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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171 No. 1607. tarabhatitarangini | Substance, palm-leaf, 143 x 12 inches. Folia, 86. Lines, 2-3 on a page. Extent, 645 slokas. Character, Bengali. Date, SK. 1737. Place of deposit, Calcutta, Government of India. Appearance, old. Prose and verse. Incorrect. Tarabhakti-tarangini. An essay on salvation through the medium of worship to Tara. By Kas'inatha. The work was composed under the auspices of Raja Krishnachandra of Nuddea, whose genealogy and life are briefly given in the first chapter. Beginning. tara samsarasara niravadhipatatam ghorasamsarasinvau durvvadhupremadharapayasi paricalat semasinavi nityam | maya nayati baddhakhila janavilasanminahande suninde santah santaranaya prabhavatu bhavatam pasikinasadase || End. tam natva vasata mudde dilapuram sajjanmana tarinim kasinathadharamarena kavina santrastanistarinim | tarabhaktitarangini viracita ghimanmanoharini tasyam sasthatarangapurnamabhavat kinasa-bhiharinim || Colophon. iti jivanmuktirnama sasthastarangah || visayah | samapto'yam grantho munigirisanetrambudhirasa- pramane'sminnabde gatavati samaptim narapateh | gate kanyam bhana suranatagirah padakamale namatkasinathaksitisurakrtah kovidamatah || yatra sat tarangah, prathame, krsnanagaradhipateh krsnacandrasya rajno vamsakirttanam, natepraktya kalivibhavanamadharmadinam prastavasca | dvitiyadipancame, moksopayavivekavibhavanam nivrttyadinam nategraktya prastavah | sasthe, katibhih stutibhih tarabhaktiprakatanam, taracaranaravindabhajam samsara- nivrttikathananca | z 2