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Essay name: Sucindrasthala-mahatmya (critical edition and study)

Author: Anand Dilip Raj
Affiliation: University of Kerala / Department of Sanskrit

The essay studies in English the Sucindrasthala-mahatmya which represents a significant Sthalamahatmya from South India detailing the origins and development of the Trimurti temple at Suchindram in Tamil Nadu. The study reveals its legends, customs, and religious practices.

Chapter 5 - Sucindrasthalamahatmya: Sanskrit critical edition

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External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)


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Colophon इत� स्कान्देपुराणे इपरिभागे शुचीन्द्रस्थलमाहात्म्य� याज्ञवल्क्यसायुज्यकथनं ना� चतुर्विशोऽध्यायः समाप्त� शुभमस्तु शुचीन्द्रस्थलमाहात्म्यम् समाप्तम् � इद� ग्रन्थ� शुचीन्द्रपुर� पेरुमाल् स्वहस्तलिखितम् ।। [iti skāndepurāṇe iparibhāge śucīndrasthalamāhātmye yājñavalkyasāyujyakathana� nāma caturviśo'dhyāya� samāpta� śubhamastu śucīndrasthalamāhātmyam samāptam | ida� grantha� śucīndrapura� perumāl svahastalikhitam || ] Sucindram Manuscript of Vattappalli Matham A copy of the same manuscript and a transcript with foot notes are available with Dr.N.P. Sarma of the Vattappalli Matham a renowned Ayurvedic physician and the present Vattappalli Stanikkar of Sucindram temple. The same manuscript is transcribes in to book by Vattappalli Paramesware Sarma², who was the Vattappalli Stanikar and poet, who wrote another work in Sanskrit Viz., Sucindrastalamahatmya and Sucindrastalamahatmyam kilippattu in Malayalam in c.1916. He has given foot notes to the text. The manuscript is now in a poor condition. Vattappalli Madham has a lofty tradition of being a centre of excellence for Sanskrit studies, and the Matham has transcribed many an important manuscript. The scribe of the manuscript is one perumal from Sucindram. The manuscript under study (c. 2342) might have, in all possibility, transcribed at Vattappalli Matham, and taken to Kesavasasrikal Nilkanta Sastrikal at Thiruvattar, most probably given to him as a gift. The two manuscripts (c. 2342, and sucindram manuscript) being essentially 207

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