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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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PREFACE. vii the Madhva sect, treating of the conduct of the followers of that sect. Padyamala, by Jayatirtha, treats of the worship of Hari according to the rituals of the Madhva sect. Visnutattvaprakasa, by Vanamali, who lived at a place 12 miles to the east of Vrndavana, is a work on Smrti for the use of the Vaisnavas of the Madhva sect. Visnutattva-vinirnaya, by the founder of the sect, and its commentary, called Tika-vinirnaya, are to be found in this volume. Smrtyarthasagara, Nos. 359 and 360, by Mallari Nrsimhacarya, the first treating of Kala and the second of Ahnika. This also is a standard work of the Madhva sect. Rajadharma Kaustubha is part of the Smrti Kaustubha, compiled by Anantadeva, the son of Apodeva, under the patronage of Baj Bahadur of Malwa. Tithyarkaprakasa, by Divakara, of the Bharadvaja family of Benares. His father was Mahadeva, and his mother, Bala, the great-grand-daughter of Bhatta Narayana of the Kausika gotra, who settled at Benares shortly after the downfall of the Nizam Shahi dynasty of Ahmednagar. The author's son, Vaidyanatha, prepared an index to this work. See No. 132. Durgotsavaviveka, by Srinatha Acaryacuda-mani, is unknown to Aufrecht. It is based on Kalaviveka of Jimuta vahana. Nirnaya-sindhu is a well-known compilation of Smrti by Kamalakara Bhatta, made in the early part of the seventeenth century. No. 158 is a description of a commentary on it by Krsna Bhatta, entitled Ratnamala. Divyanusthanapaddhati, by Bhatta Narayana, the son of Bhatta Ramesvara, treats of the administration of various forms of oaths current in India. Dattakavidhi, and Putraparigrahavidhi, are two works on adoption, described in this volume. The first is by

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