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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1664 A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF No. 2385. kalahastimahatmyam . KALAHASTIMAHATMYAM. Substance, palm-leaf. Size, 16 x 14 inches. Pages, 782. Lines, 6 on a page. Character, Telugu. Condition, good. Appearance, new. Adhyayas 1 to 90, complete. This treats of the greatness and holiness of Kalahasti, of the Siva shrine therein, and of the river Svarnamukhari. It professes to form part of the Sivarahasyasangraha and is said to have been related by Romasa to Bharadvaja. Beginning : vagisadyassumanasassarvarthanamupakrame | yam natva krtakrtyassyustam namami gajananam || pura hi naimisaranye sa ( saunakadya maharsayah | nityam tapasi nisnata vanmanah karmaje subhe || adhvarairbahusahasrairarijanah paramesvaram | kayaklesadibhiscaiva vitanvanastapahkrtim || ekada karmana (na ) mante dharmasusrusayarsayah | papracchuh kautukavista vinayadro (drau ) maharsanim || suddham bhasmalasatphalam rudraksalankrtakrtim | vaktaram sarvadharmanam puranananca sarvasah || tam drstva sambhramatsarve sutam sarvarthakovidam | anvayunjata dharmartham vagminam lokapujitam || rsayah- vyasasisya mahaprajna suta tattvavidam vara | bruhi dharmanasesena visesajno'si nah prabho ||