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. 6515 Colophon: iti satanamastotram sampurnam || No. 9008. visnusahasranamastotram . VISN USAHASRANAMASTOTRAM. Substance, palm-leaf. Size, 16 * 1 inches. Pages, 13. Lines, 6 on a page. Character, Teluga Condition, much injured. Appearance, new. Begins on fol. 1 a. The other works herein are Alavandarstatra 8 a, Yatirajavimsati 11 a, Yatirajasaptati 13, Catussloki 18 a, Varadarajastaka 186. Complete. Gives 1,000 names in praise of Visnu. It forms the 254 th Adhyaya of the Anusasanikaparvan in the Mahabharata (Kumbakonam edition). A repetition of this eulogy is considerd to remove one's difficulties arising from want, disease, fear, etc. Beginning : suklambaradharam . santaye || vyasam vasisthanaptaram sakteh pautramakalmasam | parasaratmajam vande sukatatam taponidhim || vyasaya visnurupaya vyasarupaya visnave | namo vai brahmanidhaye vasisthaya namo namah || avikaraya suddhaya nityaya paramatmane | sadekaruparupaya visnave sarvajisnave || yasya smaranamatrena janmasamsarabandhanat | vimucyate namastasmai visnave prabhavisnave || onnamo visnave prabhavisnave | vaisampayana uvaca- srutva dharmanasesena pavanani ca sarvasah | yudhisthirassantanavam punarevabhyabhasata || *