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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xix Naishadha. But the most important of my acquisitions are some treatises on the grammar of the Prakrit language. These include 1 st, Audarya-Chintamani of Subbasagara; 2 nd, Prakrita-sarvasva of Markandeya; 3 rd, Prakrita-kaumudi; 4 th, Prakrita-lankesvara, of Vavana; 5 th, Prakrita-kamadhenu of the same author; 6 th, Prakrita-lakshana of Chanda; 7 th, Prakrita-chandrika; 8 th, Prakrita-manorama. None of these has been noticed in Professor Lassen's Institutiones Lingua Prakritica, and all of them will, I think, be new to European scholars. The first, I believe, is the same work which Dr. Hornle has noticed in the Indian Antiquary of August last, but it is there described as the work of one Subhachandra. My codex comprises only two chapters. It has been copied from a text which, from the appearance of its paper and the antiquated form of its writing, I believe is about five hundred years old. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient Servant, RAJENDRALALA MITRA.