Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts
by Rajendralala Mitra | 1871 | 921,688 words
These pages represent a detailed description of Sanskrit manuscripts housed in various libraries and collections around the world. Each notice typically includes the physical characteristics, provenance, script, and sometimes even summaries of the content of the Sanskrit manuscripts. The collection helps preserve and make accessible the vast herit...
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236 sraddhottarakarmmakathanam | gangabhaktyadimahatmakathanam | abhayaprakaranam | ksetraprakaranam | avagahanadiprakaranam | snanaprakaranam | samanyakala snanadi vidhanam | caca- manadikathanam | gangavahanadhyanadimantrakathanam | punyakala snanaprakaranam | tatra tithisnanam | visesena maghasaptamisnana kirttanam | nandastanam | yugadyastanam | dinaksayasnanam | naksatrasvanam | evam yoga- dasahara - sankrantisvanakathanam | sankra- ntinirupanam | mama-grahana-madhyanha- varunyadi-mahajyaisthi - sivasannihita- pascima- vahinyadigangasnanakathanam | tarpanaprakaranam | niliraktadivastraparidhanena tarpa- nadyanusthananisedhah| mrttikaprakaranam | japaprakaranam | pujaprakaranam | mrttika- nirmitasivalingapujanadividhanam | pitrlokanuddisya devasnanadividhanam | danaprakaranam | tatra danadisvarupakathanam | dravyadaivatanirupanam | pratisiddhadanam | samanyadanam| ghrtadhenu-suvarnadhenu- bhumiprabhrtidanavidhanam | tatra bhumidane parimanadikathanam | vrataphaladikathanam | gangastotrakirttanam | dasaharaganga- pujavidhih | sraddhe vihitavihitadravyani | jalaprakaranam | tatpanaprakaranam | yasrayaprakaranam | mrtyuprakaranam | prayascittaprakaranam | asthi sthitiprakaranam | ganga- sagarasangamadiprakaranam | prayagamahatmapradiprakaranam | tatra mundanamaranadi- prakaranam | vighnaprakaranam | pratisiddhaprakaranam | gangamahatmaprakirttanam | iti | No. 1252. brahmavaivarttiyabrahmakhandah | Substance, country-made yellow paper, 13 x 7 inches. Folia, 94. Lines, 22 on a page. Extent 2,068 slokas. Character, Bengali. Date ? Place of deposit, Srirampur College. Appearance, fresh. Verse. Generally correct. Brahma-khanda. The first part of the Brahma - vaivarta Purana, being the tenth of the eighteen great Puranas attributed to Vyasa (Vide ante p. 227 ) : It is thoroughly sectarial in character, and treats of the preeminence of Krishna as the supreme Deity. Narayana is assumed to be a part manifestation of Krishna, and legends are over and over introduced to illustrate the subordinate character of Siva, Durga, and the other gods and goddesses. The seat elect of Krishna is described to be Goloka, the highest heaven of the Vaishnavas. The MS. comprises thirty chapters, and professes to be complete.