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. 12178. kathasaritsagarah . KATHASARITSAGARAH. 8155 Substance, paper. Size, 10 X 62 inches. Pages, 236. Lines, 13 on a page. Character, Devanagari. Condition, fair. Appearance, old. Contains one to nine Lambakas. Same work as the above. No. 12179. kathasaritsagarah . Substance, paper. KATHASARITSAGARAH. Size, 13 x 8 4 inches. Pages, 396. Lines, 25 on a page. Character, Telugu. Condition, good. Appearance, old. Contains one to six Lambakas. Same work as the above. No. 12180. kautilyakathasarah . KAUTILYAKATHASARAH. Substance, palm-leaf. Size, 15 * 13 inches. Pages, 37. Lines, 7 on a page. Character, Grantha. Condition, injured. Appearance, new. Begins on fol. 78 a. The other works herein are Nilakantha vijayacampu la, Mahaviracarita 97 a. Complete. A short poem purporting to relate the story of Canakya, the chief character in the Mudraraksasa. It actually gives the story contained in the said drama. The author Ravinartaka states that he proposes to render into verse the story of Canakya which existed in prose. Beginning : svabhavamahitairvasaih pusnan vibudhasampadam | khyapito girbhiramyabhih srimannarayano jayet || buddhireva jayatyeka pumsah sarvarthasadhani | yadbaladeva kim kim na cakre canakyabhusurah || canakyasya katha seyam vidyate gadyarupini | adya tam padyatam netumudyato ravika (na) rtakah || nayaprayogapracandyasphuradviradbhutatmana | anaya kathaya ko nu matimanatimadyati ||