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See also Hultzsch II, p. 145 sqq. (No. 1532). It begins:—srlman Vemkatanatharyyah kavitarkkika- kesarl I vedantacaryyavaryyo me sannidhattam sadS hydi I samaliaras samnam pratipadam rcan dhama yajusa(m) layah pratyuhanSm laharivitatir bodhajaladheh | kathadarppaksu- bhyatkalikathakakolahalabhavaip hara tvan tad dhvantam hayavadanahelahalahalah i idam prathamasambhavatkuma- tijalakulamkasa mrsamatavisanalajvalitajlvajlv&tavah i ksa- ranty amj-tam aksayam yatipurandarasyoktaya^ cirantana- sarasvatlcikurabandhasairandhrikah I praclm upetya padavlm yatirajadrstaip yat kincid anyad api va matam a^rayantah l prajna yathoditam idam £ukavat patliantah pracchanna- bauddhavijaye parito yataddhvam i padahave§u nirbhettunai vedamargavidusakan i prayujyatam Sarasrenl ni&ita j§atadu- sanl i tatra tavac chastrarambhe I etc. F. 3:—iti kavitarkikasimhasya sarvatantrasyatantrasya ^rlmad-Yemkatanathasya yedantacaryyasya krtisu gatadu- sanyam brahma^abdavrttyanupapattivadah prathamah ii F. 38 b:—iti 6atadusanyam nirvi£esavisayanirvikalpaka- bhamgavada ekadaSah n F. 64b:—iti Satadusanyam samyidanutpattidusa^avada ekavimsah n F. 95:—iti . . . atmadvaitabhavas §attriip6ah n F. 128:—iti . . . vikalpapramanyabhamgostacatv&rim- Sah ii It ends:—na casti samvada iti darsitam iti il iti kavi- tarkkikasimhasya sarvatantrasyatantrasya Srlmad-Vemkata- nathasya yedantacaryyasya kj*ti§u Satadusanyam advaitimate sutrasvarasya bhamgas satsa§titamah ii harih om grlmate vedantagurave namah ^rikavitarkkikasimhamahagurave namah ii Then follow three pages, containing some fragment of a Vedantic treatise, beginning:-—jnananandagunopetam jnananandamayam mahah i etc . Digitized by Google 113 84 . Whish No. 84 A. Size: 14 X l£ in., (2) +134 leaves, 9 or 10 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: Entry by Mr. Whish dated ‘Cadroor 1827\ The MS. may be abont 50 years older. Character: Grantha. The Mahabharata, Parvan y: The Udyoga Parvan, Adhyayas 1—94. It begins:—Yyasam Yasi^thanaptaraip. Sakteh pautram akalmasam i Para£aratmajam yande Sukatatan taponidhiip i Janamejayah i vrtte vivalie hrstatma yad uvacaYudhisthirah i tat sarvam kathayasveha kptavanto yad uttaraip I Yai- Sampayanah i kp ***** (blank) kurupravlras tathabhimanyor mmuditas sapaksah i viSramya catvaryy u§asi pratltas sabham viratasya tatobhijagmuh i etc . P. 133 b:—ity udyogaparvani trinavatitamodhyayah n Yaisam i tam bhuktavantam, etc . (v, 92 in Bombay edition). It breaks off with the words:—sarvadha hi mahabaho daivair api durutsahah i prabha (v, 92, 28 Bombay). 85. Whish No. 84B. Size: 13|xli in., (2)+ 208 +(2) leaves, 9 or 10 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: Entry by Mr. Whish dated ‘Tellicherry August 1830’. The MS. is of the same date as No. 84. Character: Grantha. The Mahabharata , Parvan v: The Udyoga-Parvan, Adhyayas 41—198 (the end of the Parvan). It begins:—Dhrtarastrah i anuktam yadi te kihcit vaca vidura vidyate i dharmmaip Sugrusate bruhi vieitrapi vibha§ase I etc. F. 77:—iti 6rl-udyogaparvani caturnnavatitamoddhyayah n YaiSaip. i vidurasya vaca Srutva praSritaqi purusottamah i iti 8 Digitized by LjOOQle 114 hovaca bhagavan yacanam madhusudanah i Srlkpsnali I yatha bruyan mabaprajno, etc. (v, 93 Bombay). It ends:—vadayanti sma samhpstas sahasra§ata§o narah n ity udyoge mahabharate ^atasahasrikayani saiphitayam udyogaparvapi pandayayuddhasannaho nama§tanavath§ata- tamoddhyayah 11 matpkadosato vatha likhitur ddosatotha- va I nyunatiriktako granthas saniSoddhyas satbhir anjasa 11 harih om, etc. 86 . Whish No. 85. Size: 12jrX It in., (1) + 81 + 16 + (2) leaves, 8 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: Entry by Mr. Whish dated ‘Tellicherry 1880\ The MS. may be about 50 years older. Character: Grantha. ( 1 ) The Chandogamantrabrahmanabhasya , a Commentary on the Mantra-Bralimana or Mantra-Parvan of the Samaveda, by Saijana, in 2 chapters. This is MS. ‘O’, used by Dr. Heinrich Stonner for his edition of the Mantrabrahmana (Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung der Doctorwiirde), Halle a. S. 1901. It begins:—pranipatya gurun adySn vedavedartthako- vidan i yatprasadena jananti pravaktum madj^a api i sada 8amatvavai?amyanirabadhatvahetubhih I ccha(read ccha)- ndogyamantrabha§yam vai Gunavisnor vidhasyate I aham padyavi^alartthapramavakyoptivlsvatah 1 i tathapy a&raya- saundaryya(j) janomusmin prapaSyatu i aditenumanyasvety adi i yajustrayam parisecane viniyuktaip adityadidevatakain aditir devata sapi sarvatra karmmany anujhanan dasyati I etc. F. 41b:—vedartthasya prakaiena tamo haddi vakarah su- sthiram anugpnhatu (sic) vidyatlrtthamaheSvarah i grlmadra- jarajaparameSvaravaidikamargapravarttaka - Srlvlra-Bukka- bhupalasa(mra)jyadhurandharena Sayai^aryyaviracite Ma- dhavlye vedartth[y]aprakase samabrahmanabhasye mantra- parvani prathamoddhyayah li yasya niSvasita veda, etc. 1 Stonner reads: yady api sastrarthapramavakyoktiviplavah. Digitized by Google 115 It ends: — vedartthasya prakaiena tamo hardan nivara- yan i pujyamas caturo vedan vidyatlrtthamunlsvaraip u iti grlmatrajadhirajaparameSvaravaidikamargaprayarttakaSrlvi- lu-Bukkabhupalasammrajyadhurandharena SayanacJlryye^a viracite Madhavlye yed&rtthaprakaSe cchandogamantra- brahmanabhasye mantraparvani dvitlyapathake saptamah khandah II £ngurucarana° etc. ( 2 ) The Mantraparvan, or Mantrapatha, or Mantra-Bra,- hmana of the Samaveda, in 2 Patalas, containing the Mantras prescribed by the Gobhila-Grhyasiitra. See Dr. Stonner’s Dissertation, p. xl It begins:—deva savitah pra suva yajnaip pra suva yajhapatim bhagaya divyo gandharvah ketapuh ketan nah punatu yacaspatir vacan na svadatu, etc. It ends:—pra nu yocan cikituse janaya (sic) ma gam ana- gam adhitam (read aditim?) vadhista om utsrjata u man- tra[m]paryani dvitlyah patha(h) samaptaip n harih i man¬ trapatha samaptam ii 87 . Whi8h No. 86. Size: 13f xlj in., (2) + 69 [really 68, as f. 68 is missing] leaves, 9 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: Probably end of 180* century. Character: Grantha. The Mahabhdrata. Fragment of the Drona -Parian (VII), Adhyayas 1—34. It begins:—om Sanjayah i tarn apratimasatvaujobalavlr- yyaparakramam i hatan devavrataip. Srutva pahcalena 6ikhandina I etc. F. 67:—iti dronaparvaipi dvatrimSoddhyayah n dvitlyopa- haras samaptah ii It breaks off in the middle of Adhyaya 34 with the words:—SiSunaikena samar e dvisatsainyani vai may a l adya 8 * Digitized by LjOOQle 116 H$~ drak§yanti rajanah kalyamanani saippagah i Yudhi^thirah I evan te bhasamanasya balaip saubhadra varddhatam i yas tvam utsabase bhettum dronanlkarp su. See YII, 35, 26—29. 88 . Whish No. 87. 15x2j- in., (1) + 129 + (2) leaves, on an average 14 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: Entries by Mr. Whish dated ‘1829’ and ‘June 3 Td 1831 Tellicherry.’ The MS. was probably written A. D. 1792. See No. 103* Character: Grantha, very small The &ivarahasya-Khanda , from the Sahkarasamhitd of the Skanda-Purana. Yol. I, containing the Sambhava- Kanda in 50 Adhyayas (ff. 1—53), the Asura-Kanda in 15 Adhyayas (ff. 53—74), the Viramahendra-KaTida in 7 Adhyayas (ff. 74—84b), and the Yuddha-Kanda in 35 Adhyayas (ff. 85—129 b). For Yol. II, see No. 103 (Whish No. 102). It begins:—oipkaranilay an devam gajavaktran catur- bhujam picandilam aham vande sarvavighnopaSantaye I ... pura kancyan catu(r)vaktrah tatapa paraman tapah I srastu- kamah prajas sarvah krpaya parame^ituh i tasmin mahe- 6acar anap ari c ary y ap ar ay an e i munayah katicit punye sthitva garhasthya uttame I etc. F. lb:—om ity adimahapurane grlskande Sanikarasaip- hitayapa Sivarahasyakhande sambhavakande sutamunisam- vado nama prathamoddhyayah n F. 53:—om ity adimahapurape Srlskande Samkarasam- hitayaip 6ivarahasyakhande sanibhavakande pancaSoddhya- yah II Sivaya namah ii harih om sambhavakandas samaptah u F. 74:—om ity . .. givarahasyakhande asurakande panca- daSoddhyayah II asurakandas samaptah H F. 84 b:—om ity ... Sivarahasyakhande vlramahendraka- nde saptamoddhyayah ii &rlsambaya parabrahmane namah u on tat brahmarpanaip i om giibham astu vlramahendraka- pdas samaptah ii Digitized by Google 117 f It ends (f. 129 b):—om ity adimahapurape Srlskande 6amkarasamhitayam givarahasyakhande yuddhaka^de Sura- patmasainharo nama pahcatrniSoddhyayah n ... yuddhaka- ndas samaptah u yadrsaip pustakan drsfva i etc. 89 . Whish No. 88. Size: 111XIff in., (2) + 84 -f- (15) + 108 + (6) leaves, 9 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Bate: Entry by Mr. Whish dated ‘Tellicherry 1830. 1 The MS. may be about 50 years older. Character: Grantha. (1) The Prataparudrayasobhusana (or Prataparudra f or Praia- parudriya ), by Yidyanatha. It is incomplete, ending at the beginning of the chapter on Arthalamkaras. It begins:—vidyakairavakaumudlip Sruti&irassimantacu- damanin daran patmabhuvas trilokajanan'nu vande giran devatam i yatpadabjanamaskriyas sukrtinain sarasvata- prakriyabljanyasabhuvo bhavanti kavitanatyaikajivatavah \ F. 8:—iti ^n-VidySnathakrtau prataparudrayaiobhusane alamkaraiastre nayakaprakaranaip. samaptam ft F. 84:—iti Vidyanathakptau virarudrayasobhusane £a- bdalamkaraprakaranam II athartthalamk&rah ) It breaks off (f. 84b) with the words:—upamanopame- yasadharanadharmmasadr§yapratipratipadakanaip prayoge pur^a i See f. 74b in the lithographed edition of the PratS- parudrlya (published at Poona 1849, Sake 1771). ( 2 ) The Sivarcanasiromani, a manual of Saiva worship, by Brahmanandanatlia, a pupil of Lokanandandtha 7 composed by order of Amrtdnandandtha (complete?