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It begins:—hari grlganapataye nama avighnam astul Jayadevanama kavih gltagovindabhidham prabandhaijx vidadhanah tatpradlpadyam vastupak§ipann eva tannirdde* Digitized by Google j 193 k- &rupam mamgalam acarati meghair ity adi he r&dhe aip- bara(m) meghair mmeduraip vasantepi kr?nahrtair mmeghais timirair va, etc. It ends:—yan nityair iti l yad vastu virincagirijaprUi^e- samukhyaih hrahme^amukhyai[h] r mmuhur(?)jj asam nana- karavicarasaracaturaih nanavidhacintaviSesan nipunaih (read °cintavi&esanipunaih?) vidvatbhir nnityair vacanaih upani- sadvakyaih jadyapi (?) na niSclyate tad adyaip paraip yastu divyair mmadhurai[h]s satsuktisam£odhitaih mpduktisaipSo- dhitaih Jayadevakavyaghatitaih gitagovindavakyaih sarasya sima * x sah bhaktivi£e§a£alinaiji cetasi cakastu sphuratu n iti 6rigitagovindavyakhyane sarasaraslruhak§o nama dva- dasas sarggah n 6rlkr§naya namah 0 137 . Whish No. 139. Size: 11 % x It in., (1) + 70 + (1) leaves, from 8 to 10 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: Probably middle of 18 ** cent. Character: Malayalam. The Suryasiddhantavivarana, a Commentary on the Suryasiddhanta, by Paramesvara, pupil of Rudra, in 13 Adhyayas. It begins:—harih Srlganapataye namah avighnam astu ii gurubhyo namah u lokambayai namah i srlsuryaya namah cidrupakaranaip sarvagatam k§lragatajyavat yad yogidr^yan jagatas tarn mahahaipsam a&raye i vyakhyatam bha- skarlyam laghu tad anu mahabhaskarlyam sabha§yam pascal Mavatl ca grahagativisayaip kincid anyac ca yena soyani &ri-Rudra3i§yo vadanajasiSave suryasiddhantasama- sthairi vak§yaty aspastam arttham ganitavisayagaip karma tatraiva hi syat i tatra tavat bhagavata suryeoa Maya- yoditaip suryasiddhantaip. vivaksur ayam acarya istadevata- pranamapurvakam Mayasuryayos saipvadamayapraSnottare z Aksara indistinct, looks like ju or fiju. 13 Digitized by kjOOQle 194 niyuktasya suryamsasya purusasya vacanan ca kramat pradarSayati I acintyavyaktarup&ya, etc . F. 11:—iti suryasiddhantavivarane prathamoddhyayah D F. 20 b:—iti ParameSvare suryasiddhantavivarane dvitl- yoddhyayah n fl F. 31:—iti Paramesvare tripraSnaddhyayas tptlyah d Adhyaya IV ends f. 34b, A. V f. 37 b, A. VI f. 40b, A. VII f. 44, A. VIII f. 47b, A. IX £ 50, A. X f. 52b, A. XI £ 55b, A. XII £ 68b. It ends:—etat te sarvam akhyatam rahasyain param atbhutam brahmaitat paramam punyam sarvapapapra^a- Sanam.evam upasaiphrtaip. Sastraip nllabjyos saip- gamat 8aumye sthitena paramadina siddhantam vivrtam sauram iSvarenaivam atppasah 1 u iti Paramesvare suryasi¬ ddhantavivarane trayodaSoddhyayah u Srllokaipbayai namah o Srlsuryadisarvagrahebhyo namah u Srlsarasvatlprasadika 138. Whish No. 140. Size: 9f X if in., (1) + 97 -f- (1) leaves, from 7 to 9 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: An entry by Mr. Whish is dated 1817 — which is very strange, as the date given at the end of the MS. is the Kollam year 998, i. e. A. D. 1823. Character: Malayalam. The leaves numbered by Aksaras. The Sahasranamapadyavrtti or metrical Commentary on the Visnusahasranaman. It begins:—harih Srlganapataye namah i avighnam astu I yasmad aslj jagad idam akhilaip yena va tat pravistah jlvo bhutva khalu jalaravivan m&yaya nirgguiiopi (i) yasminn ante vilayantam paranandan conam (?) 2 visijum vande mama hrdi nilayaip SaSvatam Santam ekaip. ii srstvadisargge kavim atmamayaya svanabhipatmad akhilartthasiddhaye (i) vedan sahamgair avadan (read avadat?) puratanan yas taip gurun naumi sadartthasiddhaye (i) VyasaSi§yo mahatejas sa Yai- Saqipayano munih uvaca punar apy enaip rajanaip Jana- 1 Id est alpasah. a Metre wrong. Four Ak§aras wanting. Digitized by Google i 195 mejayam u SrutvavadhSrya niScitya dharmman nanavidha(n) paran a&senaiva kartsnyena niSSe^enaviSaipkaya i etc . It ends:—Srlpurvapurnpapriyavadarena saipparkasaip£o- dhitamanasena vrttir mmaya keSavapurn^anamnaiji (-?) sahasrasya samlriteyam i laghuvj-ttir iyam haripadayugan drdhabhaktimata kathita vimala suvimrSya naro yadi taiji prapathed dhrtikrtyahariip sa vimuktimayat | iti Srlsahasra- n&mapadyavrttau da^amaSatam samaptaip u u Subham astui^n-Vedavyasaya namah, etc . (Date etc. in Malayalam language.) 139. Whish No. 141. Size: 71x1^ in., (1) -f 102 + (1) leaves, 6 or 7 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: Kollam year 999, or A. D. 1824. Character: Malayalam. Sodasakriya, a manual of domestic ceremonies (Jata- iarman, Upanayana, Marriage, etc.), according to the school of Bodhayana, in the Malayalam language, the Vedic Mantras being quoted in Sanskrit, e. g.: £ 9b:— mantram a&ma bhava paraSu(r) bhava hiranyam asptaip. bhava i vedo mai (read vai) putranamasi sa jlva SaradaS Sataip indrah 6re§thani dravinani dhehi cittin dak§asya subhagatvam asme, etc. See Mantrapafha II, 12, 1; 11, 33. F. 35:—mantram a tisthemam aSmanaip aSmeva tvaip sthiro bhava abhi tistha prtanyatas sahasva prtanayatah i... mantram ya akpntann avayan ya atanyata yaS ca devlr antan abhito dadhantha I tas tva devlr jjarasa saip vya- yantv ayusman idaip pari dhatsva vasah i See Mantrap. II, 2, 2; 5. F. 67: — mantram I sakhasi saptapada abhuma sakhyan te gameya i sakhyat te ma yosaip. sakhyan me ma yosthah i See Mantrapatha I, 3, 14. P. 79:—mantram yas tva hpda klrina manyamanomar- ttyaip marttyo johavlmi i jatavedo, etc. See Mantrap. II, 11, 5. 13* Digitized by LjOOQle 196 ■ HO. Whish No. 142. Size: 9yXl? in.? 103 leaves, 9 or 10 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: 18 th or 19cent.? Character: Malayalam. The Narayaniya, a Stotra (by Narayana Bhatta of Kerala). On the last page there is the following entry by Mr. C. M. Whish: “Narayaplyam; by a native of Malabar of the Vaisnava sect. The completion of the work by the author is dated 27 th November 1586 O. S.” The author is described as the ‘most popular and well- admired author of Prakriyasarvasvam, Dhatukavyam, Narayaniyam, etc/, by the Maharaja of Travancore, JTtAS., vol. XVI, 1884, p. 449. See No. 114. It begins:—harih Srlganapataye namah avighnam astu i sandranandavabodhatmakam anupamitam kaladegavadhi- bhyan niryyuktan nityam uktan nigamaSatasahasrena nirbhasyamanam aspastan dpstamatre punar urupurusar- tthatmakam brahmatatvam tat tavat bhati saksat gurupa- vanapure hanta bhagyan jananam i etc . F. 18 marg.: venasya katha i F. 22 marg.: ajamilakatha I F. 24b marg.: hiranyaksakatha I F. 25 marg.: narasimhavataram I It ends:—ajnatva te mahatvam yad iha nigaditaip vi- Svanatha ksametha(h) i stotran caitat sahasrottaram adhika- taraip tvatprasadaya bhuyat I dvedha nSrayanlyaSrutisu ca janusa stutyatavarnnanena sthitam lllavatarair idam iha kurutam ayurarogyasaukhyam II &nkpsriaya namah narayaniyam samaptam n n Srlgurubhyo namah II etc. 141. Whish No. 143. Size: 9£x1t in., (l)-j- 189 leaves, 8 or 9 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Digitized by LjOOQle * i 197 Date: Kollam 981, i. e. A. D. 1806, according to the soribe’s colophon (written in Malayalam language) at the end of the MS. Character: Malayalam. The Smrttcandrika, by Deva or Devanna Bhattopadhydya, son of Kesavaditya Bhattopadhyaya, Pariccheda I of the Vyavaharakanda. Another copy of the same work as No. 129 (1) (Whish No. 128). 142. , Whish No. 144 Size: 14x1 i in., (1) + 99 leaves, 11 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date & Scribe: The MS. was copied by Kr§nadvija in the Kollam year 985, i. e. A. D. 1810, according to the scribe’s colophon: — Kollam tojlayiratta empattancamata makaramasam aiicantiyyati coppaccayum rohiniyum suklapaksattit dvadasiyum Simhah karanavum kutiyadivam vatalayesanugrahena Krsnadvijena likhitam pustakam o Character: Malayalam. The Srutiranjim, a Commentary on JayadevcCs Qitago - vinda, by Laksmidhara , in 12 Sargas. Another copy of the same work as No. 113 (1) (Whish No. 111). 143. Whish No. 145. Size: 9?r X It m. (and 7? x li in.), 16 21 + 19 + 5 4-11 leaves, 6 (4, 5, or 7) lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: Early 19 th cent.? Character: Malayalam. Various collections of Mantras for Tantric worship, and fragments of Tantric treatises. (1) A collection of 110 Mantras, beginning:—om hrliii Srlni klim am (? x ) nityakamesvarl kllm sarvasatvavaSanka- 1 Indistinct. Digitized by CjOOQle “^4 198 K r* rlsenah sarvastrlpurusavasankari aim kllm sauh sauh kllm aiip hrlm namo bhagavativiccai (?) mahatripurasundaryyai namah, etc. F. 10 b :—na guror adhikam na guror adhikam na guror adhikaip na guror adhikam SivasasanataS giva^asanatas £iya£asanata£ £iya£asanatah J 110 i 6rlgurucaranEravinda- bhyani namah II n (2) A fragment begins on f. 11:—adhere liinganabhau hrdayasarasije talumule lalate dvaipatre §oda£are dvidasa- daSadale dyadaSarddhe catuske yasante balamaddhye da- phakarasahite kanthadese svaranam hamsan tatvarttha- yuktam sakaladalayutam yarnnarupan namami I etc. • This fragment breaks off on f. 13 b, f. 14 contains some benedictions (namo ganesaya namo yidhatre, etc.), flf. 15 & 16 contain another fragment. (3) Another Tantric treatise (or fragment), beginning (f. 1): — caturbhujam mahavisnuip Samkhacakragadadharam manasa cintaye deyam manasasnanam ucyate khasthitam pundarlkak§am mantramurttim harim smaret anantaditya- sanka£am vasudevan caturbhujam £amkhacakragadapatma- dhari^am vanamalinam 6yamalam, etc. (4) A Collection of Mantras, beginning (f. 1): — atha patram viti I om prakptya yikarabuddhimatasrotratvak- caksujihvaghranavakpanipadapayupastha - SabdasparSarupa- rasagandha-akasayayuvahnisalilabhumyatmana a&uddhata- tyena am aip. ah aim atmatatvena sthuladehaip. pariso- dhayami Sodhayeti bruyur aryyah, etc. F. 17 ends:—iti samkhapuja I gaipgamgayai visvarupayai sada&vamrtayai narayanyai namo namah i Ff. 18—19 contain some tables of Mantras in four columns.