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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9 which is in the worst preservation, proved to contain incomplete copies of several works on Hindu Astrology, such as Narapati jayacaryya, by Narapati; Jyotisa ratnamala, by Cripati; Saravali, by Kalyana Barma, and others. The MS. seems to be very old, and may, if carefully examined, yield important results. 5. The fifth MS. from Kacmir is in paper, like the rest; it is named Laghutrayi, and contains short notes by Vallabha deva, on Raghuvamca, Kumarsambhava, and Meghaduta. Vallabha Deva, as a commentator, is scarcely known. 6. Cisyahitanyas, by Ugrabhuti, complete; a commentary on the Katantra Grammar. 7. Subhasitavali, a mere fragment. 8. Kusmanda Mantra-tika. The Kusmanda Mantra is from the Yayurveda. The commentary is absolutely new; the name of the author is not given. 9. A bundle of MSS. containing different Tantrika treatises of various extent. A very rare work, Agamakalpalatika, has only two Patalas in this Codex. 10. Rudrabhasya, by Hari datta Micra, is a commentary on the well-known Rudradhyaya belonging to the Yayurveda. 11. Kavyaprakaca, complete in ten Ullasas, with notes written between the lines and in the margin. 12. Stutikusumanjali, by Jagaddhar Bhatta, with the commentary by Ratnakantha, an inhabitant of Kacmir. This is a poem in praise of Civa in 39 chapters. MANUSCRIPTS OF WORKS COMPOSED IN BENGAL. Sanskrit Manuscripts in Bengal, naturally divide themselves into two classes, works written in Bengal, and works written abroad. The search for Sanskrit Manuscripts in Bengal is concerned more intimately with the former than with the latter, though it cannot at all ignore the existence of the latter class of Manuscripts. The history of the former class of manuscripts is the history of the intellectual activity of Bengal. Of course, the work in Bengal, in this connection, includes Mithila, Orissa, and Magadha also. Works written in Magadha were mostly Buddhistic, and it would be in vain to searcli for them in the province. There is no doubt that Bengal and Eastern India generally, were a Buddhist-ridden country. As early as the reign of Acoka, Paundravarddhana, where his brother Vita-coka was interned, was a Buddhist city. Some of the greatest Buddhist philosophers were born in Bengal; such as Cilabhadra and his nephew, who presided over the Great Monastery at Nalanda for nearly a hundred years, were natives of Samatata, in Bengal. Brahmanic civilization was introduced into the country by the five Brahmans brought by Raja Adicur from Kolanca in Kannauj. The dynasty founded by Adicur is said to have been anti-Buddhistic. One of the kings of this dynasty went so far as to destroy the primeval Bo tree, under the shades of the spreading