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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Beginning : THE SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS. 5035 asya sribetalesvara mahamantrasya sakala rsih, gayatri chandah, beta- lesvaro devata ; om bijam, kuru kuru saktih, svaha kilakam, betale- svaraprasadasiddhayarthe jape viniyogah | End : manuh- om kuru kuru betalaya svaha || punah pancapuja || No. 6803. brahmagayatri . BRAHMAGAYATRI. Pages, 2. Lines, 8 on a page. Begins on fol. 66 of the MS. described under No. 5786. Complete. This is the ordinary Gayatri-mantra. Its repetition is supposed to please Narayana. The word Gayatri means that it protects the person who repeats it. The preliminary details mentioned here are those observed by Mathva Brahmins. Beginning : atha brahmagayatrimantrah- - om bhuh, om bhuvah, om suvah, om mahah, om janah, om om satyam . bhurbhuvassuvarom - iti pranayamah 12 | tapah, asya sribrahmagayatrimantrasya brahma rsih, gayatri chandah, savi- trnamakasrilaksminarayano devata, narayanapreranaya narayaniprityarthe brahma- gayatrimantrajape viniyogah | End: srilaksminarayanapreranaya srilaksminarayanaprityartham brahmagayatrimantra- japam karisye | om tatsaviturvarenyam bhargo devasya dhimahi | dhiyo yo nah pracodayat - iti japah | upasamharah purvavat ||