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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End. 262 kiskindhyakandapadanam vyakhyana madhunadarat | kalayantu budhah kamamutsaryyam paramatsaram || tatra kiskindhyasabdo niryakarah sayakarasca murddhanyamadhyamah | ityadih | pravadantamangadam, tathetyabruvan sacanvitah satvaram jagama ityanvayah || 14 || pita- rajah, varmmarajah || 15 || Colophon. iti sri lokanathacakravarttikrta kiskindhyakandamanohara samapta | visayah | valmikikrta ramayana kiskindhyakandasya vyakhyanam | No. 1263. padmapuraniyapatalakhandah | ? Substance, country-made yellow paper, 7 x 5 inches. Folia, 165. Lines, 31 on a page. Extent, 5,115 slokas. Character, Bengali. Date, Place of deposit, Srirampur College. Appearance, new. Verse. Generally correct. Patala khanda of the Padma Purana. This is the fourth part of the second great Purana by Vyasa. It comprises nine thousand slokas, divided into one hundred and two chapters. (Ante, p. 247). Its principal subject is a new and very diffuse version of the Ramayana. Professor Wilson has given a full analysis of this work, ( Essays I, pp. 45 ff.) and to it I must refer the reader for information on the subject. The contents of the different chapters have been detailed below in Sanskrit. Beginning. kadacin naimisaranye svatam paramakovidam | .803 I .DVI kovidah sarvvadharmesu sarvvayajnesu kovidah || srutismrtipuranajnah sadacaraparayanah | syanucanah sadasyasca sarvvada dharmmavadinah || kecit khadhyayaniratah kecidvedarthatatparah | kecidadhyatmatattvajnah kecid yogavisaradah || tarkesu nipunah kecin mimamsayam vicaksanah | vedantajnanasiddhantah so'hamasmi jape ratah || vedabhyase'tinipunastapasa suryyavarcasah | trop notera ajag guriy trikalajna mahatmanah khadharmaniratah sada || �