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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39 Beginning. niladrau tattadarthibhyah datumarthacatustayam | End. adrsya netrapadavim yato yastam harim numah || vratopavasaniyamah sahasrabdarjita api | samuha esamekatra gunitah kotikotibhih | visnubhakteh sahasramsasamomo na hi kirttitah || Colophon. iti mukticintamanau prasadakandah samaptah || visayah | purusottamaksetramahatmam�, jagannathasya svanadarsanaprasada mahatmanca | No. 585. sarasvatabhidhanam | Lines, 5 on a page. ? Place of deposit, Substance, country yellow paper. Folia, 1. Extent, 11 slokas. Character, Bengali. Date Calcutta, Sir Raja Radhakanta Deva Bahadur. Appearance, old. Verse. Generally correct. Sarasvatabhidhana. A list of synonyms. This is a fragment of one leaf only. I introduce it here with a view to attract attention to a vocabulary, which has not yet been noticed by any European orientalist. Beginning. sarakhatabhidhanantu pravattami prayatnatah | gopaniyam kavindranam ayuso'pi kalatratah || End. brahmano'pi bhavenmoho yasya haste kadapi na || Colophon. iti sarakhatabhidhanam samaptam | visayah | abhidhanam | ? No. 586. laksmicaritram | Lines, 6 on a page. ? Place of deposit, Substance, country yellow paper. Folia, 3. Extent, 67 slokas. Character, Bengali. Date Calcutta, Sir Raja Radakanta Deva Bahadur. Appearance, old. Verse. Generally correct. Lakshmi Charitra. The best means of securing the favour of the goddess of fortune-Lakshmi. The means recommended by the goddess in reply to a query of her consort Kesava, are strict, personal and domestic cleanliness; respect for seniors and women, attention to the daily religious duties, as enjoined in the s'astra, unswerving attachments to truth, cultivation of morality, and other social duties.