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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287 (gayatristo0 samaptiva0 ) | gayatrivarnajam stotram pratyaham pathate narah | visayah | sarvapapavisuddhatma brahmaloke mahiyate || 27 || iti gayatrovarnajam stotram sampurnam || gayatridhyanadi, gayatrivarnaphalam, etatpathaphalakathanadi ca | No. 885. visvamitrakalpah | Substance, country paper, 12 X 44 inches. Folia, 38. Lines, 4 on a page. Extent, 1600 slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, SK. 1746. Place of deposit, Calcutta, Government of India. Appearance, new. Prose and Generally correct. verse. Visvamitra-kalpa. A. Smriti treatise. Contents: meditation of the divine soul immediately on waking from sleep in the morning; meditation of some tutelary divinity; brushing of the teeth and other 'morning duties ; bathing ; putting on rosaries of Rudraksha ; purification of the body by mantras; the three Sandhya prayers; reciting of Vedic mantras; purification of food; offerings to the Visvedevas; offerings to cows; rules for eating; proper and improper food; altar for the ceremony of initiation in the Gayatri; rules for initiation; purification of one's self by repeating the Gayatri; diurnal duties ; Gayatrihoma, &c.-The work professes to be a part of the VisvamitraSanhita, which, however, is a little-known treatise - at least, it has been nowhere quoted. Beginning. atha visvamitrakalpaprarambhah | atha nityavidhanam | End. pratarutthaya karttavyam yad dvijena dine dine | | tamaham sampravaksyami dvijanamupakarakam || 1 || angahinadikam karma japo dviguna ucyate | tarpanam marjanancaiva bhojananca caturgunam || Colophon. iti visvamitrakalpe nityanamittikadigayatripurascarana vidhanam samaptam | visayah | pratarutthayatmacintanaprakarah | devatadhyanaprakarah | dantadhavanadipratah krtyam | snanavidhih | rudraksa dharana vidhih | bhutasudayadiprakarah | trikalasandhya- vidhih | vedadimantrapatha rupabrahmayajnakathanadi | annasuddhiprakaradi | prastu- tannahomaprakarakharupavaisvadevakathanadi | gograsadikathanam | bhojanavidhih | bhaksyadravyavidhinisedhah | diksartham vedinirmanam | dicaprakarah | gayatripura- svaranavidhih | nityakarttavyakarmavidhih | gayatrimantrena homavidheh kathanadi ca |