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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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xvi PREFACE. the same theory. Bhagavadbhavana (191) treats of meditation on Visnu according to the same theory. MADHVA SCHOOL OF VEDANTA. Jayatirtha-vijayatika (86) is a fragment of a commentary on the disputations held by Jayatirtha, a successor of Madhva, to establish the theory of his sect as against others. Nyayamrta is a work by Vyasatirtha of the Madhva school. Nyayamrta-tarangini (150) is a commentary on Nyayamrta by Ramatirtha, the brother of Narayanatirtha NIMBADITYA SCHOOL OF VEDANTA. Aitihya-Tattvaraddhanta (46). The word Aitihya means tradition of any sort. It is included among the eight pramapas of the Puranas. Nimvaditya's school lays great stress on the reliability of Aitihya. The work is attributed to Nimbaditya himself. Aitihya Hardda-Samvedyam (47) is also a work on Aitihya. The author is unknown. PURANA. Asoka-triratrivrata from the Brahmandapurana (21) treats of a Vrata or vow to be taken for three nights in the month of Asrina. The vrata, successfully performed, removes sorrows of women. Arya-stava (35) is a short hymn, said to have been derived from the Hariramsa. Kartika-mahatmya is a well-known work. It is to be found in many Puranas. But No. 56 is by Giridhara, compiled in the interests of Vaisnavas in Samvat 1836. It seems that different chapters of this work have been taken from Kartikamahatmyas of different Puranas, such as Naradapurana, Padmapurana, Sarra-Puranasamaccaya, Puranasaroddhara, Brahmandapurana, and the Skandapurana.

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