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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64 No. 627. sapindanaprayogah | Substance, country yellow paper. Folia, 7. Lines, 5-6 on a page. ? Place of deposit, Extent, 160 slokas. Character, Bengali. Date Krishnanagar, Pandit Nimachandra Siromani. Appearance, rotten. Prose. Incorrect. Sapinda-prayoga. Directions for performing the first anniversary sraddha, according to the rules of Vachaspati Misra. Anonymous. Beginning. atha vacaspatimisrasammatah yajusam sapindanaprayogah | gtaham pravisya pavisyacamya pranmukhah om siddhamiti pacikam sprstva pundarikaksam yathoktalaksanam smrtva kusatraya- tilajalanyadaya yadyamukagotrasyeti | End. tato visnu m smaret || Colophon. iti vacaspati misrasammatah yajusam sapindanavadaprayogah samaptah || sapindanamantranusthanakathanam | visayah | No. 628. kukkutivratakatha | Substance, country yellow paper. Folia, 4. Lines, 4-6 on a page. Extent, 64 slokas. Character, Bengali. Date ? Place of deposit, Krishnanagar, Pandit Nimachandra Siromani. Appearance, new. Verse. Incorrect. Kukkeuti-vrata-leatha. A story in praise of a fast called Kukkutivrata, or fowl fast. Chandramukhi, wife of Nahusa, is said to have first originated this fast, and Krishna is described as having taken his birth in the womb of Devaki to reward her piety in having observed it. A modification of it under the name of Lalitasaptami is now observed by Hindu women, on the 7 th of the waxing moon in the month of Bhadra, the forbidden bird being omitted. Anonymous. Beginning. atha kukkutovratakatha | yudhisthira uvaca | devakijathare kena vrateta tapasathava | utpannah srijagannathastanme bruhi janarddana || srikrsna uvaca | lomamo nama devarsirmathuramagatah pura I mo'rcito vasudevena devakya ca yudhisthira || End. ya kukkutivratacayam * * * * devam caracaragurum hrdaye nidhaya | | bhaktya karoti kalusaughanighatadaksam savapnuyat sakalasantatibhogastaddhim ||