Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts
by Rajendralala Mitra | 1871 | 921,688 words
These pages represent a detailed description of Sanskrit manuscripts housed in various libraries and collections around the world. Each notice typically includes the physical characteristics, provenance, script, and sometimes even summaries of the content of the Sanskrit manuscripts. The collection helps preserve and make accessible the vast herit...
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169 Vairagya-dipaka. A Hindi poem in praise of asceticism and the miseries of domestic life. By Viravijaya. Beginning. sayalasuham karapasajau samkhesvara siradara | End. samkhesvara kesava jara harata karata upagara || sarasavacanarasavarasatau sarasatau bhagavatau jeha | subhamatidayaka subhaguru pranamam +karana evam ityadi | dhammam utsavamem gasyem jeha naranaritunasyem bhanasyem re | kahai kavau bauravijaya nijaksetasucivimalakamalavaramyem re || Colophon. iti sravairagyadaupakah samaptah | samvat | 1914 | visayah | samsarasya duhkhamayatvadikathanamakhena vairagyasya sakalasukhasadhanatvanirupanam | No. 3084. viracintamanih, (dhanurvedasangrahah | ) Substance, countrymade paper, 12 * 4 inches. Folia, 12. slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, Lines, 11 on a page. Extent, 280 ? Place of deposit, Ajimganj, Ramachandra Pandit Appearance, fresh. Verse. Incorrect. Virachintamani ALIAS Dhanurveda-sangraha. A treatise on archery and warfare. By Sarngadhara. The colophon is so worded that the first name appears to be the name of a comprehensive work of which archery forms a part; but the introductory lines leave no room for doubt that the work is complete as it is-and the two names are aliases. CONTENTS: Praise of archers. Style of holding the bow. Rules for presenting bows. Measure of bows. Bow-strings. Arrows. Arrow-heads. Tempering and sharpening arrow-heads. Iron shafts. Tubes or guns. Eight kinds of attitude. Five kinds of blows. Three kinds of aiming. Five kinds of advance. Four kinds of targets. Cessation from work. Rules for gymnastic exercises. Rules for piercing targets. Quick aiming. Shooting from great distances. Deep penetration. Rules of trajectory. Missing. Computation of direct velocity. Quadrangular Quadrangular motion. Breaking of arrows. Lasso. Cutting of wood with arrows. Shooting at globular objects. Shooting at objects in motion. Shooting at objects from their sound (without seeing them). Repelling of the missiles of opponents. Rules of warfare. Division of armies into brigades &c. Marshalling of troops. 22