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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nymous. 196 Tattvabodha. A short summary of the Vedanta doctrine. AnoCONTENTS: Persons qualified to obtain the knowledge of Brahma. The four kinds of exercise for the purpose. The characteristics of such knowledge. Soul defined. Peculiarities of the gross body, of the rudimentary body, of the subtile body, and of the three conditions of existence. The five envelopes of the body. The definition of the Supreme Soul. Rules for the purification of the constituents of the body. Characteristics of individual souls. Identity of the individual and the Supreme souls. Characteristics of the emancipated while living in a carnal body. Duty. Printed at Mirzapur, Hall's' Contributions, p. 112. Beginning vasudevendrayogindram natva jnanapradam gurum | mumuksunam hitarthaya tattvabodhovidhiyate || sadhanacatustayasampannadhikarinam moksasadhanangabhutam tattvavivekaprakaram vaksyamah | ityadi | jnanasampaptisamaye mukto'sau vigatasayah | iti smrtesca | End. Colophon iti sritattvabodhakhyah granthah samaptah | visayah | brahmajnanadhikarinirupanam | sadhanacatustayanirupanam | tattvavivekasvarupakathanam | sratmanirupanam | sthulasarirakhaksmasarirakaranasariradinirupanam | avasthatrayanirupanam | panca- kosanirupanam | saccidanandakharupakathanam | pancikarananirupanam | jauvadilacanam | jauvesvarayora- bhedanirupanam | jivanmaktalaksanam | karmanirupananca | No. 2436. moksasiddhih | Substance, country-made paper, 14 x 4 inches. Folia, 12. Lines, 6 on a page. Extent, 58 Slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, ? Place of deposit, Mujona, Zilla Darbhanga, Yogesvara Misra. Appearance, new. Prose and verse. Correct. Moksha-siddhi. A summary account of the three means by which emancipation from transmigration may be acquired. The three means are duty, knowledge and devotion, respectively called Karmayoga, Jnanayoga, and Bhaktiyoga. By Krishna Giri, disciple of Kailasachala. The work was compiled for the king Ranodippa Simha in the year, 1015. The era is not named; it is the Newari era. Beginning namaskrtya param brahma moksasiddhim karomyaham | sriranoddipasimhena rajna samparthivo'sitah |