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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8290 A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF No. 12365. vedantacaryavijayacampuh . VEDANTACARYAVIJAYACAMPUH. Substance, palm-leaf. Size, 168 x 13 inches. Pages, 74. Lines, 8 on & page. Character, Grantha. Condition, injured. Appearance, old. Begins on fol. 18 a The other works herein are Navagrahasanti la, Vinayakapujavidhana 6 a, Rgvedisraddhaprayoga 8 a. Breaks off in the sixth Stabaka A work in verse and prose describing the birth and other incidents in the life of Vedantadesika, and the disputations held by him with Advaitins, like Krsnamisra, and the polemical successes gained by him over his adversaries It is commonly known as the Acaryavijayacampu. The author of the work is Kavitarkikasimha Vedantacarya, son of Venkatacarya of Kausikagotra and the daughter's son and disciple of Paravastu Venkatacarya. He is said to have studied under his uncle, Paravastu Nigamantasuri, who is stated to have had six brothers. A member of this Paravastu family, named Srinivasarya, is said to have founded four villages for Brahmins and to have written a commentary called Jayamangala. The name of the text on which this is a commentary is not known. Beginning : sriman venkatanatharyah kavitarkikakesari | vedantacaryavaryo me sannidhattam sada hrdi || namami kavitarkikadviradapunjapancananam kudrstikadalivanonmathanagandhadantavalam | ameyamahimanamapratimabuddhimasvanana- prasadaviditakhilam nigamaculikadesikam || yadbhakti paricinvatamanukalam laksmirjarijrmbhate yallaksarasalaksmacaru murajidvakso daridrsyate | yatprahrtridasavarodhalalana maulau varivartate tat padmacaranambujam mama giram labhaya bobhuyatam || sathadvise santidhanaya tasmai pranamavacam parisilayamah | yatsuktirupena sanatani sa sarasvati sarvajanan punite || nathasya surerna katham caritram vicitratam vindati yah sthiratma | gunairudare gurupadihare visuddharattastaratvameti ||