A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras
by M. Seshagiri Sastri | 1901 | 1,488,877 words
These pages represent "A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts of the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras"—a scholarly work that systematically details the vast collection of Sanskrit manuscripts held by the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library in Madras, now Chennai, India. The catalogue serves as an essential ...
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386 A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE of No. 480. turiyatitavadhutopanisat TURIYATITAVADHUTOPANISAD. Pages, 3. Lines, 22 on a page. Begins on fol. 216 of the MS. described under No. 246. Complete. This Upanisad explains the nature and conduct of the Avadhuta who, in respect of freedom from worldly attachments, is conceived to have risen even above the utter selflessness of the life of the ordinarily approved Sannyasa or asceticism. Beginning : turiyatitasanyasaparivrajaksamalika | avyaktaikaksaram purnasuryaksyadhyatmakundika || om purnamada iti santih || atha turiyatitavadhutanam ko'yam margastesam ka sthitiriti pitamaho bhagavantam pitaramadinarayanam parisametyovaca | tamaha bhagavannarayano yo- 'yamavadhutamargastho loke durlabhataro na tu bahulyo yadyeko bhavati sa eva nityaputassa eva vairagyamuktih sa eva jnanakarah sa eva vedapurusa iti jnanino manyante | End: sarvadanunmatto balonmattapisacavadekaki sancarannasambhasanapara (:) svarupa- dhyanena niralambamavalambya khatmanisthanukulena sarve vismrtya turiyatito- 'vadhutavesenadvaitanisthaparah pranavatmakatvena dehatyagam karoti yasso'vadhutah sa krtakrtyo bhavatityupanisat | Colophon :- turiyatitavadhutopanisatsamapta || !