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 D. No. 16698. 10765 Palm-leaf. 14 * 1 inches. Pages, 131. Lines, 6 in a page. Grantha. Slightly injured. Extent, 1,300 Granthas. kandavanamahantyam KANDAVANAMAHATMYAM. It treats of the holiness of Kandavana. Contains Adhyayas 91-97. Complete. Beginning : rsayah rsayahh suta pauranika srestha puranarthavicaksana | sarvalokaguro vidvan vedavedangaparaga || astadasapuranarthavaktrtve'tivicaksana | vyasaprasadasampanna sarvatra karunanidhe || sarvada suta bhagavanvayam tvatpadasevakah | atah prcchamahe suta kathamanyam bravihi bho || abhyasuya na kartavya vaghantam mam dvijaiti | iti samprarthito vipraih suta provaca tanrsin || kasminnarthe'bhivancha vo vadantu munisattamah | rahasyam va prakasam va tadvo vaksye dvijottamah || kandamulavanam nama prasiddha miti yaccaya | puraproktam mahabhaga tadasmabhih pramadatah || vismrtam hi mahabuddhe idanim pravada prabho | sadhu prstham dvijasrestha lokanam hitakamyaya | srnudhvam savadhanena puranasravanotsukah | yah srnoti sada viprah kandamulesavaibhavam || tasmin sthale mahadevah pritah syannatra samsayah |