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. No. 12629. ratnavali . RATNAVALI. Substance, palm leaf (Sritala ). Size, 103 x 3 inches. 8481 Pages, 111. Lines, 5 on a page. Character, Malayalam. Condition, injured. Appearance, old. Complete. A drama (Natika) in four aets : by Sriharsa. The plot narrates the story of the marriage of Udayana, King of the Vatsa, with Vasavadatta. Beginning : padagrasthitaya muhuh stanabharenanitaya namratam sambhoh sasprhalocanatrayapatham yantya tadaradhane | hrimatya sirasihitah sapulakaravedodgamotkampaya vislisyankusumanjalirgirijaya ksipto'ntare patu vah || * * sutra - alamativistarena | adyaham vasantotsave sabahumanamahuya nanadi - desagatena rajna ( : ) sriharsadevasya padapadmopajivina rajasamuhenoktah " asma- tsvamina sriharsadevenapurvavasturacanalankata ratnavali nama natika krtetyasma - bhi (:) srotraparamparaya srutam ; na tu prayogato drstam | tattasyaiva rajna ( : ) sriharsadevasya sarvajanahrdayahadino bahumanadasmasu canugrahabuddhya va yathavat prayogena tvaya natayitavya | iti | End : * sriharso nipunah kavih parisadapyesa gunagrahini loke hari ca vatsarajacaritam natye ca daksa vayam | vastvekaikamapiha vanchitaphalaprapteh padam kim puna- madbhagyopacayadayam samuditah sarvo gunanam ganah || tathapidamastu ( bharatavakyam ) - urvidu (muddamasasya (syam ) janayatu vikiran vasavo vrstimistam tusyai traivistapanam vidadhatu vidhivatprinanam vipramukhyah | akalpantam ca bhuyat sthirarasamucitah sangamam (mah ) sajjananam nissesa yantu santi kharajanavacaso dussaha vajralepah || [ iti niskrantah sarve . ] || Colophon: iti caturtho'nkah ||