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A CATALOGUE OF SOUTH INDIAN SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS, DR. M. WINTERNITZ

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It ends:—iti omityadimahapurane SrI-skande mahapu- rane sutasamhitayam yajnavaibhavakhapde uparibhage bra- hmagltasupanisatsu dvadaSoddhyayah I) SrlSivaya namah ft Subham astu ii 4. Whish No. 4. Size: lOfxlf in., 170 leaves, 8 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date of MS.: 18th or 19*h cent.? Character: Grantha. Digitized by LjOOQle 3 A Commentary on the BrahmagUa (see No. 3), by Madhavacarya. It begins:—vande sindhuravaktran taip bandhun dinasya santatam i pratyuhavyuha^amanam upasyain sarvadevataih u evam upanisadekasamadhigamyasya brahmatmaikatvavijnSr nasya nisreyasasadhanatvam uktan tac ca sarvasakhasam- matam iti darfayitum aitare(ya)kataittirlyakadi - sama- stopanisadartthasya sakalyena pratipadikaip brahmagltaip vaktum munlnam prasnam avatarayati bhavakaratithim iti atha tam vaktuip puravrttam udaharati pureti sar- vajhas sarvavid iti samanyatas saryan jSnatlti sarva- jnah, etc. It ends:—iti 6 nmat-ti 7 ambakapadabja-sev£paraya£enaiva Madhavacaryyena viracitayaip (read °tayaip) sutasaiphita- yam yajnavaibhavakhaiidasyoparibhage brahmagitayaip. dvadaSoddhyayah II Sivaya namah Subham astu harih om it 5 . Whish No. 5. Size: 9* x if in., 117 + 41 leaves, 8 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date of MS.: 18 th or 19 th cent.? Character: Grantha. (a) The Prayascittasubodhini , a work on expiatory rites (Srauta ritual), by Brin ivdsamakhin of the village of Ar- hagola. Ff. 117. It begins: —arhagolagramanivasl Srlnivasamakhl sudhlhi balan uddiSya tanute prayaScittasubodhinlm n tatradav anuddharanapraya&cittam ucya[n]te, etc. It ends:—prayaScittaipsubodhanl (sic) samapta n harih om i) Srlgurucaranaravindabhyan namo namah ii yadrSaip pustakan drstva tadrsaiji likhitam maya | abaddham va subaddham va mama doso na vidyate ii asmat-gurucaranara- yindabhyan namah n 1 * Digitized by LjOOQle 4 (b) The Kauladarsatantra (a work on Tantra), by Visva- nandanatha. Ff. 1—19. It begins: — natva Srlgurupadukah ca vatukaip. vanln ca vighneSvaram kameSan tripuram par am bhagayatln devlni SukaSyamalam I vaksye kaulikadhurttadambhikaSathadlnam kulajhaninam acarasya ca laksanani vilasatsatkalikanam kramat ii kaulagamatantrartthan samgrhya srlkularnavar- tthamS ca i kauladarSam kurute Visvanando hitaya kaula- vidam ii It ends: — iti Sri - ViSvanandanatha-viracita-kauiadarSa- tantram sampurnam ii Srigurubhyo namah ii (c) The leaves 20 to 41 contain two other Tantric trea¬ tises, viz . (1) The Srlcakrapratisthavidhih. It begins (f. 20):—Srl- cakroddharah i tatra vedikayam gomayopaliptayaip. paSci- matah svasthanam parityajya etc. It ends on f. 28:—iti Srlcakrapratisthavidhih n Quotations occur from Tantrardja, Ratnasagara, Kulamulavatara. (2) The Srividyakhyamulavidyabhedah, or Tripurdbhedah. Ff. 28 to 41. This treatise begins:—atha Srlvidyakhyamulavidyabheda nirupyante i tatra srijnanarnave ii etc. The Srirudrayamala is quoted on fol. 34 b. &ankardcdrya and Anandagiri are mentioned foL 36 b. Fol. 36 b—37a: —ity evam Srlmulavidyaya ekapanca- Satbhedah i Srlmadaraddhyacaranaprasadapraptah pradar- Sitah i atha yady apy asam vidyanam na camitradusanam iti vacanat siddhasaddhyadivicaro na kartta^yah ii atha pra- siddhaSrlvidya - pancadaSak^arlmantraprasaipgat upasaka- bhedena dvadaSavidhaSrlvidyamantraS ca Sastrantarokta- prakare^a likhyante | Then follow 12 Mantras. Digitized by LjOOQle 5 The MS. ends:—iti durvasaradhitS vidya i pancadaSa- ksan | iti tripurabhedah kathitah n srlmahatripurasundaryyai namah 11 6 . Whish No. 6. Size: lOj xlj- in., 26 + 89 leaves, from 7 to 9 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: 18n* or 19 & cent.? Character: Grantha. (a) The Saktisutra together with its Bha?ya, 20 Sutras together with their Commentary. The Sfttra begins:—om atha Saktisutrani i citisvatantra visvasiddhihetuh i svecchaya svabhittau viSvam unmllayati I etc. It ends on p. 2:—om Saktisutraip sampurnaip i Srlmat- gurubhyo namah I Then the Commentary begins:—Saktisutrabhasyaip I om i citisvatantra visvasiddhihetuh viSvasiddhau hetuh i vi- Svasiddhihetuka ca iti sarvakaranatvam sarvasaktitvaip mahaphalatvam sukhopayaprapyatvah ca svatmadevataya vivaksitam i citir ity ekavacanena bhedavastavatvam svatan- treti niraipkuSaiSvaryyah ca sucitaip i etc. It ends on page 12: —purve bhutabalim dadyat ksetrapalan tu da- ksine i rajarajeSvaram maddhye ganapati Isannye i agneyaga- napatim agneyam kurukulyam I vayavye i varahlm iSa- nnye l (sic) (b) Atharvanaprokta - devirahasya - svarupakramopasandyah jaganmatrbhaktyaikavedyah prayogah 1 by Jagannathasuri (215 Slokas). Ff. 13—26. It begins: — vimarSapadavacyam apy avimarsapadan 1 Mr. Whish describes this as the Bhavanopanisad. See below sloka 2. Digitized by LjOOQLe -^4 6 namah i japakusumaSonam apy ajapakj-tim aipbikam u 1 ii bhav anopanisad artthagarbhitah krikanirammitabhaskar ah padyabandhava .. . x tu ta Jagannathasurinivahavaktisukj*- divan ii 2 ii kj-tanhikaS sucau deSe sukhaslnas samahitah | pranan ayammya mulena rsyadln nyasam acaret ii 3 ii It ends:—pranan ayamya tato nyasaip krtva gurun namac chainbhum I iti Srimad-atharvanaprokta-devlrahasya- svarupakramopasanayah jaganmatribhaktyaikavedyah pra- yogo Jagannatbasuri-pranltas samaptah ii harih oip. ii Srl- devyai namah o 6ubham astu II (c) The CidvaUl, by Natanananda, a pupil of Nathananda . This is a Commentary on Punyananda’s Kamakala , or j Kamakaldvilasa. The latter has been printed by Prof. Bhandarkar in his Report on the search for Sanskrit MSS . in the Bonibay Presidency during the year 1883—84 (Bombay 1887), p. 376 seq . It begins:—vande tan mithunadvandvam adimanandacit- ghanam 1 2 1 anuttara 3 4 5 parah jyotir iti yat* bhavyate budhaihl Primate Natananandayogine paramatmane i rakta&uklapra- bhamisratejase gurave namah i pranamata Nathanandam paraya bhaktya cidaikyabodhanandam i upanisadartthani- gudham sakalajananandabhadrapltharudhams i namaS Sivaya nathaya cidrupanandarupine i Srlmata patalapamga 6 patita- tamka£amkave i Punyanandamunlndrat kamakala nama vi£ruta jata i aryya kacid amusya Natananandah karoti savyakhyain ii Fol. 37a: Punyanandamukhendor uditam anandadayinim 1 Here is a blank dpace for two aksaras(*-.). I cannot make any sense of the two first stanzas. The MS. is beautifully written, and there can be hardly any doubt about the readings. 2 mithunam divyam adyam ananda 0 , Bhandarkar’s MS. 3 <>ram, Bhand. 4 tat, Bhand. 5 °plthanurudham, Bhand.' 6 srlmate cancalapanga 0 , Bhand. Digitized by LjOOQle -* 7 Hg- etam i kamakalam aham ani^am murddhna vaca vahfimi cittena I iti kamakalavyakhya Natananandena deSikaprltyai i racita r asikaj ana[na]nam puipsam alokanaya cidvalll i Natha- nandagurunam Sisyas tatvartthacintakas santi i tesam anya* tamoyam tlkam enaip cakara tatprltyai i asyah kamakalayah vyakhya purvair udahrtaneka I etc. It ends:—kamakalasvariipaip paripurpaip I prapancitam iti i Sivam ii iti §rl-Natanananda-kathita cidvalll samapta I harih om ii sngurubhyo namah Srisuryyanarayapayasmat- svamin[h]e namah i devyai namah u 7. Whish No. 7. Size: 14x2 in., 158 leaves, from 11 to 18 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date of MS.: 18 th or 19th cent. Character: Grantha. The Haldsyamahatmya from the Agastyasamhita of the Skanda-Purana, in 71 chapters. See Mitra, Notices, vol. vii, p. 27 seqq., No. 2264. It begins: — avighnam astu i Suklaipbaradharaip. visnuip Sagivarnan caturbhujam i prasannavadanan dhyayet sarva- vighnopaSantaye i namas sundaranathaya tasmai halasya- vasine i catu^sastividha Ilia yena pratyak?itah ksitau i 6rlmat- snndaranathasya devlm sapharalocanarp i kalaye hrdaye nityam kadambavanavasinlm i etc. . . . vaksye puratanaip punyam grlmaddhalasyasanjnitaip I Sravanat sarvapapa- ghnam vedantesu praka^itam u ... de^akalavidhanajna Vasi- sthadya munlSvarah i Yasistho VamadevaS ca Gautamo Yaruno Bhrguh i Bodhayanah Kaiyapa& ca Yajnavalkyah ParaSarah i Bharadvajomgira Atrih Kutsai SaktiS &uko mahan i Yedavyasah Kahola& ca Valmlkih Kuipbhasaip- bhavah i Sanatkumaras Sanakas Sanatanasanandanau i Pulastyah Pulando Gargo ViSvamitraS ca Naradaip (sic) I ity adya munayas sarve jnanino brahmavittamah i snatva sarvesu tlrtthesu jnanavapyadikesu ca i jnatya vinayakan sarvan etc . / Digitized by Google HM 8 H&- An abstract of the Contents of the work is given on ff. 11 seqq. It ends:—sarvas tarati durgani sarvo bhadrani paSyati | sarvas satgatim apnoti sarvasya bhavita sukham 11 iti 6nmatskande mahapurane agastyasamhitayam Srl-halasya- mahatmye kadambavanaprave&o nSma ekasaptatimoddhySL- yah II sivUya namah II harih om, etc . 8 . ¥hish No. 8. Size: IB X li in., 60 -f 25 leaves, 9 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date of MS.: 18 th or 19th cent? Character: Grantha. (a) The Haritattvamuktavali, a Commentary on Sankara’s Haristuti (or Harim-ide-stotra ), by Svayamprakasa Yati, a pupil of Kaivalyananda Yogindra. Ff. 60. See Hall, p. 135 seq.; Mitra, Notices, Nos. 1297, 1489. It begins: — Samkaram Samkaracaryyaip KeSavam Bada- rayanam i sutrabhasyakrtau vande bhagavantau punah- punah i satyajnananandatmakam advitlyam brahmaiva 6u- ddhasatvapradhanamayopadhikam sadl£varabhavam malina- satvapradhanavidyopadhikaip. sajjivabhavan ca jagan maya- bhasena jlveSau karoti, etc. It ends: — iti Srimat-paramahamsa-parivrajakacaryyaSrl- Kaivalyananda - yogindra -padakamalabbrmgayam5na- Sva- yamprakaSakhy a - yativiracita srl - Sainkara - bhagavat - pada- krta-haristutivyakhya haritatvamuktavallsamakhya samaptaii Sridaksi^amurttaye namah ii gubham astu ii (b) The Rasabhivyanjika, a Commentary on Laksmidhara’s Advaitamakaranda, by Svayamprakasa Yati, a pupil of Kaivalyananda Yogindra, ff. 25. See Hall, p. 102; Mitra, Notices, No. 689.