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Geschichte und Inhalt nebst Concordanz der gedruckten Recensionen, Bonn 1893, pp. 220 seqq.): Kanda Whish No. 54 Bodleian MS. Recension C. Bala 77 77 77 Ayodhya 120 119 119 Aranya 75 76 75 Kiskindha 68 66 67 Sundara 65 68 68 Yuddha 131 132 | 128 It will be seen that our MS. belongs to the *C Recension’, though it differs somewhat from the editions representing this recension. It also differs, though not materially, from the Bodleian Grantha MS. The latter MS. contains the same concluding Slokas as our MS. (from ayu§yam to vasas trivistape), but with a few various readings. 54. Whish No. 55. Size: 9| X 1| in., 18 + (1) -f 160 + 7 + (1) leaves, generally 11 lines on a page. Material : Palm leaves, covered with very thick boards ornamented with coloured pictures, which are partly rubbed off. Date: An entry by Mr. Whish is dated ‘Tellieherry 1826’. The MS. may be about 80 or 100 years older. Scribe: The son of Udayamurti. Character: Grantha. Injuries: The first resp. last lines of ff. 1—18 partly injured. ( 1 ) The beginning of a Commentary on Valmiki’s Ramayana , reaching as far as I, 1, 83. It begins:—upadiSati manum yas tarakan janmabhaje nijam alabhata kamam yatprasadena ramah i yam anusarati 5* Digitized by LjOOQle 68 K~ sarvo devatanam nikayas sa bhavatu hpdaye me devadevo maheSah I praclnavyahrtlnam ayanam anusaran devadevasya gambhor ajnamatravalambl nijavibudhajanair irito rama- bhadraip. l santosan netum icchur viSayam apanayams tatra tatra sphurantam i kurve sarvartthasaraiii vivaranana ucitan caruramSyanasya n idam adau anusandheyam i visnoh karmmani pasyateti srutya Srotavyam puranam iti smptya cavagatasya &ravanavidher addhyayanavidher iva I tatra- tyasabdagrahanatadartthavagatipurvakena tatpratipadita- nityanaimittikasadharanadharmmanusfhanena istabhavanam arttha iti I atonustheyartthaprakS^akatvat puranasya prati- sargam anustheyortthah prakasanlyah i tatra prathamasar- gena Scaryyavan puruso vedeti &rutyanusare$a svavagatopy artthah guruna gunavatopadisfa eva prayuktah adpstan janayati | pustenapi guruna yavadarttham apunah pra- Snavisayaip vaktavyam ity artthadvayam prakagyate | tapa iti i tapasi anaianadirupe bahirantahkaraijaikagratape ca svaddhyaye svavede ca niratam I etc. It ends (I, 83):—karmmana ravanavadhantena | maha- teti [ti] sarvalokepsitatamatvad iti bhavah i ata evaha sa- caracaram iti. ( 2 ) The Adhyatma-Ramayana, a portion of the Brahmanda- Rurana, in 6 Kandas. The printed editions generally add one Sarga (adhyatmaramayanamahatmya-sarga) at the beginning, and an Uttarakaoda at the end. These are not found in our MS. It begins:—yah ppthvlbharacaranaya divijais sampra- rtthitaS cinmayah i sanjatah ppthivltale raghukule maya- manu§yovyayah I niScakram hataraksasah punar agat brah- matvam adyam param klrttim papaharam vidhaya jagatain tan janakl^am bhaje ii vi£votbhavasthitilayadi§u hetum-ekam maya^rayam vigatamayam acintyaSaktini i anandasandram amalan nijabodharupam sltapatini viditatatvam aham nnamami i pathanti ye nityam ananyacetasaS Sppvanti ca- ddhyatmikasaipjhita(ni) Subham i ramSyanam sarvapuranasa- mmatan nirddhutapapa harim eva yanti te i addhyStmara- Digitized by Google 69 mayanam eva nityaip pathed yad ichet bhavabandhamo- ksam i gavam sabasrayutakotidanaphalaip labhed ya 6rmiyfit sa nityam i kailasagre kadacid, etc . F.4:—iti srlmad-addhyatmaramayane umamaheSvarasaip- vade balakande £rlramahrdayan nama prathamas sargah 11 The Balakanda (in 7 Sargas) ends on f. 17 b, the Ayo- dhyakanda (in 9 Sargas, containing 700 Slokas, as stated at the end) on £ 45 b, the AranyakSnda (in 10 Sargas, cont. 500 Slokas) on £ 67 b, the Kiskindhakanda (in 9 Sargas, cont. 555 Slokas) on £ 92, the Sundarakanda (in 5 Sargas, cont. 300 Slokas) on £ 106, the Yuddhakanda ends on £ 160b, as follows:— alodyakhiladeva(read °veda)rasim asakrd yat tarakara brahma tat ramo vi^nur ahaiji samurttim iti yo vijnaya bhute- Svarah I uddhrtyakhilasarasamgraham idaqa saipk§epatah prasphutam i Srlramasya nigudhatatvam amalaip praha priyayai bhavah i iti srlmad-addhyatmaramayane umamahe- Svarasaipvade yuddhakande §oda£as sargah ii kande yuddhe- ddhyatmake sarga navasapta nllakarnoktah i sarddhaika- da&asataslokanusamkhyaya yuktah i jayati raghuvaip^atila- kah kausalyanandavarddhano ramah i daSavadananidha(na)- karl dasarathih i pundarlkak§ah n harih om Subham astu Srigurubhyo namah n SrlsambaSivaya namah ii The scribe adds:—Udayamurttikumaran ... (follow two or three words in Tamil, which I cannot make out.) ( 3 ) (The Manimanjarl) a Commentary on Keddra's Vrttaratna - kara, by the Purohita Ndr ay ana, a son of Nrsimhayajvan. The text of the Vrttaratnakara is given in full, the com- mentary consists in brief remarks only. It is incomplete, breaking off in the middle of the third Adhyaya. See No. 170. It begins:—namo namo ganeSaya namas te Sivastinavel nirvighnam kuru deveSa namami tvaip ganadhipa i Svetaip- bhodhisthitan devam Suddhasphatikavigraham I vagvibhuti- pradam saksad vande gandharvakandharam I Nrsinihayaj- vanah putro Narayanapurohitah i vrttaratnakara vyakhyaip. Digitized by kjOOQle 70 vyakaroti yathamati I sukhasantanasiddhyarttham naumi brahmaccyutarccitam I gaurlvinayakopetam gaipkaram loka- 6ainkaram i vedartthaSaivasastrajho Bhattako 1 bhudvijotta* mah i tasya putrosti Kedaras £ivapadarccane ratah I tene- dam kriyate chando laksyalaksanasaipyutam | vrttaratna>- karan nama balanam sukhasiddhaye i Pimgaladibhir Sca- ryyair yyad uktam laukikaip dvidha i matravarnnavibhagena chandas tad iha kathyate i etc. After the text of 6lokas I, 1—7 there follows (f. lb):—vya I tamraksl mo gata sayo modaterah praklrttitah i sahate sastu sa yati to vpnoti pkarakah i bha sldati canas cokto vahatlti gapa smrtah \ bhumyambvagnimarudvyomasuryyacandradyud eva tah u jneyas sarvadimaddhyanta guravotra catuskalah i etc. Then follows text of I, 8—18, t*hen again a short commentary. Then text of I, 19—22. Then (f. 2b):—vpttaratnakare prathamoddhyayah II F. 4:—dvitlyoddhyayah 0 om uktayam. chandasi i gu srlh i etc. It ends (f. 7):—saliny ukta mtau tagau gobdhilokaih 1 2 caturbhis saptabhi£ ca varnair yyatih I nllam ke£e nirgunam maddhyabbage durghan netre nirmmalam gandabimbe I plnan tu gam Sronivaksojabhare krsne lilaSalinln naumi laksmlm i 55. Whish No. 56. Size: 17 ttX2t in., 65 leaves, from 13 to 15 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: Entries by Mr. Whish are dated ‘Tellicherry 1826.’ The MS. may be about 80 or 100 years older. Character: Grantha. • The Uitara-Ramayana, or Uttarakanda of the Rama - yarn, by Valmlki, in 110 Sargas. 1 The editions have Pavyeka or Pabbeka as the name of Kedara’s father. 2 III, 34 in Borooah’s edition. (A Comprehensive Grammar of the Sanskrit Language, by Anundoram Borooah, vol. X: Prosody.) Digitized by Google 71 Kr- It begins:—praptarajyasya ramasya raksasanSip vadhe krte i ajagmur mmunayas tatra raghavam pratinanditum I kausikotha yavakrlto narebhyaS ca vana eva ca I kajivo medhatitheh putrah purvasyan diSi caSritah | dattatreyotha bhagavan namucih pramucis tatha i atreyaputro dharmma- tma psis sarasvatah prabhuh i etc. It ends:—idam akhyanam ayusyara Ipathan ramayanan narah i saputrapautro lokesmin pretya svarge mahiyate i ayoddhyapi purl ramya Sunya var?aganan bahun i psabhaip. prapya rajanam ni[va]vasam upayasyanti | etad akhyanam ayusyam sabhavisyam sahottaram | kptavan pracetasah (sahodarah pr. m.) putrah sa tat brahmapy anvamanyata u ity arse srlmadramayane adikavye Valmlklye grlmaduttarara- mayane daSadhikaSatatamas sargah 11 harih om I Subham astu | . . . sltalak§manabharatasatrughnahanumatsametasrl- ramacandrasvamine namah ll . . . mlnakslsundaresvarasva- mine namah u . . . sakalalokanathakayai namah | harih om ll 56. Whish No. 57. Size : 12^x2 in., (1) + 192 -f (2) leaves, 10 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: Entries by Mr. Whish are dated ‘Tellieherry 1826,’ The MS. may be about 50 years older. Character : Grantha. The Upadesagrantliavivarana, a Commentary on (the metrical part of)* Sankara's Upadesasaha&ri, by (Bodhanidhi ?) a pupil of Vidyddhdman. See Burnell, Tanjore, p, 90, Ind. Off. IV, p. 731. Hall, p. 99. See above No, 24(b). It begins:—visnuip pancatmakam vunde bhaktyfistada- Sabhedaya | samgavargonavimSatya bhaktair nnavabldr Britain i on namah on nama Srlgurubhyah ii on namas Sivaya u caitanyam sarvagam sarvam sarvabhutaguhaSayam l yat sarvavisayatltan tasmai sarvavide namah i cetanam eva caitanyam jnaptisvarupam sarvaga(m) svavidya kalpila- dikkalakaSadi sarvam vyapnotlti sarvagam sarvagam ity Digitized by LjOOQle 72 ukte paramartthatas sarvan tat gamyam astlti aiainka ma bhud ity aha I sarvam iti, etc . It ends:— ... janmanaSaprakaranasya padartthavivara- pain kptan devatagurubhaktipreritena maya n iti saptadaSa- Sloka yatlndraSrimukhotgatah i vipratagurubhaktena mays brahmatmabodhakah i upasya Sraddhaya Srlmad-Vidya- dhamamuneS ciram | srimatpadambujan tasya prasadan na svabuddhitah i yena me nikhilad vedad akrsya mana atmani I sthapitan munimukhyena yavajjlvan namami tam n yatbhasyasagarajayuktimanln praklrnan prapyadhuna kati- payan kavayo bhavanti I tasmai namo janamanobjadiva- karaya kptsnagamartthanidhanaya yatlSvaraya 11 iti Srlmad- VidyadhamaSisyena Bodhanidhina 1 Sraddhabhaktimatra- preritena kptam upadesagranthivivaranam samaptam II yat- padakamalasamgan nirvanaip praptavan ahain | sarvantara- tmapujyaips tan pranamami ganyasah II .. . Subham astu I om ii 57. Whish Nos. 58 (1) & 58 (2). Size: 12 lx 2 in., two vols. of (2) + 200 + (2) and (2) + 196 (i. e. 201 to 896) + (1) leaves, 9 or 10 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: Entries by Mr.