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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252 No. 1926. gangopanisat | Substance, country-made paper, 9 x 3 inches. a page. Extent, 43 slokas. Character, Maithili. Folia, 3. Lines, 7 on ? Place of Date, deposit, Mujona, Post Tajapura, Darbhanga, Pandit Yagesvara Pathaka. Appearance, new. Prose. Correct. Gangopanishad. An eulogium on the river Ganges: called an Upanishad, but not affiliated to any of the Vedas. Beginning. yam deva devasaritam pitarasca paryyupasate | yamrsayah sa no devasariddevanam papam hantu dharmmasavitrim | yam murdhni dhatte isano'mrtatvaya sitikanthah paratanah | namaham devimupasraye | mateva sa mamavatu | ityadi | End. ya imam vidyamadhite tarati brahmahatyam tarati steyam tarati paradarikatvam labhate- 'bhimatam sarvvamadhiyano masamekamiti || Colophon. iti srigangapanisat samapta | visayah | gangaya utpattyadikathanapurvakam mahatmaprakirttanam | No. 1927. suryopanisat | Substance, country-made paper, 11 x 3 inches. Folia, 3. Lines, 6 on a page. Extent, 36 slokas. Character, Maithili. Date, ? Place of deposit, Mujona, Post Tajapura, Darbhanga, Pandit Yagesvara Pathaka. Appearance, new. Prose. Correct. Suryopanishad. On the adoration of the Sun as the supreme divinity : called an Upanishad, but not affiliated to any of the Vedas. Beginning. atha suryyatharvvasirsam vyakhyasyamah | brahmarsigayacicchanda cyadityo devata hamsadyagninarayanayuktam vijam hrllekhasaktirviyadadisargasamyuktam kilakam ghi- rthakamamoksasiddharthe jape viniyogah | satkhararudhavijena sada़ngaraktambuja sam- sthitam saptasvarathinam ityadi | End. hastaditye japati sa mahamrtyu m tarati ya evam veda | ityupanisat | om saha navavatu saha nau bhunaktu saha viryyam karavavahai | tejakhinavadhitamastu ma vidvisavahai | om santih 3 | Colophon iti yopanisat | visayah | suryyasya parabrahmatvakathanam | tanmantradikathanapurvakam mahatmaprakirttananca |