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thirah i etc. It ends (£ 145 b):—praviSya ca purlm vlras samasadya yudhisthirain i acasta tad yathavj-ttam vrsny andhakaj anaip prati ii iti Srlmahabharate £atasahasrikayam sarphitaySip mausale parvani navamoddhyayah ii mausalaparvam sama- ptam ii dhatau samayaip khalu daksinayane var§arttune Sr&vapike ca masi i pak§e da^amyam asucau tithav udau candre kj-tantapriyavasare hi i mausalam parvam etad dhi Digitized by LjOOQle 62 likhitam Yyasasamkrtam i muda Vemkatapadayuk-Subrah- manyavipaScita 11 harih om etc. The Mahaprasthanika Parvan begins (f. 146):—harih om i Janamejayah i evam vrsayandhakakule Srutva maulasam (sic) ahavam i pandavah kim akurvanta tatha kj*sne divaip- gate i etc. It ends (f. 149 b):— yatra sa brhatl Syama buddhisatva- samanvita i draupadl yositam Srestha yatra caiva sutS mama h Srimahabharate Satasahasrikayam samhitayam maha- prasthanike parvani trtlyoddhyayah ii Srlkj*§naya namah li harih om I mahaprasthanikam samaptam li saipvatsare dhatunamni prayate daksinayane i ytau pravrsi mase tu Sravane Sarvatarake i ekadaSyan tithau varepy atrilocana- sambhuvah i mahaprasthanikam parvam samaptaip £e§asu- nuna li harih om li The Svargarohanika Parvan begins (f. 149 b):—Janame¬ jayah I svargam trivistapam prapya mama purvapitamahah i pandava dharttarastraS ca kani sthanani bhejire i etc. It ends (f. 155 b):—Sravayed yas tu varnams trln kj-tva brahmanam agratah i sarvapapaviSuddhatma Sucis tatgata- manasah i iha kirttim mahat prapya bhogavan sukham aSnute i Yyasaprasadena puna svargalokaip sa gacchati i etad viditva sarvan tu vedavedartthavit bhavet i pujanlyaS ca satatam mananlyo bhavedvijah li iti Srlmanmahabharate Satasahasrikayam saiphitayaip svargarohai^ike parvani pan- camoddhyayah n svargarohanikam samaptam li Srlkrsnaya namah li . .. om dhatau vatsenuttare tu srtau varsasv rtau tatah I Sravajie masi paksecche dvadaSyam bhediteh kila | dayadasyavaner vare likhitam pustakan tv adah i svargaro- hanikaip parvam Yyasena racitam Subham i idaip Yeipkada- padayuk-SubrahmanyavipaScita li harih om li Srikrsoaya namah ii Srlgurubhyo namah n om u 61. WfflSH No. 52. Size: 12fx2i in., (1) + 70 + (2) leaves, 12 or 13 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Digitized by Google J -X 63 K~ Date: Entries by Mr. Whish are dated ‘Calicut 1826\ The MS. may have been written about 50 years before that. Character: Grantha. The Tulakaverimahatmya, from the Agneya-Purana, in 30 Adhyayas. For other copies of this work, see Nos. 131 and 186. It begins:—dharmmavarmma ca rajarsir nniculapura- vallabhah | bhuyah papraccha tan natva dalbhyaip bhaga- vatottamam i bhagavan praninas sarve kenopayena sarppa- dah (read sarvada?) i bhavanti putran saipprapya sukhinad cirajlvinah i katham syat papanirharah £rl£e bhaktih kathaip bhavet i etc . See No. 186. F. 2b: — iti srlmad - agneyapurane tulakaverlmahatmye prathamoddhyayah II F. 31b: — iti Srlmad-agneyapurane suryyasavarnike man- vantare deyltulakaverlmahatmye caturddasoddhyayah ii It ends:—iti prasannanananlraja muda te SaunakadyE nranayo mumuksavah i hareS caritra§ravanotsavotsuka gan- dhaksatadyaih punar apy apujayan ii iti 6rimad-agneyapu- rane tulakaverlmahatmye dharmmasaravivecane triipSo- ddhyayah if kaveryyai namah II harih om u 52. Whish No. 53. Size: 12fxl£ in., (1) + 168 leaves, 9 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: Entries by Mr. Whish are dated: ‘Tellicherry 1826*. The MS. may be about 50 years older. Character: Grantha. The JHahabharata, Parvan IV: the Virataparvan, in 76 Adhyayas, It begins: — &tlkr§naya namah i Janamejayah I kathaip. viratanagare mama purvapitamahah | ajnatavasam u[k]?ita duTjyodhanabhayarditah i pativrata mahabhaga satataip satyavadin! i draupadl va katham brahmann ajnata dubkhi- tavasat i etc. Digitized by kjOOQle -^4 64 *~ It ends:—tan mahots[y]avasamka§am hrstapu§tajanavr- taiii I nagaram matsyarajasya £u&ubhe bharatar§abhaih i Janamejayah i vj*tte vivahe hj*statma yad uvaca yudhisthi- rah i tat sarvam kathayasveha krtavanto yad uttaram II om iti grlmahabharate satasahasrikayaip saiphitayam vai- yasikyani Srlvirataparvani abhimanyuvivaho nama §atsapta- titamoddhyayah 11 om u etat parvasu vistlrnaiii sarvasampat- padan nrnaip. I Srnvatam sarvapapaghnam anavrrtivina- Sakaip I asmin parvani yo marttya £raddhabhaktisaman- vitah l Srinoti (sic) slokam ekaip va sa yati paramain gatim l tasya mitrani varddhante grbaksetradisainpadah I ayuh kirttir balan tejas saipbhavanti dine dine i asmin parvani rajendra pathite brahmavadina | tarn pujayet suvaktaraip. vastrabhu§adibhir ddhanaih i tasmin prasanne bhagavan mukundah arttarttihanta puruipottamaS ca I sarve ca deva psisiddhasaipghais tu?ta bhaviipyanti narendrakale I bharata- ddhyayanat punyad api padam adhlyatah i Sraddadhanasya puyante sarvapapany aSesatah u harih om II Srlkrwaya namah 11 3ubham astu grlgurubhyo namah u , 53. Whish No. 54. Size: 17tX 2rV in., (1) + 498 -f- (1) leaves, from 11 to 14 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: Entries by Mr. Whish are dated ‘Tellicherry 1826’. The MS. may be about a hundred years older. Character: Grantha. The JRamayana , by Valmiki, Kandas i-vi. Balakaoda, ff. 1— 47 Ayodhyakanda, ff. 47—148 Aranyakanda, ff. 149—207 Ki^kindhaka^da, ff. 208—277 Sundarakanda, ff. 278—341 Yuddhakanda, ff. 342—498. It begins:—abhlpsitartthasiddhyartthaip pujite yas surair api l sarvavighnaimide (°bbide?) tasmai ganadbipataye Digitized by LjOOQle —^4 65 > <? ■ namah i kujantam ramarSmeti madhuram madhurak?araip I aruhya kavitaiakham vande Valmlkikokilaip l Valmlker mmimisiiphasya kavitavanacaripah i $rnvan ramakatha- nadam ko na yati parain gatiip i . . . yah karnaiijali- samputair ahar ahas sammyak pibaty adarad Valmlker vadanaravindagalitaip ramayanakhyam madhu i janmavya- dhijaravipattimaranair atyantasopadravaip saipsaraip sa vihaya gacchati puman vi§poh padain Sasvatam I namostu ramaya salak§manaya devyai ca tasyai janakatmajayai i namostu rudrendrayamanilebhya(h) namaS ca candrarkama- rutganebhyah i tadupagatasamasasandhiyogaip samama- dhuropanatartthavakyabaddham i raghuvaracaritam muni- prapltam da§a£irasa£ ca vadhan niSamayaddhvaip i on tapasvaddhyayaniratam tapasvl vagvidaip varatp I naradaip paripapraccha Valmlkir mmunipumgavaip | etc. The Balakanda has 77 Sargas. It ends (f. 47):—taya sa rajarsisuto hi kamaya sameyivan uttamarajakannyaya i atlva rama& £u£ubhetikamaya hari Sriya visnur ivamareSva- rah ii iti £rimatbalakande saptasaptati(tama)s sargah ii iti Srl- madrainayane adikavye balakandam samaptaip n harih om u The Ayodhyakanda has 120 Sargas. It ends (f. 148b): — itlva taih pranja[na]libhis tapasvibhir dvijaih kptah svastya- yanah paran tapah i vanam sabharyyah praviveSa raghavas salak§mimanis (read °laksmanas) suryya ivabhramandalah u ity arse Srlmadramayane adikavye Sri(ma)d-Valmlklye ca- turvimsatisahasrikaya(m) saiphitayam 6rimadayoddhy(ak)a- nde ekavimSacchatatamas sargah D Sriramaya namah ii gurubhyo namah u gubham astu ii ayoddhyakandam sama- ptam ii grlramacandrasvamine namah n dak§inamurttisvamine namah ii &ivaya namah ii The Aranyakanda has 75 Sargas. It ends (f. 207):— kramena gatva sa vilokayan yanaip I dadarSa paippaip subhadarsakananam anekananavidhapuspasaipkulam h ity arse SrlmadramSyape adikavye 6rl-Valmlklye caturvimga- tisahasrikayaip samhitayam 6rimad-aranyakande pancasa- ptatitamas sargah ii aranyakandam samaptam u harih om ii The Ki§kindhakanda has 68 Sargas. It ends (f. 277b):—sa vegavan vegasamahitatma haripravlrah paravlrahanta i 5 Digitized by LjOOQle 66 *<- punas samadhaya mahtoubhavo jagama lamkam manasa manasvl II iti . .. Srlmatkiskindhakande a§tasas{;itamas sar¬ gah u Srlramaya namah 11 kiskindhakamlas samaptah I harih om 11 11 The Sundarakanda has 65 Sargas. It ends (f. 341b):— • tato mays vakbhir adlnabhaksinl Sivabhir istabhir abhipra- sadita I jagama Santin tava maithilatmaja tavapi Sokena tathapi pldita n iti Srlmat-sundarakande pancasastas sargah n Srlramaya para(bra)hmane namah n harih om etc . Ff. 316—322 are placed in the wrong order. The Yuddhakanda has 131 Sargas. It ends (f. 498b):—• ayusyam arogyakaram yaSasyam saubhratrkam buddhikaraip. Subhan ca i Srotavyam etan niyamena satbhir akhyanam ayuskaram rddhikamaih i evam etat puravrttam akhyanam bhadram astu yah i pravyaharata visrabdham balam visnoh pravarddhatam i devaS ca sarve tusyanti grahas tacchra- vanat tatha ramayanasya sravane tusyanti pitaras tatha bhaktyaramasya ye cemam saiphitam munina krtam i ye likhanti ca nara(s) tesam ca vasas trivistape n ar?e Srlmad- ramayane adikavye Valmlklye Srlmadyuddhakaflde ekatri- mSaduttaraSatatamas sargah n Srlramaya saparivaraya namah I) ramam ramanujaip sltam gataip bharatanujam sugrlvam vayusunun ca pranamSmi punahpunah u balakande dvisahasram l saSiti(r) dviSatl tatha | Slokanam atha sarga- nam saptasaptatir irita i SlokaS catussahasrani paksadhika- caturddaSi I ayoddhyakandagas sargSS Satam ekonaviipSatir dvisahasram saptaSatisloka dvatrimsata saha i aranyakande sargas tu pancasaptatir irita i dvisahasram satcchatani Sloka vimSatir eva ca I kiskindhakS,nd(ag)as sarga(s) saptasa- stir itlrita i trsahasran ca sat caiva Slokas sundarakandagah I sarganam asta?astis tu samkhyata paramar§i$a I yuddha- kande tu padyanam daSona satsahasrika i ekatrimSacchata- mitas sarga api ca klrttitah i tpsahasram Sate dve ca catustrimSat tathaiva ca I Sloka uttarakandasthas sarga(h) pa(ni)ktyuttaram Satam i bindudurllipi 0 etc . The following table shows the number of Sargas in each Kanda, (1) according to our MS., (2) according to the Bodleian MS. Sansk. b. 28 (which is also a Grantha MS.)> Digitized by Google -^4 67 *4- and (3) according to the recension called C in Prof. Jacobi’s concordance (Das Ramayana.