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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THE SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS. 2649 Regarding the method of cremating the dead body of persons who had not maintained the sacred fires. Beginning : athanahitah samskaravidhirucyate- karta sacelam snatva, tiladarbhahiranyam grhitva, samastasampaditi brahmadandam nidhaya, yajamanasya piturgotrasya sarmanah sarvaprayascitte utka- ntitilapatra karnamantrarahityadyasamskaramarane sati samskarayogyatasi- yartha mrtasarire punah pranapratisthapanam kartum mukhyakalo bhutva (yat ) adhikarasampadastvati bhavanto bruvantu | adhikarasampadastu | pranana- yamya | End : yatpakatra manasa dinadaksana (na) | yajnasya manvate martasah | anistaddhota kratuvidvijanan | yajistho deva rtuso yajati (svaha ). No. 3521. annaprasanam . ANNAPRASANAM. 8 Substanoe, palm-leaf (Sritala ). Size, 72 x 12 inches Pages, 2. Lines, 9 on a page. Character, Telugu. Appearance, new. Complete. Condition, good . Begins on fol. 126. The other works herein are :---Grhapravasahoma 17, Agneyasthalipaka 26, Aupasana 4 a, Sesahomaprayogah 46, Garbhadhana 74, Simanta 76, Purisavana 9, Jatakarmanamakarana 96, Caulam 13 a, Upanayana 14 a, Itihasa 15 a, Mahanyasa 22 a, Mahasankalpa 26 a, Rudraprasna 31, Mangalasasana 32 a. Regarding the details of the ceremony connected with feeding a child with solid food for the first time. According to the Yajurveda.