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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8034 verses. A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF "The marks put in the margin point out the subject-matter of Thus, those which are marked ni || are niti, su || are srngara, a || are alankara (anyapadesa ), pra | are prabhu, nam || are nataka (nana ) and de || axe deva ." This copy gives the stanzas contained in the work described under the last number, but they are mixed up and are not arranged in the order of the Paddhatis to which the stanzas belong. A letter marked in the margin against each of the stanzas (evidently by Mr. C. P. Brown) denotes the Paddhati to which it belongs. This MS. contains 1031 stanzas. Beginning : deva || sivamastu sarvajagatah parahitanirata bhavantu bhutaganah | dosah prayantu santi sarvatra janah sukhi bhavatu nityam || ni || mandhata sa mahipatih krtayugalankarabhuto gatah seturyena mahodadhau viracitah kvasau dasasyantakah | anye capi yudhisthiraprabhrtayo yata divam bhupate naikenapi samam gata vasumati nunam tvaya yasyati || ni || ghato janmasthanam mrgaparijano bhurjavasano vane vasah kandadikamasanamevamvidhagunah | agastyah pathodhim yadakrta karambhojakuhare kriyasiddhih sacce bhavati mahatam nopakarane || End : a || divyam cutarasam pitva garva nayati kokilah | pitva kardamapaniyam bheko bakabakayate || ni || gunairuttungatam yati na tu jatisvabhavatah | prasadasikharastho'pi kakah kim garudayate || na || amari camari bhasa kvacidasti vanantare | iyam tu pamari bhasa sukariva grhe grhe || ni || candalah paksinam kako mrgacandalarasabhah | yatinam ko'pi candalah sarvacandaladusakah || No. 12013. catudhara . CATUDHARA. Pages, 20. Lines, 22 on a page. Written on one side of paper. Begins on fol. 3606 of the MS. described under No. 11886.