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. 2903 On a ceremony intended to avert the evil consequences that may befal a family owing to the birth of a child taking place inauspiciously thercin The child is, for this purpose, made to go through the process of a new ceremonial birth from the mouth of amilch-cow. Complete. Beginning : atah prayogam vaksyami gomukha prasavadikam | | tato yajamanah abhyangasnanadikam krtva, sucirbhutva, sucau dese pramukhaddapati (khau dampati ) kumarasahita u (vu ) pavisya, prananayamya adya varahakalpetyadi asya kumarasya tatpiturmatuh sarvesam kutumbanam sarvaristapariharartham , • kumaram gomukhaprasavam karisye - iti sankalpya tatra sucau dese sarvavam - yavasampurna suvatsasahitam payakhinim dogdhrim dhenum . End: tatah sisuraksartham danahomabrahmanabhojanarudrabhisekasvattha pradaksinadini kuryat || Pages, 3. No. 3850. sahasrabhojanaprayogah . SAHASRABHOJANAPRAYOGAH. Lines, 8 on a page. Begins on fol. 92 a of the MS. described under No. 3680. On the ceremonial feeding of a thousand Brahmins. Complete. Beginning: athatassahasrabhojanavidhim vyakhyasyamah- - • udagayana apuryamanapakse punye naksatre janmanaksatre va daksinayane ba kriyeta, svagrhe va yatra sucirdesah syattatra kriyeta | sucirbhutva,