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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MINISTRY OF CUL samtava OF INDIA GOVERNMENT OF sarakara SSL 207 Tattvasara. The means of obtaining the knowledge of Brahma, disclosed in a dialogue between Mahadeva and Skanda. This is probably an extract from the Skanda Purana. Beginning. meruprsthe sukhasinam devadevam jagadgurum | pranamya sirasa bhamo khandavacanamabravit || samito'smi tvaya natha dusare sasastrasagare | dharmadhamahagrahamatabhedadisangale || ityadi | End. dhyadya mem saphalam jana yadya me saphalam tapah | sradya me saphala bhaktira dyoti bhavarnavat || Colophon. iti tattvasarah samaptah | visayah| mahadevakandasamvadena brahmajnanalabhopayakirttana | No. 2143. garbhagita | Substance, country-made paper, 10 x 4 inches. Folia, 2. Lines, 8 on a page. Extent, 32 slokas. Character, Bengali. Date, ? Place of deposit, Atakulagram, Post Dighapatiya, Babu Anandachandra Maitra. Appearance, fresh. Verse. Generally correct. Garbha-gita. On the Vedanta doctrine bearing on transmigration. The work professes to contain the substance of a discourse between Krishna and Arjuna, and to be a sequel to the Bhagavadgita, but it is exceedingly scarce. It calls itself a Upanishad. Beginning. brahmanandam paramasukhadam kevalam jnanamartti End dvandvatitam gaganasadrsam tatvamasyadilaksya | ekam nityam vimalamacalam sarvada sacibhata bhavatitam cigunarahitam sadgurum tam namami || carjuna uvaca | garbhavasam jaramrtyu ' kimartham bhramatenarah | ityadi | tasmatsabva prthakkrtya catmanyeva vaset sada mithyabhutam jagacyakva nanyatha kalpakotika || Colophon. iti srikrsnarjunasanvade sribhagavadgarbhagitasupanisatsu prathamo'dhyayah | samapta garbhagita | visayah | srikrsnarjunasamvadena atmata yoga kirttanam |