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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1676 A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF Adhyayas 1 to 55, complete; 56 th incomplete. " This describes how Parasurama, after making a gift of the country he conquered, created anew the Kerala (Malabar ) country, how he consecrated the various holy waters and places therein, and how he organised the various castes there and framed 64 special rules for their guidance. Beginning : End : vasistho vamadevasca jabaliratha kasyapah | visvamitro mrkandusvagastyo naradastatha || trnabindussatanando gautamasca tapodhanah | atrisca rsyasrngasca durvasastaptatejasah || parasarasya sisyasca vedavyaso mahamunih | ete ca munayassarve agatastatra bharata || tan drsta bhargavo ramah pratyutthaya krtanjalih | sastangam sampranamyathabhivadanapurvakam || arghyapadyam samadaya prthagasanameva ca | gandhapuspaksataissamyak pujayamasa bhargavah || udayodbhavaya bhupaya samantaya mahatmane | datva rajyasca bhumisca prayayau bhargavastatha || pascadagatya ramasca subrahmanyalaye subhe | astayojanabhumintam dvidhakrtyatha bhargavah || ekabhagam kumaraya ekabhagam sivaya ca | dvibhaga bhumiraksartham dadau ca bhrgunandanah || Colophon: iti sribhugolapurane keralamahatmye pancapancaso'dhyayah ||