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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370 No. 997. viparitapratyangira | Substance, country yellow paper, 14 X 32 inches. . Folia, 9. Lines, 7 on a page. Extent, 192 slokas. Character, Bengali. Date, ? Place of deposit, Navadvipa, Vrajanatha Vidyaratna. Appearance, old. Prose. Generally correct. Viparita-pratyangira. A manual for the worship of Kali, under a peculiar form. Compiled from some of the leading Tantras, by Mahadeva Vedantavagisa. Beginning. mahesvara uvaca | stanu devi mahavidyam sarvasiddhipradayikam | End. yasya vijnanamatrena satruvarga layam gatah || biparita mahakali sarvabhutabhayankari | yasyah prasangamatrena kampate ca jagattrayam || tesam mantratantrayantralokan pranan hara2 harayara khacaramapanayara brahmastra- dini vyarthokuvara ra phetra 2 phat 2 om || Colophon. iti mahamahopadhyayasrisromahadevavedantavagisa sangrhitasaptatilacaturatantra- nirdistaviparitapratyangira samapta || visayah | kalikayah pralayakalinamarttah dhyanapujapadatyadih | No. 998. mahasankhamala samskarah | Lines, 5 ? Place Substance, country yellow paper, 14 x 3 inches. Folia, 3. on a page. Extent, 54 slokas. Character, Bengali. Date, of deposit, Navadvipa, Vrajanatha Vidyaratna. Appearance, old. Prose, and verse. Generally correct. Mahas' ankhamala-samskara. Rules for the purification and use of a rosary of shells when engaged in the worship of one of the different forms of Sakti. Beginning. atha malasamskarah | sanatkumariye | kapisasambhavam svatram dharmakamarthamocadam || tacca viprendrakanyabhirnirmitaca susobhanam || suklam raktam tatha pitam krsnam varnesu ca kramat | sarvesameva varnanam raktam sarvepsitapradam ||