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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271 4 No. 1699. smrtisudhakarah | Substance, country-made paper, 123 x 52 inches. Folia, 271. Lines, 11 on a page. Extent, 5,400 slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, P Place of deposit, Calcutta, Government of India. Appearance, old. Prose and verse. Incorrect. Smriti-sudhakara. A miscellaneous compilation on Smriti rites, in two parts. By Odasankara. Contents: 1 st Part, creation. Praise of deities enjoined in the Puranas and the Smritis. Vice condemned. Praises of Brahmanas and kings. Marriage. Qualities of bridegrooms and brides. Brahma and other marriages. The great Dvipas or Continents. The nine Varshas or countries. Aryavarta defined. Duration of lunar days and months. Bathing and putting on sectarial marks before performing a rite. Night and duties appertaining to it.. Fasts. Duties appropriate on the anniversaries of birth-days. Durations of Manvantaras, Yugas, and Lunar days. Mensual fasts. Memorial fasts. Second Part. Religious calendar. Beginning. samsaratimiracchede satpariccheda gocare | cyavirastam manasi me mahasi (?) khagagocare || syantastapavimocanamatirocanamastasocanam pumsam | nilendivarale啶綾anamastu param vastu nah siddhyai || End, iti smrtisudhakare phalgune trimsatkalaprakasah || 30 || samaptasca phalguna- parapaksah | samaptasca phalguno masah | rturapi sisirabhidhah purnah samaptanca trtiyacaturmasyam | Colophon. iti sricodasankarakrtah smrtisudhakarah samaptah | visayah | yatra srstinirupanam | tatah puranasmrtidharmadiprasamsa | tato adharmmaninda | tato brahmanaprasamsa | tato rajaprasamsa | tato vivahavidhih | tato vara- kanyapariksavidhih | tato brahma vivahadilaksanam | tatah laksadvipadinavadvipa- varnanam | tato navavarsavarnanam | tata sraryyavarttadesanirupanam | tatah candramasa- dhimasahoratradinirupanam | tato dharmakarmani snana tilakadinam karttavyata- kathanam | tato naktapadarthanirupanam | tato naktatrata niyamah | tata upavasavidhih | tatah paranadinaniyamah | tato janmadinakrtyam | tato manvantarayugadyadini- rupanam | tatah tithidvaidhavyavastha | samvatsare kanaktatratam | tato masopavasavratam | iti purvvakhandah | uttarakhande tu caitradidvadasamasesu pancadasatithidyatyanirupanam ||