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The & ivarah cisyakh an da from the Sahkarasamhita, of the Skanda-Purana , continued from MS. Whish No. 87 (No. 88), and containing the Devakanda (ff. 130—141), DaJcsakdnda (ff 142—181), and the Upadesflkanda (ff 182—289). It begins: — matamahamahaSailam mahas tad apitama- ham i karanan jagatain vande kanthad uparivarajiam I Srlgurubhyo namah i srlsarasvatyai namah i sivaya on namah li atha viksya guho devan jayantapramukhan iha I band hit an anayety aha vlrabahum tadasuraih i sa tatheti vinirgatya guhajhain Sirasa vahan I etc . Digitized by Google 141 The Devakanda (in 7 Adhyayas) ends f, 141b:—om ity adimahapurane 6rlskande £aipkarasanihitayam sivaruhasya- khande devakande saptamoddhyayah it om Sivaya namah u devakandas samaptah u yadrsam pustakan dpstva, etc •, - srisomaskandaparamesvaraya namah u ... Subrahmanyaeya svahastalikhitam ii The Daksakanda begins (f. 142): — harividhiniiikhyavau- dyam sarvakarttaram i£am padanataduritaghnaip sasvatani vaktratundam i abhayavaradahastaip lambhuputram gane- sam hrdayakamalamaddhye santatan cintayumi n rsayah n daksaddhvaras tvaya proktah (read °ah) pur a siita tapo- dhana i jayantayendraputraya samasena brhaspatih \ etc . This Kanda ends (f. 181b):—om ity adimah&pur ane Sriskande samkarasamhitayam 6ivaraliasyakliap de d aksa- kande catvarimSoddhyayah u ^rlmlnaksisumhiresvariihhyan namah u harih om | daksakandas samaptah 1 * * + Subrah- manyasvahastalikhitam a srldaksinamurttaye namah u The UpadeSakanda begins (f. 182):—om visveyvaram yisyavandyam. vimalajnanabodhakam i upadesakapdarp mu- ktyarttham umaputran namamy ahani | subrahinapyam suresanam dhuryyakotisamaprabhaip i sukumaram ahani vande sada sarvamgasundaram | etc. It ends (f. 289 b):—om iti Srlmatskande mahapur&pe samkarasamhitayam givarahasyakhande upadeSakande pah- casititamoddhyayah ii om sivaya namah ii s am apt am id am upadeSakandam I harih om ii .. . Subrahmanyan svahaatena likhitam . . . samkarasamhitasaptakundam paris ainaptam 9 100 60 7 &nmesamasani i parltapmUmasaipyatsararp caitramasam parisamaptam ii om . . . subham astu ji On the same leaf written by Mr. Whisk: “100 967 825 This copy written in 1792 AD April/May Here ends the 7 th & last Kan dam of the Sankara Samhita.” Digitized by Google -^4 142 r^- 104. Whish No. 103. Size: 12|x2 in., (1)-f 10 + 80 + (2) leaves, 10 or 11 lines on a Malayalam page, 8 or 9 lines on a Grantha page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: Entry by Mr. Whish dated 1831. The MS. may be about 60 years older. Character: The first two works (10 leaves) in Malayalam, the rest in Grantha. (1) The Sankhyasaptati, or Sankhyakdrika, by Isvarakrsna (ff. 1—3). It begins:—harih sriganapataye namah avighnam astu I duhkhatrayabhighataj jijhasa tadapaghatake hetau drste saparttha cen naikantatyantatobhavat i dpsfavad asravikas sa hy avisuddhiksayatisayayuktah, etc. It ends (f. 3 b):—saptatyam khalu yertthas tertthah kytsnasya sastitantrasya akhyayikavirahitah paravadavivar- jjitas capi n tatha ca rajavarttikam n pradhanastitvam ekatvam artthamatvam athanyata i parartthyah catmano naikyam viyogo yogavivacasesavrttir akarttrtvam laukikar- tthas tatha da3a viparyayah pancavidhas tathokta nava tusfayah karananam asamartthyad astavimSatidlia vadhah i iti sastili padartthanam astabhis saha siddhibhih n 1 namah Kapilaya ii . . . £ubham astu ii u ( 2 ) The Bhasyarthasamgraha , by Brahmananda Yati, the pupil of Visvesvarananda (ff. 4—10). It begins (f. 4):—harih Sriganapataye namah avighnam astu i ghatarupena yo bhati patarupena ca prabhuh sarva- [bhajvasakaip. vande tam ahan devaklsutam Srlmatbhasyamr- tambhodher arttharatnam samuddhare hnum (?) lamkurv ancane (?) naryah kantham kaustubhavaddharih Srutismrtlti- hasapuranani hi brahmani pramanam tesan ca trividha pravrttih kesancit parinamadrstyanusarinl anyesam vivar- ttadrstyanusari^ paresam apavadadpstyanusariol, etc . 1 “All this (tatha ca . . . siddhibhih) from the TattvakaunmudI of Yacaspatmisra, and faulty**, Prof. Aufrecht. Digitized by LjOOQle 143 -It ends (£ 10):—atrantahkaranopadher badhitatvan na gamanadisamka iyam evaitat sutrasaipdarbhapratipadya bhasyakaradyabhimata ca iti £rl-Vi6ve6varanandagurupra- sadasaditasarvajnatvena Brahmanandayadina (sic) kptaSrl- matbhasyartthasamgraha(h) samSptah n Srlmatbhasyahvayo visnuh prasldatu sada mama yadlyarasam asvadya na ma- nonyapumarttkadrk n n &rlgurubhyo namah grlsuryadisar- vagrahebhyo namah 6rlramaya namah etc. (3) A Commentary on the Sankhyasaptati, by Vacaspatimisra (ff. 1—45). It begins:—ajam etam lohitaSuklakrsnam bahvlh prajas srjamanan namamah aja etan jusaraanam bhajante jahaty enam bhuktabhoga I asamastan I Kapilaya mahamunaye 6isyaya tasya tasya casmaraye Pancasikhaya tatheSvara- kysnayaite namasySmah | iha khalu pratipitsitam arttham pratipadayan pratipadayitavadheyavacano [bhavacano] bha- vati preksavatam apratipitsitan tu pratipadayat nayam lau- kiko na parlksaka iti preksa(va)tbhir unmattavad upek§yeta sa caisam pratipitsitortthah yo jatah purusartthaya kalpate ity adipsitaSastravisayajnanasya paramapurusartthasadha- natvahetukan tadvisayajijnasam avatarayati dulikhatraya- bhighataj jijnasa tadapaghatake hetau evam hi Sastravi- sayo na jijnasyeta yadi duhkhan nama jagati na syat, etc. F. 45:—ity aryyamatir yyasya soyam aryyamatih etac ca sastram sa 5rI-Vacaspatimisraviracita samkhyasaptativya- khya sampurna ii harih om u (4) The Sankhyavivaranatattvakaumiidi, a Supercommentary on Vacaspatimisra 9 s work (No. 3), by Bodhabliaratl , a pupil of Badharanya 1 (ff. 45—80). It begins:—yatprasadad ajan nityam atmanam asarlri- naiti i vijajnau tan gurun bhaktya namami karunakaran \ Srimatsamkhyasaptatim vyacikhyasur bhagavan Vacaspatih 1 The author’s name is generally given as Bh draftyati, pupil of Bodharanya. (Prof. Aufrecht.) Digitized by LjOOQle 144 K- prarlpsitasya granthasyapratibandhena parisamaptiprabala- pratyartthino vyuda(read vyuha)rttkam 6istacaraparipalanaya ca pradhanasya pum(so) bhogapavargarttha(m) pravpttila- ksanaSastratatparyyakathanapurvakam pradhanaip purusaipS ca namasyaty ajam ekam ity adislokena na jayata ity aja syan mulaprakptih ta namama ity uttarenanvayah nanu tasyas satbhave pramanabkapanir visayatvan namaskaras- yeti cet tatraha bahvlh prajas spjamanad iti, etc. It ends:—saktitustisiddhakkya ity arabhya viparyy(ay)ada- yali padarttka iti sastih padartthah kathita ihety artthah I kva Srl-Vacaspate(h) suktili kva ca mandasya me matih i kayitam etac ca yat tat (?) 1 cchoddkyam subuddhibhih 11 iti sn-Badharanya3rlpada£isyaparamahamsaparivrajakacaryya- sri-Bodhabharatisripadakrta samkhyavivaranatatvakaumudl samapta li . . . 6ubham astu i 105. VfflSH No. 104. Size: 15^ xlj in., (2) + 93 -f (2) leaves, 7 or 8 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: Probably early 18 tk century. Character: Grantha. The Vedantasastrasiddhantalesasamgraha, in 4 Paricche- das, by Appayya Diksita, son of Raftgardja Diksita. .On the outside cover the following titles are given: “ Siddhan - talesasamgraha, or Siddhantabhedasamgraha, or Siddhan - tasarasamgraha“ An edition of this work has been published in yoI. I, Part I of the Vizianagram Sanskrit Series (Benares 1890). See also Ind. Off. IV, p. 790 sq. It begins:—yadvlksanam sakalabhuta(m) ca yasya spstir yyasya smitaip. sakalabhautikasr^tir esa I yanmUyaya vila- sitan jagad indrajalam tasmai namo bhagavate parameSva- raya li adhigatabhida purv&caryyan upetya sahasradha sarid iva mahldeSan samprSpya sauripadotgatE I jayati bhagavatpada&rimanmukhambujanirgata jananaharipl suktir brahmadvayaikaparayana i etc. 1 Mitra, Notices No. 2820 reads: kva capi sanmatam tattvam iti* Digitized by LjOOQle 145 It ends:—iti vedanta^astrasiddhantalegasamgrahe catur- tthah paricchedah il vidvatguror vihi 1 tarisvaj idaddh varasya grlsarvatomukhamahavratayajisunoh grl-Ramgaraj amabhma sritacandramaulir asmy Appadiksita iti prathitas tatiujah I tantrany adhltya sakalani sa tatapada 2 vyakbyanakau&ala- kalavi&adlkptani i atmaya vakyam^ anuruddhya ca sampra- dayasiddhantabhedalavasaingraham ity akarsit i siddba- ntarltisu maya bhramadusitena syad yad yathapi likhitani yadi kincid asya I saip^odhane sasrayas (?) sadaya bhavantu satsampradayaparisilananirvi^anikah ii barih om n dabda- ntarabhyasagunasaipkhya praka(ra?)nanamadheyani bbetla- sadhakapramanani o... karotu mama kalyapam kampanidbir isvarah i jananastbitisamhara(n) jagatam vidadhati yah u Srimanmahadeyaya 6aipbaya (read sambaya) parasmai brahmane namah u om brahmaiva satyaii jagan mi thy a on tat sat ii siva siva Sri u Subham astu. 106. Whish No. 105. Size: 14tX 2* in., (1) -f- 2B [14—23 marked by letters from ka to jha] + 30 + 1 [single leaf inserted between 21 and 22 J + 41 leaves, from 9 to 12 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: The MS. consists of old and modem parts. The first leaf, and ff. 22—41 at the end of the MS. are written l>y a different hand and have a more modem appearance. The older parts may have been written in the beginning of the 18n* century, the modern parts at the end of the 18^ or beginning of the 19^ century. Character: Grantha. ( 1 ) A philosophical treatise, or fragment of a larger work (Gadadhari?) called Yogyatavadartha (ff. 1—13). See Aufrecht CC. p. 482. The first leaf (marked f. 13) begins:—ekapadartthasam- sarge aparapadartthamsthatyantabhavapratiyogityapraka- 1 Doubtful aksara. 2 sadavadata Ed. 3 asthaya mulam Ed. 10 Digitized by Google 146 rakapramSyi^esyatvabhavo yogyata[m] idySl ca yogyata ghatam anayety atra varttate, etc. F. 8:—yogyatavadas samaptah 11 F. 13 b:—yogyatavadartthah samaptah harih om. ( 2 ) A philosophical treatise (part of the Gadadhari? See Aufrecht CC. p. 147, s. v.