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. 4441 The name of the work means the secret of worship. It deals with the Sricakra and Srividya as appertaining to the worship of Sakti. By Bhasuranandanatha also called Bhaskararaya, son of Gambhirarajabharati and pupil of Nrsimhanandanatha. Beginning : vidyanam ca manunam manusankhyanam ca vidyanam | upadesta jayati taram narasimhanandanathaguruh || varivasyarahasyaruyo grantho yatsvena nirmitah | tatra durghatasabdanamarthassanksipya kathyate || tadvijnanartham sa gurumevabhigacchet | acaryavan puruso veda ityadi - srutva gurupasadanasya tattvajnanajanakatvat vighnavighataya stuvan sampradayam tadajnayaiva pravartayati End: cen imamevarthi lokadvayenaha- naisargika sphurata vimarsarupasya vartate saktih | tadyogadeva siva jagadutpadati pati samharati || ihotpadanaditrayam tirodhananugrahayorupalaksanam | * mangaladini mangalamadhyani mangalantani sastrani prathanta iti vaca- nadante mangalamaracayati--- akathasanam ha laksantaram samasadya mamakam jnanam | mamakamevanandam mahyam dadato jayanti gurucaranah || * * gurucaranaikasahayo bhaskararayo jaganmatu varivasyatirahasyam viranamasyam pra (ni ) jagada || viraih ahamiranam gacche idamo vairino nasam kurvanaih parapasncadasikadau prasiddheriti sarvamanavadyam ||