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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End. � visayah | 136 prageva iksitatvadisravanena tasya sopadhikatvasambhavaccenna - ( dutah khanditam | ) yadvaitavadasamsthapanam | No. 1559. chalaksaram, va pavamanam | Lines, 6 on Place of deIncorrect. Substance, country-made paper, 11 x 42 inches. Folia, 10. a page. Extent, 108 slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, ? posit, Calcutta, Government of India. Appearance, old. Prose. Chhalakshara alias Pavamana. Initials of Rig mantras required for the performance of the Pavamana rite. This MS. appears quite distinct from the works noticed on pp. 14, 16, 17, and 50. Beginning. agnamjha tu tu | tvamagne kru | agnim du ku | agnista॑tradhuvedi | prestam chodhakutva- nnojhego | ehyusu dainu | atethe j| tvamagne vi | gne vivasvadyo | ekonavimsati End. visayah | prathamah | | pavasva madhudulama bhigu | abhidyumnam thilekubhu | ama tanighlai tukuveka | ena- mutyaca chedutaudlu khe| sasunnetane denugu | tvayangadacinucagi | esasya gaimi dothe dhuke || 35 || pancacimsadekadasa || 384 || pavamanam samaptam || rka pratikani | No. 1560. ekamracandrika | Substance, palm-leaf, 13 x 1 1/2 inches. Folia, 103. Lines, 5 on a page. Extent, 2,253 slokas. Character, Udiya. Date, ? Place of deposit, Calcutta, Government of India, another copy Calcutta, Dr. Rajendralala Mitra. Appearance, old. Prose and verse. Generally correct. Ekamra-chandrika. A guide to pilgrims visiting Bhuvanesvara, giving in detail the religious duties to be performed at the different sacred spots, temples, images and pools of that place, and the merit of doing the same. The work is made up of extensive quotations from the Kapila Samhita, the Ekamra Purana, the Siva Purana, and other works which treat of the sacred places of Orissa, and comprises a summary of the religious history of the place. It is divided into four chapters (Prakasas). All the principal temples have been described at some length, and anecdotes-mostly apocryphal-regarding them given in detail. Anonymous.