Catalogue of two collections of Sanskrit manuscripts preserved in the India office library / compiled by Charles H. Tawney, and F.W. Thomas.

  • Great Britain. India Office. Library
Date:
1903
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Credit: Catalogue of two collections of Sanskrit manuscripts preserved in the India office library / compiled by Charles H. Tawney, and F.W. Thomas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (parvata)danavidhih (546); Hemaparvatadanavidhih (55a) ; Tilacaladanavidhih (550) ; Karpasicaladanavidhih (ibid) ; Ratna- caladanavidhih ( 56D) ; Raupyacaladanavidhih (bid) ; Sarkaracala- danavidhih (58a) ; Acaravidhih (61a). This is succeeded by the first Sloka of the next section in the second part. ‘Then we find the words Iti Sri Bhavisliyottarapuranam, Leaves 616 and 62 are written in a smaller hand, with 17 lines on the first page. ‘They appear to contain a description of the Somashtamivratam ending with some general moral reflections. ‘The first sloka and the first half of the second sgloka are found on leaves 746~—75a of the second part of this M.S ‘Then the divergence begins. The last words are Kritaduritavidhanad ullasadvahnijalavyatikara, Then this part of the MS. breaks off abruptly. Part (2) begins :— Adau vighnaharam Jevam sarvakaryeshu siddhidam ~ pranipatya varam grantham likhate lekhako narah. Namah sakalakalyanabhajanaya Pinakine namo Lakshmyai Sarasvatyai siddhidayai giram mama. Though the introduction, consisting of fourteen stanzas, differs from that of India Office No. 2562 (Eggeling’s Catalogue, p. 1255), a corre- spondence more or less close begins with the following Sloka Yudhishthira uvaca :— Bhagavanstv atprasidena praptam rajyam mahan maya ~ vikramya vihatah sankhye sanubandhah Suyodhanah. The sections are as follows :— Vyasagamano [sic] (2a); Brahmandotpattih (386); Vaishna- vamayakathanah (7a); Samsaradoshakhyapanah (lla); Papa- bhedakhyapanah (18a); Subhagubhakarmaphalanirdegah (19a) ; Sakatavratakatbanah (195); ‘Tilakavraitam* (20D) ; Agokavratam (21a) ; Karaviravratam (21) ; Kokilavratam (222) ; Vrihattapas (28d); Bhadropavasavratam (26a) ; Yamadvitiyavratam (27a) ; Asinyasayanadvitiyavratam (276) ; Madhukatritiyavratam (28a) ; Meya(megha)palitritiyavratam (29a) ; Paficdgnisidhanakhya- rambhatritiyavratam (30a) ; Gopadatrir Atravratam (306); Hari- kalivratam (316); Lalitatritiyavratam (83a) ; Aviyogatri itlyavratam (34a) ; Umamahegvaram nama vratam (35a) ; Rambhatritiyavratam (36a) ; Saubhagyashtakatritiyavratem (37 b) 5 Giritanayavratam (39a); Rasakalyaninitritiyavratam (40a) ; Ardranandakaritritiya- vratam (406); Cailrabhadrapadamaghatritiyavratam (426) ; Anantaryatritiyavratam (5a); Akshayatritiyavratam (46a) ; Angarakacaturthivratam (4§a) ; Vinayakasnapanacatur thivratam (49a); Vighnavinayakacaturthivratam (496); Nagasantivratam (50a); Sarasvatavratam (506) ; Nagapaiicamivratam (526) ; Sri- paicamivratam (54b); Visokashashthivratam (58a); Phala- shashthivratam (550); Mandar ashashthivratam (56a); Lalita- shashthivratam (565); Kartikeyashashthivratam (576); Maha- tapasaptamivratam (580); Vijayasaptamivratam (596) ; Martanda- saptamivratam (¢b:d); ‘Trayodasavarjyasaptamivratam (60a) ; : * The MS. has here and in many other places the masculine nominative form, but we have substituted the neuter form throughout, for the sake of uniformity.