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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25 No. 1400. kalpavivaranam | Substance, country-made paper, 9 X 52 inches. Folia, 176. Lines, 10 to 13 on a page. Extent, 4,004 slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, P Place of deposit, Calcutta, Government of India. Appearance, old. Prose and verse. Generally correct. Kalpa-vivarana. Memorial verses on, and prose directions for, the performance of Srauta rites, according to the rules of Asvalayana. By Bhava Svami. The rites described include the Vajapeya, the Rajasuya, the Ishtis, the Darsapurnamasa, the Chaturmasya, the Savnas, and the Agnishtoma. The MS. is evidently incomplete. Beginning. acayyaih karika tatra lavasvamibhiririta | End. viseso vajapeye'tra tadanuktau taducyate || suktapurvvapratipado yatha sutya bhavettatha | sa yadyapi yathoktena diksa kalpena diksitam ? || yupasrayo mahadittu yatha syustam tathocyate | agnistatrim purastacca svaryye kuryyah kurontike (? )|| sautramanyuktamargena suram sampadayediha | purvvam yathokta dese tu surasandha krta na cet || yatah kutasvidahrtya kuryyattatpavanadikam | upayo gudamadhvadih surabhave tu gtahyatam || hute prakrtivadahavaniyamupasthaya niskramati | sumnadvasane gacchati | ata urddha prakrtivadeva siddham | Colophon. iti sribhavasvamiviracitah samapto'gnistomah | visayah | atra prathamam vajapeyakarika | tatah vajapeyanirupanam | tatah rajasuyanirupanam | tatah istivyakhyanam | tatah purodasakathanam, tatah darsapurnamasayagakathanam | tatah caturmasyayagakathanam | tatah cadhvanirupanam, tatah savananirupanam . tato'gnistomakathanam || E