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It ends:—iti tribhasyaratne prati6akhyavivara$e dvitl- yapraine dvadaSoddhyEyah o samapto dvitlyapra£nah fl harib om i] srlmatpartthivavatsare madhuptau mase madhau &ya- male pakse prosthapadark§ake kayidine dvada^yupetehani | granthaS cottararatna^bdamihta6rlmattribha§yabhidha 6rl- mad-Yemkusudhlvar epa likhita^ Sau^dena Sastrottame i harih om grigurubhyo namah D 39. WfflSH No. 38. Size: 17^x2 in., 175 leaves, 10 or 11 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Bate of MS.: The Yuvan year in which the MS. was written (see below) probably corresponds to A. D. 1755/56, possibly to A. D. 1815/16. Scribe: The son of Sesadri. See above Nos. 15 & 27. Character: Grantha. The Bhagavata-Purana, together with Stidham's Com¬ mentary, Skandhas 11 and 12. It begins:—om i avighnam astu i vijayante parananda- kj*snapadarajasrajah i ya dhpta murddhni jayante mahen- dradimahasrajah n pravarttitah (read pravpttitah) para- nandakrsnakrldanuyarnita i tannivptya paranandapararo- honnvarnyate evan tavad dasamaskandhe bhubharavata- ranaya nijabhutivibhusitayaduvaipSasya yaduvaip6avata- ritasakalasuraip&asya bhagavata Srlkrsnasya taducitapra- yrttividambanena tacchravanasmaranadiparanaip pare§am anandakaranaip. kridanuvarnita i etc. P. lb:—ekada&askandhasya pravrttih tasya yathamati- vyakhyanam arabhyate tatra mausalaprasaipgartthaiji pur- vaskandhSrttham annvadati 61okadvayena ii kptva daityava- dham kpsnas saramo yadubhi(r) vptah i bhuvovatarayat bha- ran javi§thah janayan kalim li etc. Digitized by LjOOQle -X 46 k~ The 11 th Skandha ends (f. 134):—iti Srlmatbhagavate mahapurane savyakhyana ekadaiaskandhe paramam(read parama)hamsyayam saiphitayam ekatrimSoddhyayah n £rl- kfsnaya namah n evam ekadasaskandhabhavartthapadadl- pika l svajnanaddhvantabhltena Srldharena prakaSita i ida- nln natigudhartthaip &rlmat-bhagavataip. kya nu I manda- buddhir aham krsne prema kiin kin na karayet H ajnana- ddhvantabhltanaiEL bhaktanam bhagayan harih i Sndhara- caryyarupena vyakhyanam akarot syayam ii yodvayatma- bhidhanena lokaip raksann ajljanat l tasya padayugaccha* tram murddhni yidharyyatam ii ekadaiaskandhavyakhya pari- purna ii ^rlk^snaya satyabhamasahitaya namah ii vatsare ca yuva uttarayane kumbhamasam adhige divakare I kalapaksa udabhupriyarksake &ukra£isyaguruvasare diva l likhitaika- daSaskandhatlka glokaih prasammita i Sesaputrena vidusa samuhy a£abdikair asau u binduSrngaksarair hinaip etc. The Commentary to the 12 th Skandha begins (f. 135):—• jayati 6rl-Parananda(h) kj-snapangalasadd^ah i etc. It ends (f. 175): ... nama iti dvabhyam ii namas tasmai bhagavate vasudevaya saksine i ya idam krpaya kasmai vyacacakse mumuksave n vyacacakse vyakhyatavan H yogl- ndraya namas tasmai 6ukaya brahmarupine i saipsarasar- padastam yo visnuratam amumucat ii iti Srlmat-bhagavate mahapurane savyakhyane dvadaSaskandhe trayodaSoddhya- yah ii fclkrsnaya namah ii dvadaSaskandhah purnah II bhava- rtthadlpikam etam bhagavatbhaktavallabhaip i gri-Parana- ndapadabjabhrmgasrl-Srldharokarot H... ^rlguruip. Parama- nandam vanda anandavigraham i yatkrpalavaleSena Srl- dharas sukrtas sukhl u om dvadaias skandhas samaptah n harih om ii yuvabhidhanebda udagdiSaipge hy anantaratne (?) £i£ira- rttubhanau i mase ghate paksa ihavadataglautarakayam likhitam mayedaip u satlkan dvadagaskandhamulaip Sesa- drisununa i Vi^vamitranvayamahapamkotbhavadinam kpte D harih om H iSrigurubhyo namah ii binduifrmgaksarair etc .. .. 6rlparadevatayai namah ii 6rlsarasvatyai mlnak$yai namostu om £ubham astu harih om n Digitized by LjOOQle 47 k- 40. Whish No. 39. Size: 7jj x2^ in., 59 leaves, 9 or 10 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date of MS: 18* h or 19* cent? Character: Grantha. The Bhagavadgitd , with a brief introduction. It begins:—asya Srl-bhagavatglt&Sastramahamantrasya i Yedavyaso bhagavan r?ih I anu§tup cchandah i tasaip gltanaip kvacin nanacchandaipsi i evaipprakarlui cchandaipsi l vi£- varupo visnuh paramatma bhagavan Srlman - naray ano devata i asocyan anvaSocas tvaip prajnavadaipS ca bha?asa iti bijaip i sarvadharmman parityajya mam ekaip Sarauaip vrajeti Saktih i urddhvamulam adha&akham asvatthaip prahur avyayam iti kilakam i Srlbhagavatsamaradhanartthe jape viniyogah i etc. The text begins (f. 2):—Dhrtara?tra uvaca l dharmma- k§etre kuruk§etre samaveta yuyutsavah i etc. F. 5b:—visrjya saSaran capaip Sokasaipvignamanasah u Sokasaipvignamanasa iti u iti on tat sad iti mahabharate Satasahasrikayaip saiphitayaip vaiyasikyaip bhl§maparva^i Srlbhagavadgltasupani^atsu p ar abr ahma vidy ay aip yogasastre Srlkrsnarjjunasaipvade arjjunavi?adayogo nama prathamo- ddhyayah n It ends:—iti on tat sat Srlbhagavatgltasupanisatsu parabrahmavidyayaip yogasastre Srlkr?uarjjunasaipvade sakalayedaSastrapuranasaipgrahamok§ayogo nama?t£da$o- ddhyayah ii Srlkr?naya parabrahma^ie namo namah u Srl- vasudevarpauam astu I 41. Whish No. 40. Size: lOj-Xli in., 190 leaves, 8 or 9 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Bate of MS: An entry by Mr. Whish, found on the last page, is dated Calicut 1826*. The MS. may be about 50 or even 100 years older. Character: Grantha. Digitized by LjOOQle ^ 48 The Subodhirii, a Commentary on the Bhagavadgitd, by jSridharasvdmin, in 18 Adhyayas. It begins:—vande krsnarjunau vlrau naranarayanav ubhau i dharttarastrakulonmatiagaj&rohanavallabhau i sara- tthyam arjunasyajau kurvan gltamptan dadau i lokatrayopa- karaya tasmai krsnatmane namah i.. . Srlmadhavam prana- myatha devaip viSveSam adarat i tatbhaktiyantritah kurve gltayyakhyam subodhinlm i etc. Adhyaya I ends on f. 9, A. II on f. 27 b, A. Ill on f. 40b, A. IV on f. 54, A. V on f. 63b, A. VI on f. 74, A. VII on f. 82, A. VIII on f. 90, A. IX on f. 97 b, A. X on f. 106, A. XI on f. 120 b, A. XII on f. 126, A. XIII on f. 137, A. XIV on f. 144, A. XV on f. 151, A. XVI on f. 157 b, A. XVII on f. 165 b, A XVIII on f. 190. It ends:—§ri-Paramanandapadabjaraja^ndharinadhuna | Srldharasvamina prokta gltatlka subodhinl II iti grlbhaga- vatgltatlkayam subodhinyam Srldharasvami-krt£yam para- martthanirnayo nama astadasoddhyayah ii ^rikj-soaya paramatmane namah n svapragalbhyabalad vilokya bhaga- vatgltan tadantargatan tatvaip prepsur upaiti kim guru- krpaviyu^adrstiip vina I asya svanjalina rahasyajaladher aditsur antarmmaninavarttesu na kin nimajjati janas sat- kar^iadharaip yina ii harih om etc . 42. Whish No. 41. Size: 9|xlf in., (3) + 87 + (3) leaves, 7 or 8 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: Entries by Mr. Whish are dated 1825. The MS. may be about 50 years older. Character : Grantha. The Devimdhatmya from the Suryasavarnika-Manvantara of the Markandeya-Purdna, in 23 Adhyayas, preceded by the Argalastotra , and Kilakastotra. The edition by L. Poley (Berlin 1831), and the Bombay editions of 1862 (Sake 1784) & 1864 (Sake 1786) contain only 13 Adhyayas. Digitized by CjOOQle -X 49 h$~ It begins:—nyasam avahanan caiva namany argalaklla- kam i hrdayan ca dalan caiva ddhyanam kavacam eva ca j mahatmyan ca japen nityam a§tamyan ca visesatah i sarvasaubhagyam apnotifip]dehante ca labhet gatiip i om i padayor varabhyo namah i nitaipbe narasiiphyai namah i etc. F. 5b:—iti grldevlmahatmye argalastotraip samaptaip ■ F. 7:—iti Sridevlmahatmye kllakastotraip samaptaip o athatas saippravaksyami vistarena yathatathaip i capdikahr- dayam guhyaip £rupu?vaikagramanasah 1 1 hraip hrlip hrbi (?) ai hrlm grlip kllip jaya jaya camupdike tridaSamaku- takoti samghattacaranaravinde savitrl gayatrl sarasvatl mahahikrtaharine bhairayarupadharipl prakatitadaipstro- gravadane ghore ghoranayane jvalajvalasahasraparivrte, etc. The first Adhyaya ends on f. 30. P.72: — eva[ip]n devya vararp labdhva Surathah k§atriya- [rjrsabhah I suryyaj janma samasadya savarpir bhavita manuh u iti grlmarkandeyapurane suryyasavarpike manvan- tare devlmahatmye surathavai^yavarapradanan nama tra- yodaSoddhyayah u The 16 th Adhyaya ends on f. 78 b. Ff. 79—87 are also Mated separately by letters, viz. ka, kha, etc. End:—i5anakonek§amk$etrapalayanamah I a?tadalabahye devyas tad daksipantaip gaipganapataye namah i parppara- magurubhyo namah i paipparamagurupadukabhyo namab i damvatukabhairavaya namah I duipdurgayai namah) paPtipu- jayet n iti Srimarkapdeyapurane suryyasavarpike manvantare devlmahatmye panntipujarahasyan nama trayoviip^o (panca- viipgo, pr. m.) ddhyayah u firlmahadevyai namah i Srlgurubhyo namah i Sivaya namah i harih om u 43. Whish No. 42. Size: 11 tX 2 in.; (3)-f-97 + (4) leaves, about 10 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. 1 These MSS. generally read srunu- for sfnu-. 4 Digitized by Google 50 K~ Date: An entry by Mr. Whish is dated 1825. The MS. may be about 50 years older. Scribe: Ananta Narayana. Character: Grantha. ( 1 ) The Kiildrnava(tantra), in 17 Ullasas (ff. 1—95). See Aufrecht-Oxford p. 90 seqq. (No. 147); Ind. Off. IV, p. 879; Mitra, Notices, I pp. 138 (No. 258), 160 (No. 290). It begins:—gurubhyo namah (i) upairutlnam anyesam upa- grutir iyam sada | 6run(ut)am sarvavlranaip caranaip smaranam mmama I gurum ganapatim durgaip ksetreSaip. Sivam arca- (read acyu?)tam i brahmanam girijam laksmlm vamip vande vibhutaye I anadyayakbiladyayamayine gatamaline i arupSya svarupaya£ivaya guruve namah i devyau(sic)vaca i on namo devadeveSa pancakrtyavidhayaka i sarvajnabhaktisulabha Sa- ranagatavatsala (read°la) I mulesa parame^ana karupampta- varidhe i asare ghorasamsare sarve [da]du(h)khamallmasahlefc. F. 17:—iti Srlkularijaye urddhvamnayamahatmye tritl- yollasah n F. 27:—iti Srlkularnavamahatmye rabasye sarvamgamo- ttame kuladivyadikathanaip pancamollasah ii The 7 th Ullasa ends on f. 37, the 8 th U. on f. 44b, the 9 th U. on f. 51, the 10 th U. on f. 56, the 11 th U. on f. 61b, the 12 th U. on f. 67b, the 13 th U. on f.