Volume 7 (1883)

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No. 2257.
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Substance, country-made paper, 16 x
5 inches. Folia, 94. Lines, 10-11 on a page. Extent, 2,635 slokas
Character, Nágara. Date, SM. 1925. Place of deposit, Sítámoḍhí, Zillá
Mujahpharpur, Pandit Yogadatta Upádhyaya. Appearance, new. Prose
and verse. Generally correct.
Kurukshetra-pradípa. A guide to the sacred places in the
holy land of Kurukshetra. By Vanamáli Mis'ra, son of Mahes'a Mis'ra,
an inhabitant of Kurukshetra, and disciple of Bhattojí Díkshita.
CONTENTS. Pre-eminence of Kurukshetra as a place of sanctity.
Merit of pilgrimage thereto. Its seven Vanas or forests including
Aditivana, Kámyavana, Súryavana, &c. Praise of the river Saras'vatí.
Praise of Gangá. Extent and boundary of Kurukshetra. Its synonyms.
The lake called Rámahrada. Origin of Kurukshetra. Its merits during
eclipses and on particular months. The merit of shaving off the hair
of the head there. Topography of the different sacred spots. Persons
fit to make a pilgrimage thereto. Rules for pilgrimage. Religious
duties to be performed there. Special accounts of the following sacred
pools: Aujasavaruṇa, Sthánu, Panchavatí, Agni, Brahámyoni, Rudraka-
ra, Práchíkúla, Devíkúpa, Svargadvára, S'ukra, Kalas'a, Kuvera,
Chakra, Badarapráchí, Indra, Ráma, Ekarátra, Mártaṇḍa, Soma, Dadhí-
chi, Sárasvata, Kanyá, Gaṅgáhrada, Sarodadakshina, Anaraka, Sarva-
deva, Kuru, Koti, Vimalavishṇusthána, Páriplava, Prithiví, Dakshes'vara,
Das'ás'vamedha, As'vinau, Váráhati, Ekahaṃsa, Pushkara, Panchahrada,
Vaṃs'amúlaka, Káyas'odhana, Lokoddhára, Kapíláhrada, S'rí, Súrya,
S'aṅkbiní, Brahmávarta, Aṃs'umatí, Kames'vara-kás'ís'vara, Mátri,
Mánusa, Vriddhakedára, Durgákshetra, Vates'varavindhya, Pundaríka-
nága, Drishadvatí, Parvata, Amritasthána, Káraṇḍavádi, Vyásahrada,
Naimísha, Manas, Dugdhaśrava, &c. Most of those places are
connected with incidents of the great fratricidal war of the Kurus and
the Pándus, but a good many are recent creations.
Beginning परं ब्रह्म नमस्कृत्य सर्व्वमङ्गलमङ्गलं ।
व्यव्ययं शाश्वतं पूर्ण सच्चिदानन्दलक्षणं ॥
निर्गुणं सगुणं विष्णुं शङ्करं सिद्धिदायकं ।
गणेशं विघ्नहन्तारं पितरञ्च दिवाकरं ।
वामनादिपुराणेभ्य इतिहासादितस्तथा ।
[paraṃ brahma namaskṛtya sarvvamaṅgalamaṅgalaṃ |
vyavyayaṃ śāśvataṃ pūrṇa saccidānandalakṣaṇaṃ ||
nirguṇaṃ saguṇaṃ viṣṇuṃ śaṅkaraṃ siddhidāyakaṃ |
gaṇeśaṃ vighnahantāraṃ pitarañca divākaraṃ |
vāmanādipurāṇebhya itihāsāditastathā |
]