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etramahdtmya from the iSatarudriya - kotisamhita (Vaidikadharmakhanda) of the Siva-Purana. Incomplete. It begins: — Suklaipbaradharaip visnuip SaSivarpam catur- bhujarp prasannavadanam dhyayet sarvavighnopaSantaye I gurave sarvalokanam bhisaje bhavaroginaip | nidhaye saryavidyanaip srldaksinamurttaye namah II 6rIgurubhyo namah u kptva saipvatsaram diksaniyamaip Maithilo mahan I suddhavratyah suddhamana nivisto rauravebliavat I tatra bhaglrathitire sarvadevasamairaye sannidhau visvanathasya citta^uddhividhayake i keyalam citta^udhyartthani ptvikbhih parive?titah i santyajya sarvakaryani rajyakaryapi mantrisu l nik?ipya khalu medhavl svasya meddhyatvasiddhaye I netra- kpspavinagaya tvagasthyaikatvasiddhaye i ativrattya[h]s sa- padnlkah babhuva kila dlksitah i sanantarika (read satranta- rita?)kalesu Maithilas taip. mahamuniip i tesan dvijanaip. pu- ratah Srutidharmman a£esatah i smarttan pauranikaipS capi paripapraccha tatra vai i vaidikah kepi va dharmma ye va pauranikah punah i anusthitais tu tair ddharmmaih phalaip Jam iti tatvavit I punaS ca paripapraccha Srovatsu nikhilesv ayam i pr?tas tena tathaddhvaryyur Mmaithilo dharmma- vittamah i provaca srnu rajendra vaksyamy etani te dvijahi caturbhis ca caturbhig ca dvabhyaip pancabhir eva ca I Digitized by Google ■hn 247 kriyate yas sa dharmma syad atonyo namadhirakah I iti Karsnajinih praha sa srlman brahma vittamah i etc. F. 3b:—Snty adimahapurane £rl£aive Satakotirudrasfsjaip- hitayam kufijara£adivyaksetramahatmye prathamodhyayah i! F. 7:—ity adimahapurane 6rl£aive Satarudryakotisam- hitayaip. kunjaraSanadiyyaksetramahatmye dvitlyyoddhyayah ii F. 18:—ity adi° 6rlsaive Satarudrlyakotisamhitayarn kaunjarasanaksetramahatmye pancamoddhyayah u F. 45:—ity adimahapurane srli§aive gatarudriyakotisaip- hitayam vaidikadharmmakhande srlkaunjaraSanadivyakse- tramahatmye caturdda6oddhyayah b F. 78:—ity adi° &rl£aiye 6ata° yaidikadharmmanirflpana- khande srlkaunjarasanadivyaksetramahatmye ast&yimso- ddhyayah o F. 113:—ity adi° grl^aive 6ata° vaidikadharmmaniru- panakhande 6rlkauhjara6anadivyaksetramahatmye ekacatva- rimsoddhyayah n F. 164b:—ity adi° 6il° £ata° yaidika 0 Srlkau 0 asta- pancaSoddhyayah ii In the colophons at the end of the following Adhyayas the number of the Adhyaya is not mentioned, e. g. f. 169b: — ity adimahapurane &risaive satarudriyakotisamhitayaip sii* kaunjarasanadivyaksetramahatmye (then a blank space) i So also ff. 176 and 184 It breaks off (f. 187h) with the words: — indranandan ca paramam dhisanasya tatah param I anandam atbhutaip prapya copamarahitaip. param I tatah prajapater ddivyam anandam yogidurllabhaip. i saipprapya ksanamatrena tandu- lanaip. dharadhipah H 188 . Sansk. No. 8 . Size etc.: lOg-xli in*> 51+4 leaves, 5 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: 18or 19tk cent ? Character: Grantha. The Kapdlisasthalamahatmija from the Utkrstasivaksetra - prakaram of the Saivakotinidrasamhita (i. e. Kotirudrasam - hita of the Siva-Parana?), in 10 Adhyayas. Followed by Digitized by LjOOQle ^ 248 *+• the 27 th Adhyaya of the Mayuraptmmdhatmya from the Ksetrakanda of. the Skanda-Purana. It begins:—kalyanam kurutaip kaScit karunavaru^ala- yahi l mayuranagaradhiSo mama nrttavinayakah I Srlmaha- ga^apataye namah i £rlgaipdhabaipdhure sarvapusparama- ti£obhite I caippakairapdacaipvedhaih phanasaih patalair api i vakulair vaipjulair devapunnagais saralair api I dhavaih kuipdaiS ca maipdarai(s) tatha camalakadibhih i kj-tamalai(r) nnaktamalair nnalikeradibhis tatha I rasalais tantrinibhis ca ciribilvair viSesatah i vitapollikhitaka&air vi6ramamekha(read °megha)mandalaih i pacelimaphala- nammrapakvapuspopa^obhitaih i ati^yamaiapatralimattaya meghamandalaih i pura samudrapanena jalabhavataya punah tatratyam iSvaraip kincin munlnam kumbhasambhavam I yacituip. tvaraya ramyaphalapallavapanibhih i phalabhara- natai ramyair agatyavasthitair iva i etc. F. 3:—anandasthalamahatmyanny akhilani &rutani hi I kapall^asya mahatmyam sairagamavivarxiitaiji i Srotuip sannahya tisthanti ^rutayosmakam adarat i brahman tad adya karu^ajaladhenugrha^ia nah i Agastyah I atha va- k$yamy aham punyaip rahasyataram adbhutam i kapallSasya mahatmyam vividhagamavar^itam i savadhanah pra^rnvantu naimi^aranyavasinah i etc. F. 5b:—iti £ri£aivakotirudrasaiphitayam utkr§ta6ivakse- traprakarane kapali^asthalamahatmye prathamodhyayah ii F. 6 b:—SrlSaiva 0 utk**° kapallSasthalamahatmye dvitlyo- dhyayah ii Adhyaya 3 ends f. 15, A. 4 f. 27, A. 5 f. 30b, A. 6 f. 36, A. 7 f. 40b, A. 8 f. 42, A. 9 f. 47b, A. 10 f. 51b. F. 51b:—iti sriiaivakotirudiasaiphitayaiji utkr?ta£ivak§e- traprakarane kapalisasthalam&hatmye daSamodhyayah D o Srlr astu n sarvaip puranaip sampur^aip ii ii sarvalokaikana- thaya padmanetraya vi§nave I nllaiiibhonibhaSyamavigrahaya namo namah u pura narayano devo mayaya mohayan ramaip. i aiptardhanagato vi§$u(r) vigvavyapl jagadguruh I aiptardhanagatam devain vicinvaiptl vibhuip rama i cacara prthivlip sarvam napagyat pu(here begins f. l)rusaip paraip l ia&ip gamgaip prayagaip. ca kuruk§etran tu pu?karaip I etc* Digitized by LjOOQle ~*4 249 *4- F.4b:—iti ska[ip]ndapura$e Agastyadillpasaipvade k$etra- kapde mayurapurlmahatmye var^ianaip. nama saptaviipSo- dhyayah B 189. Sansk. No. 9. Size etc.: 16i x It in* (1)+ 45 leaves, from 5 to 7 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: 18th 0 r 19th cent.? Character: Grantha. The Rumbhaghonamahatmya from the Bhavi^yat-Purana (Madhyamakha£4a), Adhyayas 97 to 106. It begins:—etat kalySjiarajlva nalifllmaddhyamandire I kuipbhaghope gayanasya Sarngapapeh pra&sanaip l Srl-Na- radah i bhagavan patmasaipbhuta paravaravidaip vara I paravarajagatsr^tisthitisaqiharakaraQa I var^itaip bhavata samyak puoyak?etrakadaipbakaip i jaipbudvlpavi^esepa varse bharatasaipjnake i ^ru?us tasya mahatmyaip k§etra- sya harimedhasah I tatvam acaksva bhagavan vistare^a pitamaha i iti prsto mahateja viSvasrg viSvagrahajiah i uvaca Naradayaiva k?etramahatmyam uttamaip i brahma i 6runu Narada bhadraip te savadhanena cetasa i kuipbhaghonasya mahatmyaiyi sarvaloke§u pujitaip. i etc. F. 5:—iti bhavi$yatpura$e kumbhaghoflamahatmye sa- ptanavatitamoddhyayah n F. 17:—iti bhavisyatpura$e maddhyamakhai^de brahma- naradasaipvade kumbhaghonamah&tmye Satatamoddhyayah il It ends:—iti bhavi^yatpurane maddhyamakhai^de bra- hmanaradasaipvade kmpbhaghonamah&tmye satSatatamo- ddhyayah il kuipbhagho^amahatmyaip saippuri^aip u om 16 rl- Sarhgapanisvamine namah u 190. Sansk. No. 10. Size etc.: 16 x 1? hi. r (1) + 61 leaves, generally 7 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: 18th or 19 th cent? Character: Grantha. Digitized by Google 250 M5- The SamastikdnanamaJidtmya , or Samastikdntdramdha - jmj/a, from the Brahmdnda-Purdna , Uttarakhanda, Adhya- yas 1—17, incomplete. It begins:—givaya namah i vande maheSvaran devaip vighne&am sanmukham gurum gane£an nandimukhyanS ca Sivabhaktan mahamunln i kadacin naimi£arapyamunayas saipSitavratah i satrayagam prakurvanaS SaivagamaviSaradah i drstva Sutam[m] mahatmanam papracchur’amitaujasah 16 am- bhoh kathapato netra **** pajayate i punar bruhi ma- heSasya katham papapranaiinlip i satkathsSravanenaiva cittavairagyam uttamaip i divyajnanan ca sumahat jayate paramaisvaram I iti pr?tas Sutayogl karunarasasevadhih l VySLsaip sarvajnam atulam ddhyatva svantasaroruha I yu- ya(n) dhanyatama loke mahe£a3rayasatkathami SrotukSmas ca sa(m)jatah yaksyami Srunutadarat I rahasyam astinikhilesv agamesu ca saryagah i srlmatkampahareS&naksetramaha- tmyam uttamaip I grunvatam sarvapapaghnaip bhuktimukti- phalapradam I sarvasaumyadaip sadyah caturvargaphala- pradaip i brahmavispumahe(n)dradyaih sevitaip sarvasi- ddhaye l puragastyena saipproktam j-slnaip bhavitatmanam i vaksye puratanaip pupyam grlmattribhuvanabhidhaip I dar- 6anat sarvapapaghnaip ksetraip ksetresv anuttamaip i tathapi tasya mahatmyaip brahmande bahudha 3rutam i tad adya vaksye yu$makaip lokanan ca hitaya ca i etc. F. 3b: — iti brahmapdapurape brahman5radasamv&de samastikananamahatmye uttarakhande prathamoddhyayah o F. 8:— iti ^rlmatbrahmandapurane sama$tikantarama- hatmye dvitlyoddhyayah n F. 30 b:—iti srlbra 0 samastikananama 0 navamoddhyayah 0 F. 56:—iti bra° samastikantarama 0 soda6oddhyayah n It breaks off (f. 61b) with the words :-^laukikair vaidikais capi krtva stotra£atai6 Sivam i prarttha(ya)m asa devesaip harsagatga(da)ya gira i svamin mannatha sarvajna grlmatkain- pahareti ca i sarve Iotas ca gynhlyur nnamadheyan tava- (d)bhutaip i evam samprartthito devah tathastv iti tirodadhe l tirohite tada deve raja harsasamanvitah i -- Digitized by LjOOQle APPENDIX BY F. W. THOMAS. Digitized by Google Digitized by Google 191. Whish No. 44. Size: 14*xl7 in.; 66 leaves -f 2 containing index and title in English + covers, 6—rarely 7—lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: Probably 17 th cent. Character: Grantha, legible and fairly correct. The Altar eya-Ar any oka in close agreement with the text printed in Bibliotheca Indica. At the end of II. 2. 3 we have the error tad vai Visvamitram for tad vaisvamitram: at the beginning of IL B. 4 and IL 6. 1 respectively the words apakramantu garbhinyah and yathasthanan tu gar - Ihinyah are omitted. A peculiarity of the MS. is that the colophons read aranah for dranyakah. The label reads ‘Big-Vedah; Araoyam. Vol. 4.’, and inside Whish has written ‘The Arariyam of the Rig-VSdah* and opposite *N. B. The 2 nd Aranyakam is called the Bahwricha-Brahipanopanishat; and the 3 rd Aranyakam is called the Samhitopanishat’. 192. Whish No. 47. Size: llfx 2 in.; 2 leaves (with 2 covers). 7—10 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: Perhaps 19 th cent. Character: Square Grantha, clearly written. The Kaivalyopanisad. At the end the MS.