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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MINISTRY OF CULTURE kati mamtra RNMENT OF INDIA NOTICES OF SANSKRIT MSS. No. 1983. Substance, palm-leaf, 11 x 14 inches. Folia, 130. Lines, 5 on a page. Extent, 2,507 slokas. Character, Maithili. Date, Place of deposit, Magrani, Post Madhubani, Darbhanga, Pandit Kanai Jha. Appearance, old, decayed. Prose and verse. Correct. Saiva-sarvasva-sara. A digest of the rules for the adoration of Siva. By Vidyapati. Compiled by order of Queen Visvasa Devi, wife of Raja Padma Simha, of Mithila. Padma Simha was the son of Siva Simha, grandson of Deva Simha, and great-grandson of Bhava Simha. There is an inscription of Siva Sinha, dated 293 of Lakshmana Sena's cra, and Vidyapati flourished in his time, as also in that of his son. Contents: that of his Greatness of Siva; unity of Hari and Hara; characteristics of the worshippers of Siva; devotion defined; merits of pilgrimage to visit lingams; merits of visiting ditto; merits of touching ditto; ditto of cleaning the temple of ditto; rules for adopting the worship of ditto; ditto of throwing, away the offerings made to Siva; measures of articles to be used for applying on the body of ditto; rules for making ditto; merit of smearing lingams with clarified butter; ditto of pouring water on ditto; ditto curds, milk, clarified butter, and water in which kusa grass has been steeped; pouring ditto from golden and other vases; ditto of pouring a continuous stream of milk, &c., in summer; ditto of dancing, &c. at the three daily services; ditto of music from the mouth; ditto of singing; ditto of worship; ditto of ditto at the three stated times daily; ditto of worship at midnight; ditto of worshipping Siva under different forms; worship with a large number of articles; rules of worshipping daily after morning ablutions; worship for twenty days together; ditto for four months; ditto at auspicious times; formation of lingams with clay; worship of ten million lingams; merits of worshipVOL. VI. 1 SL