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gubhasthalam n sarasaram mahaksetram kaveryyaS cottare tate | kapisthalaip nrnaip sarvasiddhidairi pavanam paraip n It ends:— puiiyan caritran jagadekapavanam bhaktipradam sarvasukhavahan ca i pathec Srunotlha kapisthalesvaram prapnoti drstva purusartthabhak bhavet n iti &c. harih om i ^rlgurubhyo namah i Primate gajendra- varadaparabrahmane namah i Primate hayagrlvaya namah i gajendrarttivinaSaparabrahma^ie namah i a I grantham 7, 100. Summary of the adhyayas :— I (ends 4 b); II (ends 8 a); III (ends 11 b, Indradyumna- gajendraprapti ); IV (ends 15 a, Gajendrarttiharana)] V (ends 16b). These five adhyayas relate the foundation of Kapisthala by Rama’s apes, and the fight between an elephant and a crocodile as told in the Gajendra- moksana (Aufrecht-Oxford, p. 5 a, Ind. Oft, p. 1159 a b and often printed in the Pancaratna). According to the present MS. the nakra is a Gandharva cursed by his teacher Devala, and the elephant the Paijdyan king Indradyumna, who had incurred the anger of Agastya. The elephant is saved by Visnu, at whose instance Brahman founds the Gajendramoksana or Gajarttiharajia tlrtha. There Vi§nu shows himself yearly in the month VaiSakha. Digitized by LjOOQle -X 273 K~ YI (ends 18 b): Brahman visits Visjiu at Kapisthala and founds a festival. •yn (ends 22 b, Oajendramoksatirtthavaibhava). YIII (ends 26 b, Qajendraimksatirtthapariksana) gives an account of a visit by Indra and §acl. IX (ends 29b, Tlrtthavaihhavanirupam)\ X (ends 31a). XI (ends 33 b, TlrUhavaibhavanirupana), and XII (ends 35b, SarvaksetraprMdvaphdasrutinirupana) give the history of various other tlrthas at Kapisthala, the Brahmatlrtha, Indrapuskarini, Yamatlrtha (IX), the Vyasatlrtha, Laksmltirtha (X), the Bilvatlrtha, Papa- vinaSatlrtha with the story of Cyavana and Sukanya, Agastyatlrtha (XI), the Yisvamitratlrtha, Da6atlrtha. This last perhaps means all the ten preceding, taken together: cf. fol. 2a, 1L 4—6 (XII). In all cases are recorded the names of the tirthapala, the devata, the bodhi-tree, and the exact location. The most important feature of PapavinaSa appears to have been a temple called Panca^rnga (18a, 1. 2., 26b, L 2). Vi$iui is attended by §rx under the title Srl-Bhumi. The site is thus defined, lb, 1. 5sqq.: — kaverisaritas tire hy uttare daksine tatha I pa^cime caiva purvabdher yojananan catu§taye ii S rlramgat purvabhage tu yojananan catustaye i The covers give in Tamil the words kumpakonam sva- pavukku merakke kapistalappuranam yedu 315 and the numbers 8 (Tamil) and 5 (European), also the title ‘Brah- Inandapuranam , in European writing. 202 . Sansk. No. 18 . Size: lOxly in., 15 leaves + 1 cover, 7 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: Probably 18 to cent. Character : Grantha. 18 Digitized by LjOOQle 274 f<- The Kayarohanamcihatmya. It begins:— Saunakadya mahatmana rsayo brahmayadinah | naimiSakhye maharanye tapas tepur mumuk?avah n ekada te m(ah)atmanah samajan cakrur uttamam i dharmartthakamamoksanam upayam jhatum icchavah n sadvim^atisahasranam munayas.te mahaujasah I tesam. 6isyapra£i$yanam sa(in)khya vaktun na Sakyate U kani ksetrani punyani kani tlrtthani bhutale I katham va prapyate muktir brhan (read nynan ?) tapErtta- cetasam u ity evam prastum atmanam .ndyatan preksya Samkarah (read &aunakah) n Saunakah i aste siddhasrame punye Suta(h) pauranikottamah u yajan makhair bahuvidhai(r) vi£varupaip jagadguruni u sa eva sakalani vetti Yyasa^isyo mahamunih II tasmat tam evam prcchama ity hce Saunako munih 11 atha te munayo jagmuh punyam siddhaSramam vanam w iksantas tam avabhrthan tatra tasthur makhalaye n addhvaravabhrthasnanam muniqa pauranikottamam u papracchus te sukhasinam naimi^aranyavasinam a ysayali i kani &c. &c. katham give manusyanam (sic) bhaktir avyabhicarinl a vada sarvamuniSrestha sarvam etad asamSayah i Sutah i grunuddhvam rsayas sarve sandisto vo vadamy ahaip a gltam Sanatkumaraya kumarena mahatmana i kayarohananathasya mahatmyam paramatbhutam a It ends:— etatksetrasya mahatmyam i ye firpvanti pathanti ca i vaktaraip. pujayanti ye i te§aip manoratham svayam i dadyat kayadhirohanaip. i Digitized by LjOOQle 275 bhusanair yividliai(r) vastrai(s) tambulai(r) dhanaddhanya- vaktarani pujayitva tu givasayujyam apnuyat u [kaih i hariji i om i Summary:— I (4 b, Adipurdne Limgotpatti) relates the origin of the linga near to Sivakhyarajadham. The site is thus described (3 a, 11.6—7):— purvaipbodhitate ramye pundarlkapurasya ca i yojanatrayasimante kaveryyaS caiva daksine n II The Kayarohapa. On the banks of the Yamuna was a village called Yedapurl, where dwelt a sage of the Gargyas, named Kardama. His son Pupdarlka, wishing to obtain sayujya , worships Mahadeva for 2000 years at Benares, but without success. At the advice of a certain Vamadeva he proceeds to Kancl, and sets up (6 b, 1. 7) a Kayarohapa linga. After 62,000 years a heavenly voice informs him that, that place being a bhogadhikya sthana , he would find a difficulty in there obtaining sayujya sardhadehena. He must depart to a bhogamoksasama sthana . Proceeding to Kumbhakopa at a time when Jupiter was in Leo, he sets up a Kayarohana at a tlrtha named from Siva (7 a, 1. 6). After 80,000 years he is advised by a Rsi Ka^va to visit Ksetrarajapura on the shore of the eastern ocean between Pundankapura and Vedaranya , a yojana from Kamalasannidhana (? P. N.) on the east. There he is to bathe vrddhakaverisamgarne. Pundarlka goes there, and beholds Parame6vara with Ambika. On the west of the linga, which is west of the Sarvatlrtha, he establishes an asrama and a Kayarohana linga. Siva appearing grants him sayujya and promises to Kanva that bhakti shall always be amhcald at the place. (Here perhaps a chapter ends, 9 b, 1. 7.) After a long interval Kanva obtains sasanrena sayujya . (? a chapter ends 11a, 1. 6.) Story of the Yindhya and Agastya, who visits Kayarohana and sets up a linga in the dgneyadigbhaga (Agastyalinga 13a, 1. 2). 18 * Digitized by Google -^4 276 hi¬ story of Nagaraja. Sesa, desiring offspring, visits Ka- yarohana with his wife and sets up a linga W. of the Sarvatlrtha. His wife bears a daughter, who is ultimately bestowed upon a king Sallsuka, of the Suryavamga, who comes to Pannagendrapura (Ahlndrapura). &esa, having placed his mantrin on the throne, gives his mind to tapas and obtains sayujya (14 a, 1. 4). Praise of the tlrtha. On one cover we find the figure 7 (European) and on the other an illegible scrawl in Tamil. 203. Whish No. 187 B. Size: 18Xll in., 38 leaves + 1 blank + cover, 5 (sometimes 4) lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: 181* cent. Character: Grantha, somewhat cramped, bnt legible. The Kumbhakonamdhatmya of the Ksetravaibhavakhanda of the Uttarabhaga of the Brahmanda-Purana. The colo¬ phon to adhy. XI has Palasavammahatmya in place of Uttarabhaga . It begins:— pura kadacid ajagmuh punyarapyopa^obhitaip. I naimiSan nimi&ksetram rsayo gautamltate u vidhatuk&ma vidhivat satram dvadasavar§ikaip. i hutaganasamakarah pratarastuhutasanah (sic) u Kapilah Pulaho---- -(12 Slokas) (2 a, 1.2.) Sutam abhyagatam vlksya tejasa suryyasannibhain i tasmai brahmasanan datva tarn ucus tatra tenaghah a Suta praslda sumate sutarani sujata s(v)arvahinljalajasaurabhasodarlbhih i vakbhir virinca vanitakarunajharlbhis tvan no drutam vj*jinatapam apakurusva a (2 b, L 3.) pura prasaipgena puranaratne brahmS^danamnl (sic) prakatlkftaip. yat I Digitized by LjOOQle 277 Mr- kincit tad acaksva vivicya kamam sil-Kumbhakonasthalavaibhavan nah b It ends:— adikumbhesamahatmyam prektam (read proktam) eva dvi- jottamah u anyad atraiva yusmakam tatra saryahitaya ca D iti brahmapdapurane ksetravaibhavakhapde kupabba- konamahatmye ksetravaibhavan nama dvadaSoddhyayah i Sutah i Summary of the adhyayas :— I (ends 6a): Suta begins yyith the praises of Kumbha- - ghopa on the Kaverl and the Ka^yapakhyatlrtha (3b, 1. 3 and 4b, 1. 2). Kagyapa practising tapas there, Siva promised that the tlrtha should bear K.’s name . and that his (S.’s) image should be there. II (ends 9 b): The Hemapu§karinltirtha and Madhya- rjjunapura (6b 1. 2.). The AdikumbheSvaralinga and the Hemabjatlrtha (7 a, 1. 4 = Hemapuskaripl 7 b, 1. 1). Account of the foundation of the tlrtha. The Kumbha and Siva. Mandhatr worships at the spot. III (ends 12 b): The Hemapu§karinlcakratlrtha and—to the north—the Svayambhuvatlrtha (12 a, 1. 3.). A vimana Yai§nava mentioned 12a, 1.4.: Laksml-Bhumi 12 a, 1.6. IY (ends 14 b, Brhaspatisvargaprdptikathana): The Some- Svaratlrtha and the Hemakarasaras. Story of Brhaspati. Y (ends 17 a): The Patalabijalinga at the Aivatthatlrtha. YI (ends 21b): Story of the Umabhaga. VII (ends 23 b, Mahamaghatirthavaibhava): The Papa- panodanasaras, where Siva was present as Kayaro- hananatha. Ym (ends 26b, Bhdskara[s]tapas8iddhikathana): The Bhaskaraksetra. IX (ends 30b, Brahmahattistnhattimocana): Account of the Kasyapatlrtha, presided over by Umasahaya. Story of king Satyaklrtti of Candrapura in Malwa, slain by a jealous wife. X (ends 33 a, Bilvaran (ya) mahatmye Oautamagohattivi - mocana): Story of the Gautamasaras, where was a Digitized by LjOOQle * j> i 27 B ■ linga of Siva. Cidambara mentioned 31a, L 5.; Mayu- rasth&na 32 a, 1. 2. XI (ends 35 a, Subahv[o Marudvaty]as ca carita ): Storjr of Subahu and his wife Marudvati. XII (ends 38 a, Ksetravaibhava ): Recapitulation and praise of Kumbhagho^ia. The Colophons usually spell Kumbhagho^a (sic). The final colophon was apparently intended to be followed bjr a fresh adhyaya, as Suta’s name is repeated: see also No. 204.