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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111 Acharya. The style of the work is, however, very like that of the Tantras. Beginning. niskrtirna hi vedanam mantranam kalidosatah | kalidosanistattartham gayatrimasrayed dvijah || 1 || gayatrimantrasiddhyartham gayatritryayutam japet | sarvesam vedamantranam siddhyartham laksakam japet || 2 || End. caditih prajapetpadam sapindan bhojayedyadi | ayutanced brahmacari narakan mucyate tada || 83 || Colophon. iti brhadrgvidhanam samaptam | visayah | rgvediyanam mantranam suktanam japasya phalam | No. 1519. rgvidhanam | Substance, country-made paper, 112 x 4 inches. Folia, 42. Lines, 8 on a page. Extent, 840 slokas. Copied from a MS. bearing date Sur. Character, Nagara. Date, SM. 1931, 1786. Place of deposit, Calcutta, Government of India. Appearance, new. Verse. Corrected. Rig-vidhana. On the mode and merits of reciting the hymns of the Rig Veda under certain rules and instructions.-By Saunaka Acharya. Beginning. om svayambhuve brahmane visvagoptre namaskrtva mantradrgbhyastathaiva ca | End. vivaksurasadrgvidhanam puranam pura drstamtasibhirmantradrgbhih || 1 || mantrebhyo mantradrgbhyasca samamnayanupurvasah | karmanamtasidrstanam vidhim provaca saunakah || 2 || kule janmani sile va prajnayamudyame'pi va | rgvidhanaparijnanadusanti caritarthatam || 47 || tusyanti devatah sarvah sampadyante vibhutayah | duradhayah pranasyanti nityamrgvidhipathinam || 48 || namah saunakaya namah saunakaya || Colophon iti rgvidhanam samaptam | visayah | atra catvaro'dhyayah santi | tatra prathame japaparibhasa ukta | canantaram sarvatraiva rgvediyamantrasruktanam japadiphalakirttanam |