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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7848 A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF sriramo jayati ksamasukhakaramarsabhirajatpada- sphara sridvijarajabhasurasabho bhogindrabhogaspadah | lokanesa sudarsanena satatam raksannananyasrayan bhaktabhistavisesakalpanakaladaksah kataksasriya || Colophon: iti srivisvaksenasya krtau sriramacarite ekonavimsah sargah || Substance, Sritala. No. 11712. ramacaritam . RAMACARITAM. Size, 9*2 inches. Pages, 98. Lines, 10 on a page. Character, Malayalam. Condition, good. Appearance, old. Contains the Sargas one to five complete. Same work as that described under No. 11456, wherein this work is oalled Uttararaghaviya. No. 11713. rukminikalyanama . KUKMINIKALYANAM. Pages, 87. Lines, 20 on a page. Begins on fol. 55 a of the MS. described under No. 11455. Complete in ten Sargas. This is a poem describing the story of the marriage of Rukmini with Krsna. By Rajacudamanidiksita, son of Divapradipa Satyamangala Ratnakheta Srinivasadiksita and Kamaksi, and pupil of Ardhanarisvara. The author mentions the names of the following poets in the introductory stanzas:-(1) Valmiki, (2) Vyasa, (3) Suka, (4) Kalidasa, (5) Bhavabhuti, (6) Magha, (7) Bharavi (8) Bhana, (9) Mayura, (10) Ksemendra, (11) Vawana, (12) Agastya, (13) Divapradipa Srinivasadhvarin (apparently the author's father), (14) Kesavadiksita of Gadheya family, and (15) Ardhonarisvara (the author's teacher). The author also states that he composed this poem when King Raghunatha was ruling at Tanjore, and gives his genealogy thus: Timma Vaiyamam ba, I Cinadevabhupa Murty ambika, Aoyutendra Murtyambika, Raghunatha. It is also stated that Aoyutendra gave gifts of villages to God Ranganatha of Srirangam, erected stairs of steps and towers at Mayura