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The label reads in Tamil yinta stalappuranam ku(mpa)- koxiam sivanakoviyedu312, with the numbers 2 (Tamil) and 7 (European), and the title Brahmandapuranam (European). For another MS. of a Kumbhakonamahatmya professing: also to belong to the Brahmanda-Purana, see Burnell,. Tanjore, p. 190 a. 204. Sansk. No. 19. Size: 111 X li (—) in., 26 leaves, 8—9 (more frequently 8) line* on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: 18th ce nt. Character: Grantha, clearer than in 203. The Kumbhakonamahatmya . It begins as in No. 203, but at the end adds, after 8utah f the commencement of a new adhyaya: kumbhaghoQasthale nama sthanam asti mahattaram i kayarohanavikhyataip. sarva — confirming the suspicion that a portion of the Mahatmya is lost. The adhyayas end as follows:— I 3a, II 5a, III 7b, IV 9a: Brhaspatisvargaprapti - kathana, V 11a, VI 14b, VII 16a: Mahamdghatirttha - vaibhava , VIII 17 b: Bhaskara[s]tapassiddhikathana, IX 21 b: Brahmahattistnhattimocana, X23b: Bilvaranyamahdtmye - Oautamagohattivimocana, XI 25a: Subdhvos carita (as No. 203), XII 26b: Ksetravaibhava . The MS. is slightly more correct than No. 203, which, if Digitized by LjOOQle -X 279 K~ not copied from this, is derived at any rate from a not remote common original, as is proved by the colophons and especially by the common error in the colophon of XV. The outer cover, shared with No. 195, shows various numbers (11, 26, 19, 11,48,11) in Grantha, Telugu, and Eu¬ ropean characters, likewise in various characters, ‘Harkness examed lees 20’ (?), Kumbhaghona-Mdhdtmya f Kodana, Kumbhovaram Puranam, Viratapuram, and another illeg¬ ible superscription. An attached label reads (in Tamil character) Kimpakonaksetra-Mdhatmyam Paratavirdtapar - vanil konsam . 205. Sansk. No. 20. Size: 14|xli in., 38 leaves + 2 between wooden boards, 6—8 lines to a page. Material: Palm leaves, j Date: 18 th , possibly 19th, cent. Character: Grantha, clearly written. The MS. shows numerous small gaps and ends abruptly. The Pdpavindsamdhatmya of the Brahmdnda-Purana. It begins:— namami grlpatim vi?nuip saccidanandam advayaip I svamayagaktisamksiptaprapancani gesasayinaip II Naradauvaca (sic) | §rimada§tak$arakhyasya mantrasya vada Samkara i kesu k$etre§u siddhi syad iti karunyato mama u Saipkara uvaca i samyak prsfaip. mahaprajna sarvalokahitavahaip. i a§taksaramahama(n)trasiddhiksetrani me 6rnu II satyaksetram hariksetram — — — — —-- -(4 Slokas). papanasam mahaksetrani sarvaksetrottamottamam I etSni siddhik§etrani vadanti munipumgavah 0 astaksarasya mantrasya catustriipsan mahamune i etesu pu$yaksetre§u kurvataip sumahat tapah u kalena bhuyasa siddhih papanasasthalaip vina i papanaSe tapassiddhir acirad eva jay ate u Digitized by LjOOQle 280 It ends:— tesaip bhuktin ca muktin ca dehi keSava nayaka[h] u ayam eva hi me kamo nanyosti madhusudana I tva dadayam (for tvadodayam?) me syat kamo (vai)kuntha- iSvarah i [nSyaka ti evaip saipprartthito laksmya keSavah kamalapatih i tathastv iti jagadainani pa. Summary of the adhyayas :— I (ends 5 b, Madhavaraksasatvamoksana): Story of the Brahmaraksasa and the Brahmana Dalbhya. II (ends 10 b, &arabhdmadyasumva(dh)o ): Story of the Brahmana Kundina, who with his wife Gupadhya is cast into the sea by an asura Simhanana at the command of the asura king Sarabha, but is saved by Garuda and ultimately reaches PapanaSa, where he meets ParaSara. Visnu destroys the asuras. III (ends 12 a, Kundinatapascarana). IV (ends 14 b, Kundinamoksakathana): K. praises Visnu, who instructs him to settle one Yojana from Srlranga on the N. bank of the Kaverl (13 b), where he begets a son named Papana£e6vara, and then proceeds to Papana£a, where he obtains mukti. The mukti-securing stotra is given. V (ends 18 b, Sudarsanamuktikatliana ): Temptation of SudarSana by a nymph; he resists her and obtains mukti (marudvrdha = ‘river’ 15a, 1. 4, 19b, 1. 2). VI (ends 21b, Subodhacarita): Story of Subodha and the Baksasa Candakopa. VII (ends 25 a, Prahladamoksaprada): At the suggestion of Sanatkumara Prahlada obtains mukti from Vi?nu. VIII (ends 28a, Pratapamracarita): Story of the Cola king Pratapavira, son of Pratapavlra, who constructs many dykes (kulya) in order to irrigate the land on both sides of the Kaverl. On a certain occasion the river disappears in a daksipavartta-shaped gartta at a place called &vetavighnesvara£ivasthana. A famine ensues and for three years P. endeavours in vain to fill the gartta. He then appeals to a Brahmana Eranda, Digitized by Google 281 t<r ■ dwelling at the foot of an Eranda tree, who says that it will not be filled until a muni equal to himself or a king equal to P. leaps in. That honour falls to the sage, who, when P. is about to follow him out of re¬ morse for a Brahmana’s death, reappears and directs him to visit PapanaSa and set up fallen lingas &c. This he does and obtains union with Yisnu. The lines describing the kulyas are as follows:— PratapavlranrpatiS Colendro munipumgavah i Colaksetresv osadhlnam * *• vrddhyarttham ekada u gramanan nagaranan ca kaveryyubhayakulatah I sukuly&h khanayamSsa sasyavrddhyarttham adarat o tlradvaye ca kaveryyam ye vasanti Sivalayah I ye ca visnvalayas santi tan apalayata prabhuh 11 tat-tad-devalayasthana (sic) devanSm api dattavSn i bahuksetrani vittani bhakti^raddhapurassaram u kulyanam abhiraksarttham sa Pratapanrpo mune i 6ilabhir istikabhi6 ca mukhadvaram akalpayat o kaverlmulakulyanam sudhalepanapurvakam i evaip sambandhitaS ColadeSo bhupatina mune n (25 b, 1. 6 sqq.) IX (ends 32 b, Pnndarikasarastirthavaibhavakathana): Story of the devas and the asura Candavega whom with his army Yisnu destroys at Papanaia. Praise of the Puiidarlka-saras, named after a sage Pundarlka (31a, 1.7). X (ends 36 a, Pundarikamunikathana) : Digging of the saras by Pundarlka at the advice of Dalbhya. P. ob¬ tains mukti. XI (unfinished): Lak§ml performs tapas and asks to be allowed to dwell with the good instead of with the bad, who on her travels round the world have hitherto been her hosts. Yisnu consents. The situation of the tlrtha is thus defined (lb, 1. 6sqq.):^— kumbhaghonasya nairtyam (sic) niSi (read di£i) caiv&rddhayo- kaveryya daksine tire papa(na6a)sthalam hareh n [janei muktidani varttate puinsani vasataip bhuktidaip tatha i Digitized by LjOOQle —282 On the two spare leaves at the beginning we read ‘harih i om i’ ‘papavinasamahatmyam , ‘Sriyai namah i grantha 880’ in Grantha character with ‘yedu 318’ in Tamils and 2 in Telugu and European character: finally the title again pencilled in European letters, and on an attached label in Grantha. 206 . Sansk. No. 21. Size: I65- X1 i in., 18 leaves + cover, 7 (rarely 6) lines to a page. Material: Palm leaves, j Date: 18 u* cent. Character: Grantha. The Tulaswanamdrlcandeyasrinivdsahsetramdhatmya of the Madhyamabhaga of the Bhavisyottara-Purana. It begins:— devadevaravindaksa kahjasana surarccita 1 praslda jagatan natha sarvalokanamaskrta u ksetrabrndavidhanajna tlrtthabrndavicak§ana 1 mantrabpndavidhanajna vimanajna sureSvara 11 $rutva tvatto mukundasya mahatmyam pavanam paraip. 1 manaso na bhavet trptir atah prcchami saipprataip u kypaya bruhi Sisyaya lokanam vai hitaya ca 1 kuipbhaghopasya mahatmyam varpane yan manak cchrutanm markandeyamahaksetram sarvalokaikapavanaip 1 bruhi me devadeveSa guhyat guhyataraip paraip u It ends:— dharmakamartthamoksanaip yah pafhet pratar utthitah u etan mahatmyam atulam patrobhun natra samSayah u Subhaip bhavati sarvesani siddhir bhavati maipgalam u iti 611 -bhavisyottarapurane madhyamakhapde tulaslvana- markan<leyasrinivasaksetramahatmye tlrtthamahimanuvar- nanan nama navamoddhyayab l harih 1 om 1 Subham astu 1 kallyapatbhutagatraya kamikartthapradayine Srlmadveipka- tanathaya srlnivasaya mamgalain 1 Digitized by Google Hh 283 Summary of the adhydyas :— I (ends 3 b): The situation of the tlrtha is thus defined (la, 1. 5):—Sahyajadaksifle tire purvSipbodhes tu paScime I sarddhakroSe kuipbhaghonat purvabhage munlSvara II tulaslvanam ity etat ksetraip pavanapavanani I adav eva mahaksetram markandeyan tatah paraip n We hear (la, 1. 7) of a puskarinl at the tlrtha. Some details of places are given fol. 3. II (ends 5 a): Origin of the Tulaslvana (Tulasl daughter of Sudhdbindu 4 a, 1. 3). A Tulaslkavaca is mentioned and given at length (4b, L 5.). III (ends 6 b): Markandeya visits the Tulaslvana and performs tapas at the foot of a Tulasl. IV (ends 7b): Dharai^I (= Tulasl) appears to M. and becomes his daughter. Y (ends 10 a): Visnu appears as an aged ascetic and begs for the girl: on her refusal M. appeals to Vi?nu. VI (ends 12 a): M. praises Vi?nu, who asks for Tulasl, and promises to M. 3 boons, (1) that he and Tulasl shall dwell at the tlrtha, to be called after M.’s name, (2) food without salt (see 11a: no salt to be brought to Hari’s temple), (3) moksa, Visnu adds that M. shall see the Aka6anagarl, which shall be visible under the name Kalyanapura or Markandeyasthala. The tlrtha is called Sarnga. The dvadaSaksaravidya 11 b, 1. 5. VII (ends 13 a): Marriage of Visnu and Tulasl. The temple Suddhananda built 13 a, 1. 6. YIII (ends 14b, Tirthamahatmya): The Aka§anagara is nairrtyam tlrttharajasya . IX (ends 18 a): Brahman establishes a festival. The fruits of bathing in the Ahoratryahvayatlrtha. The sage Deva&mnan (a Bharadvaja), having ravished a daughter of Jaimini, is cursed to become a kraunca and liberated only when a Sal tree on which he nests falls into the tlrtha. The Candratlrtha (16b, 11. 1—4), Sarngatlrtha (16b, 1. 5). Suryatlrtha (16b, 1.6), Indratlrtha (17b, 1.2), and Brahma- tirtha (17 b, L 3).