A Catalogue Raisonnee of Oriental Manuscripts in the Library of the (Late) College, Fort Saint George, Now in Charge of the Board of Examiners Volume 2 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860 Excerpt: ...to mode of homage to deva the god, or guru the teacher. 4.) Bhagala tauchi, slocas, mantras, from the jay a drita yamala, incomplete. The name (vulva prosopa) is applied to a sacli or goddes; with a thousand names or epithets. Some spells are contained; the excellence of the said sacli is declared. The book is a thin folio, neat writing, in good order, lettered "Mystery." 13. No. 13. Three pieces. 1. ) Pardsara samhita, slocas. By Pardsara, 1--65 padalams, incomplete. There are other notices of this work. The part looked into of this one relates to Hanumdn. The pancha muc'ha Hanumdn mantra, or spell of the five-faced Hanumdn. Praise of Anjini, by which name also hois known. Dtv&ja dhattam, a tale of him; the words appear to be an epithet of the same. A filthy legend, as to the birth of Hanumdn is contained. The ordinary legend makes Hanumdn to leap at the sun, mistaking it for a fruit: here, by an improvement, he is stated to have swallowed the sun..Again we find Hanumdn educated by Surya (the sun) who gave him to wife his daughter Suverchala. Trisula rbma vdtam--the slaying of one named "the triden t.Roma." Sumuc'ha charitra the tale of one named from a good countenance. The bearing of the whole apparently is to show the importance of Hanuman, and of the mantra named after him. A small proportion of VaMnavas lean over to, or adopt the sacti system; and name and persons of their own class, not using Saiva names. 2. ) Paramdnanda lahari; slocas; otherwise termed shodasa ashstottra sata ndma--no tica. It is the second section, taken out from the garbha kularnavam, v-9. 2) supra. Paramdnanda may mean "celestial joy;" but the term dnandam has been adopted by this sect, with reference to their own ritual. It appears here to be a...