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i adharam saryabhutanaip hayagrlvam upasmahe i atha ^aktamantranan jijnasa i atmaivakhapdakaracaitanya- svarupasam svavidya i etc. It ends: — anuttarasaipketapradhanavidyas saptadasa- varnavisista(h) i athaitasam parivaranam anupariyara asaip- khyakah i iti 6rlmat-paramahaipsaparivrajakacaryya-&uka- Yogindra - Sisya - Sri - Gaudapadacaryya - viracitani sutrava- kyani i samaptani II (2) The &rwidydratna(sutra)dipikd, by Yxdydranya Muni, a pupil of Sankaracarya, ff. 3 a—23 b. It begins:—balarkamapdalabhasaip caturbahan trilo- canam i pa^amkusadhanurbanaip dharayantlm givaip bhaje | Srividyaratnasutranaip vakyartthap(r)atipadane I bhaga- vatyah prasadena kriyate dipika maya I sa bhagavatl jagat srstvedan tasmin devatadln utpadya, etc. It ends: — iti paramahamsa-pariyrajakacaryya-^nmat- bhagavat-§amkaracaryya-3isya-£rI-Vidyaranya-munikrta-6rI- vidyaratnadlpika samapta ii harih orp etc. (3) The Atharvasirdbhasya, by Bhdskara Bdya. The leaves are foliated in the ordinary way as ff. 24—37, and also as 1 to 14 by letters, viz. ka, kha, ga, gha, ha, ca, cha, ja, jha, na, ta, tha, da, dha. It begins :-£rInathamghriparagaiko paragad aparagadhlh | atharvagiraso bhasyam bhasate Bhaskaras sudhlh ii iha khalu Srlmahatripur asund ary yah etc. It ends:—iti bhayanopanisadotharyana^irasotra racitavan bhasyam i Bhaskara-Rayo yidusan tustyai jlvanmumuk§u- naip d om Srlgurubhyo namah n Digitized by LjOOQle —^ 22 ■ 19 . Whish No. 18. Size: 28x2 in., 103 leaves, 8 or 9 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: The MS. appears to be fairly old, early 17 th century? Scribe: R&ma. Character: Malayalam. The leaves are numbered by letter* according to the system discussed by Professor Bendall in the JRAS, October 1896, pp. 790 seq. See Preface. Injuries: The MS. is much damaged, part of f. 85 is broken off and lost. The Mahabharata, Parvan ii: The Sabha-Parvan, in 114 Adhyayas. Differs much from the text of our editions. It begins:—harih om ganapataye namah avighnam astu Janamejayah aijjuno jayatam ^resfho moksayitva mayan tada i kin cakara mahatejas tan me bruhi dvijottama Vai6am £j*nu rajann avahita£ caritam. 1 rmmukagresthan turni caksayasayakau divyany astrani rajendra durllabhani nppair bhuvi rathaddhvajapatakaS ca Svetagvais saha vlrya- van etani pavakat prapya muda paramaya yutah 1 2 3 tasthau mahaviryas tada saha mayena sah tatobravln mayah partthah vasudevasya sannidhau pa.3 stat kptam pratyanusmaran pranjali Slaksnaya vaca pujayitva punah- punah Mayah asmac ca krsnat samkruddhat pavakac ca didhaksatah tvaya tratosmi kaunteya bruhi kiip karavani te aham hi viSvakarma yai asuranaip parantapa tasmat te vismayam kincit kuryam adya suduskaraip evam ukto mahavlryyah parttho mayavinam mayam dhyatva muhurttam kaunteyah prahasan vakyam abravlt i Arjjunah I kytam eva tvaya sarvam svasti gaccha mahasura i etc . It is unfortunate that the difficult and much discussed verse ii, 66, 8 (the he-goat and the knife) occurs on f. 84, a damaged leaf. The verse reads: — [ajo hi Sastra^m 1 The rest of the line is lost, the leaf being damaged. 2 Leaf damaged. Read upatasthau. 3 The rest of the line, about six Aksaras, lost. <4 These aksaras are lost. Digitized by Google 23 K~ akhanat kilaikah Sastre vipannobhiparasya bhumiip. nikrn- tanam svasya kanthasya ghoran tadyad vairaipm ma khanlh panduputraih i It ends:—evaip. gavatgane k§atta dharmmartthasahitaiji vacah uktavan na grhltan ca maya putrahitepsuna a d iti Sffinahabharate Satasahasrikayaip. saiphitayaip sabhaparvapi anudyute dkrtara§trapa6cattapo nama caturda&aiatatamo- ddhyayah u o sabhaparvam samaptaip n harih &rlk?$paya namah u Ramena likhitam id am pustakam n 20 . Whish No. 19. Size: 16^X11 in., 286 leaves, 9 or 10 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: The MS. looks fairly old, 17century? Character: Malayalam. The BJidgavata-Purana, Skandhas i-ix. It begins: —harih Srlga^apataye namah ayighnam astu janmadyasya yatonvayaditarata£ cartthesv abhijnas svarat tene brahma hpda ya adikavaye muhyanti yat surayah tejo- varimpdaip. yatha vinimayo yatra trisarggomr^a dhamna svena sada nirastakuhakaip satyam paran dhlmahi, etc . It ends (f. 283 b): —drstya vidhuya vijaye jayam udvi- ghusya procyoddhavaya param samagat svadhama i cha n ity astadaSasahasrikayaip saiphitayaip sribhagavate maha- purane navamaskandhe caturviip§oddhyayah u Then follow two odd leaves, one unnumbered, the other numbered as 170. 21 . Whish No. 20. Size: lOfxlg in., 96 leaves, 8 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date: Entries by Mr. Whish are dated ‘Calicut 1826’. The MS. is probably not much older. Character: Grantha. Digitized by LjOOQle 24 (a) The Caramvyuha, ff. 1—4. It begins:—athatas caranavyuham vyakhyasyamah tatra yad uktan caturvedyah catvaro veda jnata bhavanti I rgvedo yajurvedas samavedotharvaveda(6) ceti i tatra rgvedasya sapta bheda bhavanti i etc . It ends:—yodhlte caranavyuham sa viprah pankti- pavanah i tarayaty akhilan purvan purusan sapta sapta ca i yo namani pura deva amrtatvan ca gacchati i lokatltam mahaSantim amrtatvan ca gacchati I amrtatvan ca gacchaty on nama ity aha bhagavan Yyasah Para^aryyo Yyasah u vasudevasvarupaya vivasvatbimbatejase I vedovam^avadam- 6aya Yedavyasaya te namah ii srlgurucaranaravindabhyan namah n sribrhaspataye namah ii (b) The beginning of a Commentary on the Satarudriya or Rudradhydya (Taittiriya-Samhita iv, 5), ff. 5—7. It begins:—on namo rudraya rudranam vyakhyam vaksyami yajjape i moksaghaksayasalokyavyadhina&am pra- yojanam i atha jabalopanisat i atha hainam brahmacarina ucuh kinjapyenamytatvam bruhlti i sa hovaca Yajnavalkyah Satarudrlyeneti i etc . It ends:—uktam vayavye i rogavan paredam paretya rudrajapan cared iti I yajnasuktah kalpah I satarudra devata asyeti &atarudryam ucyate ii harih om I Subham astu. (c) The Brhadaranyaka-Upanisad or Satapathabrahmana- Upanisad (Kanva &akha), ff. 8—96. It begins:—om Srlganapataye namah ion namo brahma- dibhyo brahmavidyasampradayakarttrbhyo vamSarsibhyo namo gurubhyah i srlmad -Yajnavalkyagurubhyo namah i harih om | o nuip. usa va asvasya meddhyasya Siras suryyaS caksur vatah, etc. Fol. 23:—iti vajasaneyantargata-Kanvlye Suklayajurvede byhadaranyake saptadasakande prathamoddhyayah ii Digitized by LjOOQle -^4 25 Between the first and second AdhySyas a description of the Pancagavyavidhi is inserted (£ 23). The 3 rd Adhyaya begins f. 37, the 4 th Adhyaya f. 54, the 5 th A. f. 74, the 6 th A. f. 82. It ends: —o num iti yajasaneyantargata-Kapviye Suklaya- jurvede Satapathabrahmane upatisthatsaptadaSakande sasthoddhyayas samaptah ii harih i oip i Subham astu Srl- ramacandraya namah u ekapac ca haviryyajiia uddharlty addhvaragrahau I vajapeyo rajasuya ukhasaipbharanan tatha i hastl ghatas citiS caiva santlty agnirahasyakau l astadhyayl maddhyamaS ca aSvamedhah pravargyakah i brhadaranyakan ceti kandas saptadaSa kramat H oip oip om i paragunaparadanaprastutaSesakrtya nijagupakalikabhir Uokam amodayantah i aviditaparadosa jhanaplyusapurpah karakptam aparadham ksantum arhanti santah u srlgurubhyo namah n 22 . Whish No. 21. Size: 9* x ly in., 78 leaves, 6 or 7 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date of MS.: An entry by Mr. Whish on leaf 70 (“Here ends the Rudra Bhashyam”) is dated “Calicut 1826.” The MS. is probably not much older. Character : Grantha. (a) A Commentary on the Satarudriya or Budradhyaya of the Taittiriya-Samhita (iv, 5), ff. 1—70. Title and name of the author do not occur in the book. It begins:—on namas te rudra manyava iti I atha Sata- rudryahomah i athatas Satarudryan juhotlty upakramya esotragniracito bubhuksamano rudrarupenavatisthati I tasya tarppanadevair dvitlyan darSanaip. i yad vai tac chataru- dryan juhotlty upakramya prajapatim visrastadityabhipra- yamantrartthanugupyena Srutir bhavet i sa esah SataSlrsah rudrah sambhavad iti namas te rudra manyava iti raudra- i Digitized by AjOOQle 26 k ? • ddhyayah | atra Paramesthina arsaip. I devanam va praja- pater va i Aghorasyarsam iti kecit I ekarudradevatyah i etc. It ends:—antarikse loke ye rudrah sthitah tebhyo namah yesam rudranaip vatah vayuh isavah samanam anyat I prthivyaip. bhuloke ye rudra sthitah (read °ah) tebhyo na- mah yesaip rudranam annaip. atmanah 6am icchet 6arirai?i pusnati I adhikain nyunaqi vyadhadijagatvena nirupyate | samanam anyat i evan namostu rudrebhya iti i harih oip 11 (b) The Mandalabrahmana (ff. 71—78), described by Mr. Whish as the ‘Mandala Brahmanah of the Atharva-Vedall. , This is identical with Satapatha-Brahmana x, 5, 2. See also Mitra, Notices, No. 682, where it is called Mandala- brahmanopanisad. It begins:—yad etan mandalan tapati tan mahad ukthan ta rcas sa ream lokotha yad etad arccir dlpyate tan mahavratan tani samani sa samnaip. lokotha ya esa etasmin mandale purusas sognis tani yajuipsi sa yaju§am lokas saisa trayyeva vidya tapati, etc. It ends:—somrto bhavati mrtyur hy asyatma bhavati ii 18 ii iti mapdalabrahmanaip sampurnaip ii oip num ii 23. Whish No. 22. Size: 12yXl^ in., 193 leaves, 9 lines on a page. Material: Palm leaves. Date of MS.: 18th or 19th cent.? Character: Grantha. Sankara’s Chandogyopanisadvivarana, or Commentary on the Chandogya-Upanisad. It begins:—om ity etad aksaram ityadya$taddhyayl ch&ndogyopani§at i tasyas samksepatortthajijnasubhyah rjuyivaranam alpagranthan cedaip bhasyam arabhyate i tatra saipbandhah samastam karmmadhigataip prap&di- Digitized by LjOOQle ->4 27 devatasahitam arcciradimarge^ brahmapratipattik&ra- nam i etc. It ends:—iti Srl-Govinda-bhagavat-padapujya-Sisyasya Snparamahamsapariyrajakacaryyasya Srlmac - Chaipkara- bhagavatah krtau cchandokyopani§ad (sic) vivarape a^tamah prapathakas samaptah n harih i om i ...