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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225 No. 1909. kantakoddharah | Substance, palm-leaf, 12 x 12 inches. Folia, 174. Lines, 6 on a page. Extent, 5,579 s' lokas. Character, Maithili. Date, I. S. 459. Place of deposit, Sarvasima, Post Madhubani, Darbhanga, Pandit Srinandana Thakura. Appearance, old. Prose. Correct. Kantakoddhara. A gloss on Jayadeva's commentary on the "Anumana-khanda' portion of the Tattva-chintamani' of Gangesa. By Madhusudana Thakkura. The codex is over three hundred years old. Beginning. madhusvadanasadyuktisamutsaritakantakah | End. yale kavyaktamargena manim grhnantu panditah || atha sabdasucaniyam sangatimaha pratyakseti | yadyapyuddesena prasangadisvapathatasta- thapi yathoddesam jijnasaucityat | ityadi | tat khartha| numana sravanapararthanumane tatra sadhyavisesanatvasyapi Colophon. iti mahamahopadhyaya sattakkura sri madhusudanakrto vyatirekakastako ddharah sampurnah | lamam 459 caitrasudi | visayah | tattva cintamanyannargatanumanakhandasya jayadeva misrakrta balakanamni ya tika tasya vyakhyanam | No. 1910. dandavivekah | Substance, Palm-leaf, 14 x 2 inches. Folia, 187. Lines, 5 on a page. Extent, 3,963 slokas. Character, Maithili. Date, L. S. 555. Place of deposit, Sano, Darbhanga, Pandit Madhava Jha. Appearance, old. Prose and verse. Correct. Danda-vivekea. Penal offences, the propriety of inflicting punishment, and the different forms of punishment to be inflicted. By Vardhamana Mahamahopadhyaya, son of Bhavesa. The author was a native of the village of Vilvapancha, and the Chief Justice in the court of one of the chiefs of Tirhut. He says his work is founded principally on the Kalpataru, Kamadhenu, Halayudhi, Dharmakosha, Smritisara, Kirtyasagara, Ratnakara, Parijata, Vyavahara, Tilaka, Pradipika, Pradipa and the original texts of Manu and Yajnavalkya with their commentaries. The codex is 223 years old. 29