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THE SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS. No. 15466. saptasati, vyakhyastakopeta . SAPTASATI WITH EIGHT COMMENTARIES. Substance, paper. Size, 11 x 85 inches. Pages, 1129. 10215 Lines, 20 in a page. Character, Telugu Condition, good. Appearance, old. Bound in two volumes. sammata, Seven hundred stanzas in praise of Goddess Candika. Same work as that described under No. 2444 ante together with 8 commentaries namely 1. Guptavati by Bhaskararaya (Vide R. No. 188 ). 2. Nagoji by Nagesabhatta ( Vide R. No. 891 ). 3. Kathambhuti by Nagesa- 4. Candikarthasubhadhika by Krtiravikara 5. Pitambari by Pitambara 6. Mantrakairava by Perudiksita, 7. Dansoddhara by Rajarama and 8. Caturbhuji by Caturbhujamisra. Durgaramanandiya is the title found in the MS. At the end of each Adhyaya there is a colophon attributing the work to one Ramayajvan. Besides these colophons, no commentary attributed to Ramayajvan is found in the MS. From this, it may be surmised that one Ramananda or Ramayajvan as mentioned in the colophons might have compiled these 8 commentaries in one volume. Complete in 13 Adhyayas with Kavaca, Argala, Puja, Suktas etc. Beginning : ( mu ) - savarnih suryatanayo yo manuh kathyate'stamah | nisamaya tadutpattim vistaragadato mama || (guptavati ). ( nagoji ). savarniriti | savarnayah chayaya apatyam sarvanih bahvaditvadin | vistaradradato mameti apadanasya sesatvavivaksayam sasthi | * (kathambhuti ) ( vya . candikartha ) - ** * * savarnirityadi | sanmanavo yatha svayambhuvassvarocisa uttamastamasa - sraksuso raivatah yo'stamah kathyate tadutpatti tasyopadanam gadatah kathayato markandeyasya sakasat vistarat vistaramasritya nisamaya srnu | kathyata iti samipye vartamanah | yo'stamo manuh bhavisyati sa idanim maya tubhyam kathyata iti vartamananirdesah | nisamaya janihi alocanam darsanam ca dharmasamjnanam, isejnanavacanatvat | vatsah ksiraksayam drstva parityajati mataramiti darsanat |