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Digitized by LjOOQle 284 On the cover we read in Tamil: Inta stalapura^am kumpakonatukku samipam uppili appana yena nukua vis- nukovilapuranam yedu 18 and inside the title, as given above, in Grantha. 207. Wm8H No. 186. Size: 9j-x1t in., 6 leaves (numbered 70, 71, 73 —74, 80—81) and 2 covers, 7—9 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: 18 tb (possibly 17 th) cent. Character: Grantha. The last part of the Mahdganapaddhati of Girvanen- dra Sarasvati, pupil of Visvesvara Sarasvati, who was himself a pupil of Amarendra Sarasvati. It begins:— * * * * x *• * $ m madhu melayitva sampisya japtanyayutadvayena (sic) I ebhis Subhair anjitalocano yo marttyani dhanani sa .pagyatlha ii lajjanduka prasiddha laksanan tu spargasamkucavatpa- tratvam i ghanasarah karpurah §uklam girikarnika Sveta- parajitah trevau (??) eka tpnam i ayahprasuna 6aipkha- pu?plm ayomukhapu?paki i bhavet gane£arnasatastajapta- Srlkhandilepat kila duhkhanaSah i £rlkhanda§ candanakhandah 6atastajaptety a§tottara§ata- japtam ity artthah evam sarvatra liita savisphotakabhutakptya(t) pretotbhavat ghoratara(j) jvarac ca i manorathast-adhy asahasraj apad vina&ayen (sic) mantrivaras tu vaSyam u visadvayam sthavarajangaman ca j varan athastav iha SularogSn i sudarunan tarn grahanln ca rogan vataprasutan kaphapittajatan II galagrahadln api rogasamghan ^ata§tajapena vinasayeta Digitized by LjOOQle. 285 K5~ lak§aikajapena manorathasya I siddhir bhaved asya hi padukayah u It ends:— somasuryyoparage ca parvane£ (sic) Suddhayos tatha i siddhamptadiyogesu dvada£adivrate?u ca n caturtthyan ca tatha sastyaip. vasare sukrasomayoh i uktakalesu vidhivat ganeSam samyag arccayet u iti srlmatp ar amahaips ap arivr aj akacary aS rim a d - Amaren- drasarasvatl£i§ya3rlmad-Vi6vesvarasarasvatyah priya£isyena Girvanendrasarasvatya viracita mahaganapaddhatis sam- aptah i harih i om I §rlvancchattiliru Kukurn &e§adriyaulaputran §e§adrina su(read sva)hastalikhitam i Srlvancche&varaman- galanayakyai namah i kalamkamakakattasrlvighneSvaraya namah i Srlsarasvatyai namah i 6rIgurubhyo namah i Then in uninked letters: ganesaya namah! For the author see Aufrecht CO. s. v. Girvdnendrasarasvati. The work deals with charms, and seems especially devoted to Ganesa. Possibly it bears some relation to the Gant - sapaddhati (dh.) by Somesvaraputra mentioned by Auf¬ recht CC. II p. 196. 208. Sansk. No. 22. Size: 7|xlj in., 26 leaves + 2 blank between boards, 6 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: 18 th or 19th cent. Character: Malayalam. An astrological work bearing no name. It begins:— harih i Srlganapataye namah i avighnam astu I Srlgurubhyo namah I trilokambayai namah i kalavenuravah kalayanllah kamalacumbanalampatotiramyabl alipota ivaravindamadhye ramatani me hpdi devaklkiSorah n jayati jagatah prasutir vigvatma sahajabhusaijaip nabhasah i drutakanakasadi^ada^a^atamayukhamalarccitas savita ii Digitized by CjOOQle ~>4 286 f<~ arkkendvarabudhacaryyaSukramandasiketavah i rak§antv amum grahas sarwe yah pusye mrgalagnajah o vidhatra likhita ya sa lalatek?aramalika I daivajhas tam pathed vyaktaip horanirmmalavaksasa 11 pu§yarkse Sltabhanav udayati mrgabhe vj^cikasthe ca bhanau bhuputradau vaniksatpadasatuladhanuryyugmajikakriyasthei cchallsmelugh(?) isoyas samajani bhavatal lokamatrprasadat balah prajnonujoyam kalitadhanasukharogyadlrghghayur adhyah u athaharggano likhyate. It ends:— £e§a daSah kramena yojyah i Subham astu I the writing on the last leaf being indistinct and in places hardly legible. There is no regular division into chapters, but new topics are introduced by atha, as follows:— lb, 1. 6. athaharggano likhyate. 2 a, 1. 4. atha tatkaladuggaoita grahassatvakyani likh- yante. 4b, 1. 2. atha bhasakalidinadayah. 5 a, 1. 6. atha bhavaSrayaphalani. 8 b, 1. 5. atha raSmayo likhyante. 9 b, 1. 2. atha yogaphalam. 10 b, 1. 1. athastakavarggo likhyate. lib, 1.3. atha samudayastakavarggah. 12 a, 1. 6. atha bhavah lagnadlnaip samanvayah. 13 b, 1. 3. atha bhavestagrahadust-ayah. 15 b, 1. 5. atha grahanam sthanabalaip. 16 a, 1. 1. atha cestabalani. 16 a, 1. 3. athowabalam. 16b, 1. 1. athayanabalam. 16b, 1. 3. atha kalabalaip. 16 b, 1. 5. atha nisarggabalaip. 17 a, LI. atha grahabalapuhj&ni. 17 a, 1.4. atha lagnadibhavabalapunjani. 17 b, 1. 5. atha suksmaraSmayah. 18 a, 1. 2. atha lagnabhavasya baladhikyad atrSrpSakadaSa likhyate. 18b, 1. 3. atha bhavavindanam. Digitized by LjOOQle 287 ><r ■ 26 a, L 3. atha kalacakrada^a. 26 a, L 6. atha naksatradaia likhyate. On the outer side of one of the boards N in Roman character. 209. Sansk. No. 23. Size: 87 Xl? in., 31 leaves + covers, 8 lines (generally) on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: 18 th cent. Character: Grantha. Unnamed. But in the margin at the beginning Ahgirasa - parisat, and at the end Snmukhaparisat is written. It begins:— vaglSadya sumanasa sarvartthanam upakrame 1 yan natva krtakptya stus (read syus) tan namami gajananam 1 vinddhya- syottarade&e barhaspatyamanabdo grahyahvinddhyadaksina- dese sauracandramanabdo grahyah barhaspatyamanena citrabhanusamvassarah (sic) sauracandram&nabhyam Sngira- sasaiiivassarah sarvatra &u (?)rodayava£at pusyabdah asya saipvassarasya Salivahanaiakabdah 1 It is incomplete, breaking off as follows:— ddhruvam gaipgeyo valliprltih pusa 4 ku 8 Sunnyatithir ala i There are no regular chapters. On fol. 2 a, 1. 4 we find a section beginning ‘atha saI^lvassaraphalaIn , and on 4 a, 1. 7 one beginning ‘atha makarasaI^lkrantiphalam , . The rest is mainly numbers &c., arranged as in a table. On the cover subham astu minaksisahayam\ with two lines of Tamil writing (of an astrological nature) inside. 210 . Sansk. No. 24. Size: 12x1—lj in., 5 leaves + 1 double leaf joined at the left side, 5 —6 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: 18th 0 r 19th cent. Character: Malayalam. Injuries: All the leaves are more or less mutilated. Digitized by LjOOQle ■*-^*1 288 Kr- A slip of paper wrapped round these few leaves states that they were presented by Col. H. S. Osborne, March 1 st 1828, and that they contain a copy of a Malabar (L e. Malayalam) petition. On one of them however the language is Sanskrit, and it begins the Ragadvesaprakaranam , as follows:— citghanam paramatmanani apannaivarusakptim I advitiyam aparan tarn Vekite^agurum (sic) bhajet n ? ragadvesaprakaranam. ragadyS sodasa. 211 . Whish No. 180. Size: 14? X if in., 24 leaves between boards, 9 (later 8) lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: Perhaps 19th cent. Character: Square Grantha, clearly written. Injuries: The left-hand lower corner of the first 16 leaves has been partially rubbed away. The Samkaracaryacarita in 9 adhyayas. It begins:— x x x x namas tasmai yatprasadavivasvata i pratyuhadhvantavidhvamsah kriyate sarvakarmmanam ii madlyarasanabamganatanesu samutsuka i esa Sarasva x x x x x m anandadayinl n samSgritapadambhojajanatasurapadapah i sarvam mama Subhabhlstaip. purayet partthasSrathih n ksiptvajnanatamorasim padarttha x x x x x I gururatnapradlpo me manodhamani bhSsatam il visnulllamrtanan te karttarah kavipumgavSh i jayanti sutaram loke Valmlkivyasasamkarah n •x -x x x x x x nde vyasacalam idam kaviin i babhuva Samkaracaryyaklrttikallolinl yatah II atyunnatasya kavyadror vvyahsacalabhyapo khilam i x x x x x x x x m asamartthoham atbhutam ii hrasvam atyamkuSagrahyam gyhltva kalayami tat I nibandhanasrjam kancitadvatlsvaramagno mude n Digitized by CjOOQle 289 *- s s * * * * •# * * * * * vakarpitara I karomi yativaryyasya nide£am samupa^ritah ll kathasamksepa evadyo dvitlyoddhyaya utbha(y)e(t) ! &c. It ends:— £nmacchamkarade£ikasya caritastotram prabodhapradaip. nirddandakhilapapavrndavidhinam samksiptam etan narah i ye 6rnvanti pathanti cadarayuta sancintyanvaham te labdhva bhuvi saippadan ca sakalam ante labhantemytaip 11 iti §n-Saijikarac5ryyacarite navamoddhyayah i Srlgurubhyo namah I The following is a summary of the story, which is told in a sober and credible style with scarcely any miracles:— adhy. I (ends 2 b, 1. 7) Kathasamksepa . II (5a, 1. 7) Story of Upamanyu and birth of Samkara, which ‘causes the books to slip from the hands of the Dvaitavadins’ (5 a, 1. 2.). The birthplace was in the Kerala country (famous for the birth of Medinikara &c 3 a, 1. 1), where was the Daksi$akailasa tlrtha, also called SySnandura (? 3 a, 1. 2). Here were two rivers Nila (?) and Cur^I, and on the north bank of the latter, at a place called Kalatl, was the home of S.’s parents, whose names are not given. III (8 a, L 7): Saipkara’s precocity. At five years of age he loses his father, and he is brought up by his mother, for whose sake, when sixteen years old, he brings the river near to the house. The river was thence called Ambapaga. A crocodile seizes him while bathing, and in gratitude for his escape he becomes a Sannyasin. He is initiated by Govindasvamin, pupil of Gauda- pada, with whom he spends a long period. Having with difficulty obtained leave, he visits tlrthas. The friendly counsels of the guru are charmingly related. Proceeding to the BadarikaSrama, he studies Vedanta and composes the Bha?yapradlpika. VyEsa appears and compliments him. IV (10 a, 1. 3): After his mother’s death, §. returns to the Badarika^rama, where the Brahman Vi?puSarman, son 19 Digitized by LjOOQle ->i 290 Kr- of Soma£arman of Srlkundagrama in the Kerala country, becomes his first disciple. Y (12 b, LI): 6. visits BhattacSrya atPrayaga. The latter, previously devoted to the karmakanda, is converted to S.’s views.