A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts, Madras
by M. Seshagiri Sastri | 1901 | 1,488,877 words
These pages represent "A Descriptive Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts of the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras"—a scholarly work that systematically details the vast collection of Sanskrit manuscripts held by the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library in Madras, now Chennai, India. The catalogue serves as an essential ...
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THE SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS. No. 5806. saunakapratistha . SAUNAKAPRATISTHA. 4515 Lines, 18 on Substance, paper. Size, 13 * 7 inches. Pages, 22. Character, Grantha. Condition, good. Appearance, 1 a. & page. new. Begins on fol. 2006. The other work herein is Vaidyarnava Tuoomplete. On the consecration of the images of Visnu for worship: according to Saunaka. Beginning : End : saunako'ham pravaksyami pratisthavidhimuttamam | sampratam devadevasya visnoramitatejasah || visesena muhurtanam tithivararksayogatah | yogadinam ca vijnatva (ya) laksanam caparam varam || silaya daruna vapi mrdadyairnirmite grhe | silpalaksanasamyuktam sailamurtim sadevikam || vaksyamanasubhe yoge vihayanistavasaram | vidhinasthapya loke'smin visnulokam sa gacchati || adhivasatrayam caiva madhucchistakriyottamam | tustikarmavisesena minalanam visesatah || Colophon : pratisthakarmani naksatralagnaprasamsayogo'dhyayassamaptah || asya granthasankhya saptasatadhikapancasahasram | idam pustakam lokanathasastrina likhitam ||