhagavadgovinda, Bhagirathadatta, Anandavardhana, Ananga, Amsudhara, Bhamaka, Bhamatra, Bhangura, Anuragadeva, Bharavi,