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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75 No. 1476. saubharisahita | Substance, country-made paper, 12 x 41 inches. Folia, 159. Lines, 6 -7-8 on a page. Extent, 2,084 slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, SM. 1801. Place of deposit, Calcutta, Government of India. Appearance, old. Verse. Generally correct. Saubhari-Samhita. A collection of legends in praise of certain sacred places, related by Saubhari in reply to queries by Yudhishthira. The MS. is apparently incomplete. Contents : I. Details of the Indrayaga. II. Translation of a Bhilla to Vaikuntha. III. Story of Siva Sarma. IV. and V. The legend of Dilipa's worship of the cow Nandini for a son. VI. The emancipation of a Vaisya through the merits of Indraprastha. VII. Birth of Siva Sarma. VIII. Praise of Dvarka. IX. Story of a Brahmana named Vimalaksha. X. Story of a Brahmana named Upendra, and another tale. XI. Story of Chandakana and of his father. XII. Praise of a sacred pool named Visranti. XIII. Do. of Madhuvana. rikasrama. XV. Do. of Haridvara. XVI. Do. of Indraprastha. XVII. Do. of Prayaga. XVIII. Do. of Indraprastha. Beginning. sruta uvaca | dharmaputro dharmakatham susrusah saubhareh End. sonakasramamabhyetya natva tamiti prstavan || 1 || XIV. Do. of Vada- subhama | yudhisthira uvaca | brahman marttandatanayatiratirthesu yacchubham | tirtham tadeva vaikunthajanmabhumipurahsaram || 2 || saiाbhariruvaca | ekada tu munisresthau divi naradaparvatau | gacchantau khandavavanam pasyatah sma manoharam || 2 || anantadityasankasam vasudevam caturbhujam | sankhacakragadapadmamukutam vanamalinam | dvadasapatrambujagatam smarennarayanam vibhum || 95 || Colophon. iti srisai|bharisamhitayam sivanaradasamvade indraprasthamahatme ] astadasadhyayah sampurnah | vasayah | 1 adhyaye, indrayagavidhanam | 2, bhillasimha vaikuntharohanam | 2, sivasarmakatha | 4, 5, sutartham dilipacatanandinige sevavrttantakathanam | 6, indraprasthatitha- prabhavena vaisyamuktih | 7, sivasarmajanmakaranam | 8, dvarakamahatmya | 12