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Rajkumar and Mrigavati, miniature painting, Malwa School, 16th
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Varanasi

·MANUSCRIPTS FROM
INDIAN COLLECTIONS
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE
Bhartiya Shruti-Darshan Kondra
JAIPUR
NATIONAL MUSEUM, NEW DELHI

·National Museum,
New Delhi
January, 1964
In honour of
the XXVI International Congress of Orientalists
(January 4 - 11, 1964) an exhibition of selected
manuscripts from Indian collections
Published by the National Museum, Janpath, New Delhi and printed at
Printcraft, Puri Building, Desh Bandhu Gupta Road, New Delhi-1

·INTRODUCTION Manuscripts in India have a long tradition They were produced in all parts of the country, they are in many languages and scripts and on a wide range of religious, philosophical, historical, literary and scientific subjects Frequently they have rich illuminations and illustrations of outstanding quality, in a great variety of schools and styles of miniature painting in some periods and places in India their importance to the history of the development of painting is great Everywhere they are a reflection of profound and wide-ranging learning, and of the richness, variety and long history of Indian culture The exhibition of manuscripts described in this catalogue, organized on the occasion of the meeting in New Delhi of the XXVI International Congress of Orientalists, surveys in less than two hundred examples the history of manuscripts in India, as represented by surviving works The majority of important manuscript collections in the country have been generous in lending to it Obviously not all the great manuscripts of India and in India are included, but many of the finest in their respective categories have been brought to Delhi for the exhibition The exhibition therefore provides a rare and convenient means of obtaining a sampling of the quality and variety of this field, and brings together for comparison some works normally far distant from one another Some of the manuscripts in the exhibition have been published, or at least have been described or referred to in publications familiar to experts most are undoubtedly known to some specialists, others are probably brought to the attention of international scholarship for the first time in this exhibition and its catalogue For that reason as thorough descriptions as possible, in those respects useful for scholarly reference, have been provided These descriptions are based on the detailed information furnished by the lenders, which they sent most conscientiously, and for which the National Museum is most grateful to them Illustrations were a greater problem and unfortunately had to be limited to a few from outstanding manuscripts for which colour blocks could be secured > ·Sclcction of the works cxhibited has been strict, for thc cxhibition had to be limited in size and it had to be representative in all possible ways Therefore, from the inany manuscripts proposed by potential lenders, the oldest or rarcst or otherwise most notable of those in cach catcgory were invited This sclcction is based in thc first instance on reports of their rarcr holdings, sent by a large majority of the libraries and muscums with manuscript collcctions, in response to a gcncral qucstionnairc scnt out by Dr Kapıla Vatsyayan, Joint Secrctary of the Organizing Committee, in Junc, 1963 Previously, a preliminary study of manuscript resources in the country and suggestions from the cxpert advisers on the Committee had supplied a basic list of manuscripts that they know and considered indispensable for thc cxhibition In some cases, the replies to the questionnaire of Junc were delayed until the organization of the exhibition had progressed to a point where the suggestions could no longer be acted upon In a few cases no reply at all was received These circumstances cxplain several omissions in the icnders' list which are greatly to be regretted This first stage of selection was followed by a second, to which thc cxpert advisers on the Organizing Committce of the Congress, the specialists in all parts of India who generously responded to requests for advice, for information and for help in sccuring loans, and the staff members of the National Museum, competent in the various languages and scripts and in the field of manuscript studies, contributed significantly and appropriately Special thanks should be cxpressed to these two expert advisers of the Organizing Committee, Dr M Nizamuddin of Hyderabad, and Dr V Raghavan of Madras, who guided the project from its beginnings In addition, gratitude must be recorded to the numerous scholars through out India who made suggestions and gave advice on specific manuscripts required to make the exhibition as representative and as complete as possible and indicated likely sources from which to secure them It would have been impossible to present this exhibition without their generous help, for many important manuscripts did not come to attention as a result of the first general inquiry nor even after the several subsequent ones Special mention should be made here of Dr Moti Chandra and Shri Pramod Chandra of the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Bombay, of Dr ZA Desai, Superintendent for Persian and Arabic VI ·Inscriptions, the Archaeological Survey of India, Nagpur, of Shri Rai Krishnadasa and of Dr Anand Krishna of the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, for their suggestions and generous assistance The actual work of assembling the material, describing it for the catalogue and labels, editing the catalogue and seeing it through the press was carried out by a special unit in the National Museum appointed for the purpose, headed by Dr P Banerjee, Superintendent of Publications and Keeper of the Central Asian Antiquities, whose competence in Sanskrit and Buddhist studies as well as technical publication experience provided the required background for the work All the scholarly and technical resources of the National Museum staff were, of course, made available as required at every stage of organizing and presenting the exhibition and of producing the catalogue The thanks of scholars and public, both Indian and foreign, who will enjoy this exhibition, as well as of the Organizing Committee and of the National Museum which have presented it, must be expressed here in most appreciative terms to the many lenders Not only have these lenders deprived themselves for a time of works that they value greatly, but they have in many cases delegated, at great inconvenience, responsible staff members to convey them safely to Delhi Some of these representatives have arranged to remain here for a part or for the entire period of the exhibition in order to serve as experts familiar with the manuscripts to consult with scholars, especially those assembled for the XXVI International Congress of Orientalists to whom this exhibition may be considered to be dedicated The National Museum is glad to have been entrusted with the responsibility of assembling this exhibition and it is honoured to serve as liost to so distinguished a group of the great manuscripts of India National Museum, New Delhi, Ist January, 1964. G MORLEY Director ·Note Dimensions of manuscripts horizontal mcasurements first for palm-lcaf, birch-bark and other carly works following this format, in other cases, vertical measurcments first ·SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS

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Rajkumar at the well, miniature painting, Malwa School, 16th
century, from the Mrigavati
Lent by the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Bataras Hindu University,
Varanası

·FRAGMENTS OF BIRCH-BARK MANUSCRIPT FROM TAXILA Fragments, nos 1, 3, 7 and 8, length 12 5 cm , Brāhmi script of the 5th century AD , Sanskrit. No 1 (two pieces, A, B ) Obv A, line 3 la (sattitmā ?) sadyam tā ye tasthū 4 (kshatri) ya-brahmana-vit-cchūdrā. B, 3. cha kuśalam karma samādāna (tam tena) 4 (mm)ülasutra kena vādi karma ko Rey A, 2 (he) mabhava. By 2 mahāgu(na) 3 tra cha mahāyānasya=āvatāra No 3 (two picces, A, B.) Obv A, line 3 bhavatah katame Bi 2 râchhi, 3 karme No 7 (three pieces, A, B, C) Oby A, line 1 ryakash dharme 2 .dyākusala(m)karma B, C, 3 yacchati chā ke 2 sa satai daśayatı tatra tatr-aikam 3. nāśayatı yeva samadhyah Rey Nil No 8 (three picces, A, B, C) Obv A, linc 1 hotuvādinām nā 3 ·B, 1 panneshu kechid panna 2 pira)tijñā C, 4 kusalamulam Rev C, 2 sattitmā 3 daśayatı yena di-karme Terms, like mahāyāna, kućalamūla and hetuvādin show that the manuscript was Buddhist The manuscript was discovered at Taxıla by Sir John Marshall Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi BHAISHAJYAGURU-VAIDURYAPRABHASUTRA (A Buddhist religious text) Foll one, size 38 5x65 cm, birch-bark, Gupta script of the 5th-6th century AD , 6 lines on each side of the leaf , Sanskrit Begins Bhaishajyaguruvaidūryaprabhasya tathāgatasya nāmadheyam śrutam bhavishyatı Ends imam sūtraratnam dhārayıshyati tasya bhaishajyaguruvaidūryaprabhasya tathāgatasya bhagavato Lent by the National Archives of India, New Delhi FRAGMENTS OF PRAJNĀPĀRAMITĀ MANUSCRIPT FROM CENTRAL ASIA (A Buddhist religious text) Four leaves, size 25 4 x 23 5 cm, paper, Gupta script of the 6th century AD, Sanskrit 4 ·Begins . M18(a) (Obverse) (ni]nopapadyate parāmścha dhyāneshu samădā (pa] (Reverse) ya · tat kasmāddheto M18(b) (Obverse) [skrta] nam dharmānām (Reverse) ho nama samādhi M18(c) (Obverse) [k] āyakalāsamprathamano (Reverse) niruktı nirdeśampraveśayatyayamuchyate M18(d) (Obverse) (sarvba] guna (Reverse) bhi praviśyatyayamuchyate Ends M18(a) (Obverse) śünyă akūtasthāvināśatāmupādāya ta (Reverse) duhkham anubhavana la M18(b) (Obverse) samadhi sarvbadharmasamasara (Reverse) samadhi M18(c) (Obverse) samudgachchliatyamuchyate samu (Reverse) śuddhasāro nā (ma ] M18(d) (Obverse) bhayatalavıkıranah samādhi (Reverse) samanvāga [to ] The manuscript appears to be a condensed version of the Satasahasrika Prajnaparamnita, books 7 to 11 Lent by the Archaeological Section, Indian Museum, Calcutta JYOTISHA SĀSTRA (A work on astronomy) Foll 90 , size 26 x 20 cm , birch-bark , Sharda script , 16 to 17 lines to a page , Sanskrit Begins श्री गणेशाय नम ॥ भौमादीना स्फुटीकरणे विधिमाह । un ·On palaeographical grounds, the manuscript can be attributed to the 8th-9th century AD The topics dealt with are the origin of the lunar and solar eclipses, movements of planets and the festivals celebrated in Kashmir Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi UPAMITIBHAVAPRAPANCHAKATHA ८ भिती (A Jaina allegorical work on the evolution of the soul) Foll 178, size 67 x 5 cm, palm-leaf, Devanāgari script, 5 to 7 lines to a page, Sanskrit, dated Samvat 962 (A D 906) Author Siddharshi (10th century AD) Begins ।। ६० ॥ ॐ नम सर्वज्ञाय ॥ ॐ नम परमात्मने ॥ ॐ नम श्रुतदेवताय ।। नमो निर्नाशिताशेपमहामोहहिमातये लोकालोकामलालोकभास्वते परमात्माने । Ends मा च राज्य शरीर च यशश्च शशिनिर्मल । Incomplete, the oldest palm-leaf manuscript in the collection Lent by the Bhandarkar Onental Research Institute, Poona ASHȚASĀHASRIKĀ PRAJNĀPĀRAMITA (A Buddhist religious text) Foll 203 (of which some are missing), size 54 x 6 cm, palm-leaf, Kuțla script, Sanskrit, dated 10th century AD Scribe Kalyānamitra Chintamanika Colophon इत्यार्याष्टसाहस्रिकाया प्रज्ञापारमिताया परीन्दनापरिवर्तो नाम द्वात्रिंशत्तम ॥ स(मा)प्ता चेय भगवत्यार्याप्टसाहस्रिका प्रज्ञापारमिता सर्वतथागतजननी' विहरन्तु मदार्थिन इति । 12 illustrated panels, depicting the events in the life of the Buddha and other Mahāyāna Buddhist divinities Copied in the sixth year of Mahipala-deva (CAD 994) at Nalanda 6 ·An almost similar manuscript copied in the fifth year of the same king is now in the Cambridge University Library Lent by the Asiatic Society, Calcutta ASHȚASĀHASRIKĀ PRAJÑĀPĀRAMITĀ (A Buddhist religious text) Foll 178, size 55x67 cm, palm-leaf, Devanagari script, 6 lines to a page, Sanskrit. 20 illustrations on four folios and two painted covers in Pāla style of the 10th - 11th century AD Lent by the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi SĀRATAMĀ PRAJNĀPĀRAMITĀ TIKĀ (Condensed version of the Prajñāpāramitā with commentary ) Foll 72, size 58 x6 cm, palm-leaf , Newari script, 6 to 7 lines to a page , Sanskrit Author Ratnākaraśānti (teacher of Atiśa, AD 982- 1054) Begins यतोऽस्याम् श्रुतसमाधिनिश्रितोमहान् । धर्मावभागस्तस्मात् प्रभाकरी ॥ यतोऽस्या वो(वो)धिपक्ष दहन तस्मात् ॥ १ सम्वत् Ends. परीन्दनाभिधायी परिवर्त परीन्दनापरिवर्त्त ।। ये घर्मा हेतुप्रभवा हेतुन्तेषान्तथागतोह्यवद- तेपाञ्च यो निरोध एव वादी महाश्रमण ।। ३ राज्ञ श्रीहर्षदेवराज श्रीगण्डिगुल्मविषये कुलपुरकायस्थ पण्डित श्रीजीवधरशि(सिं)हस्य पुस्तकोय- मिति (पुस्तकमिदमिति) ॥ The manuscript originally belonged to a ſāky Monastery in Central 7 ·Tibet (South) It was obtained for the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok, Sikkim in October, 1958 The Lamas concerned were of the opinion that it was brought to Tibet from India before A D 1200 On palaeographical grounds, the manuscript belongs to the 11th century AD Lent by the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok (Sıkkım) PAÑCHARAKSHĀMANDALA (On the worship of the 5 goddesses constituting the Pancharakshā group) Foll 83 pages, size 58 5X65 cm, palm-leaf, Newari script, Sanskrit 5 illustrations in Pāla style and painted wooden covers According to the colophon the manuscript was copied in the reign of king Sivadeva of Nepal for whom we have Newan Samvat 239 and 240, corresponding to AD 1119 and 1120, as known from two manuscripts from Nepal Lent by the Asutosh Museum of Indian Art, University of Calcutta, Calcutta BHAGAVATA PURĀNA (Deals mainly with the glories and exploits of Krishna) Foll 440, size 56x11 cm, paper, mixed script of the 12th century, 7 lines to a page, Sanskrit Author Vyāsadeva (according to traditional belief) Begins प्यधीतानि धर्मशास्त्राणि यान्युत । यानि वेदविदा श्रेष्ठो भगवान् वादरायण । अन्ये च मुनय सूत परावरविदो विदु । Ends (४४७ प० स० अन्तिम पक्ति) तथेति स स्मयन्प्रागाद् वदर्याश्रममीश्वर । तमेव चिन्तयन्नर्थमृषि स्वाश्रम एव स । Original colophon bore the date, Samvat 1181 (AD 1124), marginal 8 ·notes dated AD 1381 This seems to refute the theory of Bopadeva's authorship of the Bhagavata, for Bopadeva was born after the date of this manuscript Lent by the Sarasvati Bhavan, Sanskrit University, Varanasi ŚRĪBHOJADEVASAMGRAHA (A miscellaneous collection of social rites and ceremonies) Foll 89, Size 28 6x5 cm, palm-leaf; Newari script, 5 to 6 lines to a page; Sanskrit, dated Newarı Samvat 309 (AD 1189) Begins प्रो नमो गणपतये । वर्ग (भर्ग) उवाच ॥ कस्मिन्काले तु कर्तव्या प्रतिष्ठा भृगुनन्दन । कस्मिन्काले कृते काले तथा भवति कीदृशी ॥ मार्कण्डेय उवाच । शृणु काल प्रवक्ष्यामि प्रतिष्ठाकरणेन च । यस्मिन् यस्मिन् कृते काले यथा भवति यावद् ॥ Ends . श्री भोजदेवसग्रह ( ) समाप्त सवत् ३०६ माघा (धे) कृष्ण-अष्टमी बुधवासरे। विशाख- नक्षत्र () लिखितमिति ॥ 33 illustrations of the Pāla-Nepal school and painted covers Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi YUDDHAJAYĀRNAVATANTRA (An astrological work) Foll 82, size 20x4 cm, palm-leaf, Newari script, Sanskrit, dated Newarn Samvat 390 (A D 1270) Author Bhattotpala (c 10th century), scribe Daivajñaja Sarvabala (?) Begins मोहान्धकारमग्नाना जनाना ज्ञानरश्मिभि । कृतमुद्धरण येन त नौमि शिवभास्करम् ॥ कैलासशिखरासीन देवदेवमहेश्वर । गणसिद्धसमाकीणं मुनिसघनिषेवितन् ।। अपृच्छज्जगतो देवी पार्वती पतिबल्लभा- Ends दातव्यमेव देवेशि शास्त्र परमदुर्लभ । 9 ·सिद्धकुवलयाख्योऽय भक्तिमान् वृषभध्वजे ।। तेन स्वरोदय शास्त्र मत्त्यलोकेऽवतारितम् । Colophon तन्त्रप्रकाशाधिकारो नाम दशम पटल । समाप्तमिद भट्टोत्पलविरचितमिद युद्धजयार्णवमिति ।। This work was quoted by Raghunandana in Jyotishatattva Bhattotpala composed his Jagachchandrika Brihajjatakatika in A D 966 Lent by the Asiatic Society, Calcutta ŚRUTIVIKĀSA (Pre-Sāyana commentary on the 8th Ashtaka of the Rigveda) Foll 57, size 324x137 cm, paper, Devanagari script, 16 lines to a page, Sanskrit, dated Samvat 1367 (A D 1310) Author Govinda Bhatta Begins ओ स्वस्ति प्रहोतेति । प्रकर्षण यजतो होता महानादिशब्दस्य बोद्धा । तस्मादेव जात तत आह ते वायुनान्तरिक्ष प्रापित । Ends अस्माक द्विपदे पुत्रपौत्रादिरूपाय चतुष्पदे च गवादिकाय श्रेयो इति श्रीगोविन्दविरचिते श्रुतिविका- शाख्ये चतु पष्टि-विवरण चतु पष्टोऽध्याय समाप्त । Lent by the Sarasvati Bhavan, Sanskrit University, Varanasi CHIKITSĀSĀRASANGRAHA (A work on medicine) Foll 104, size 29 x 12 cm, paper, Devanāgari script, 13 lines to a page, Sanskrit, dated Samvat 1376 (AD 1320) Author Vangadatta (12th century AD), scribe Ranasimha Begins ओ नमो विनायकाय ॥ ओ नमो वैद्यनाथाय ।। स्निग्धा सव्व ग्रथिता नीरुजा मुद्गसन्निभा। कफवातोत्यिता ज्ञेया बालानामजगक्किका ।। 10 ·Ends योय मया चिरपरिश्रमत कयचित् सद्धितो जगतिकीतिलताप्ररोह । सोय भवेन यदि गोभिरल म्वलाना छिन्नो युक्तेन नसा कौतुकमीक्षित ।। Colophon कृतिरियवैद्यश्रीगदाधरमुतवैद्याचार्यश्रीवगसेनस्येति ॥ मवत् १३७६ वर्षे लौकिकफाल्गुन शुदि १३ शनी अद्य ह बीजापुरवास्तव्यनागद्रजातीय ठ० जालासुत ८० रणसिंहेन प्रात्म- नोऽध्ययनार्य खडद्वयेन पुस्तकमलेखि । मगल महाश्री । शुभ भवतु । लेखकपाठकयो । यादृश पुस्तके दृष्ट तादृश लिखित मया । यदि शुद्धमशुद्ध वा मम दोपो न दीयताम् ॥ Oldest dated paper manuscript in the collection Lent by the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona KUMĀRASAMBHAVA (A classical poem on the birth of Kumāra) Foll 63, size 21 X 8 5 cm , paper, Devanāgari script, 8 lines to a page, Sanskrit, dated Samvat 1431 (A D 1374) Author Kalidasa Begins ॐ नमो गणेशाय ॥ अस्त्युत्तरस्या दिशि देवतात्मा हिमालयो नाम नगाधिराज । पूर्वापरी तोयनिधी वगाह्य स्थित पृथिव्या इव मानदण्ड । Ends . समदिवमनिशीय सङ्गिनस्तत्र शभो शतमगमहतूना सामेका नीशेव । न स सुरतसुखेभ्यश्छिन्नतृप्णो वभूव ज्वलन इव समुद्रान्तर्गतस्तज्जलौघ ।। ६१ ॥ Colophon • इति कुमारसभवे महाकाव्ये श्री कालिदास कृती सुरतवर्णनो नाम अष्टम सर्ग समाप्त । शुभ भवतु । स्वस्ति सवत् १४३१ वर्षे द्वितीय श्रावण शुदि १४ शुक्रे मूडरठी ग्रामे राज श्री One of the oldest known manuscripts of this kavya Lent by the Rajasthan Oriental Research Institutc, Jodhpur (Rajasthan) 11 ·KĀDAMBARI (A prose romance narrating the fortunes of the princess called Kādambari) Foll 289, size 32x11 cm, paper, Devanagari script, 9 lines to a page, Sanskrit, dated Samvat 1435 (A D 1378) Author Banabhatta and Pulinda (Pulina) (7th century AD), scribe Mandana Begins Ends Colophon श्री गणेशाय नम । रजोजुपे जन्मनि सत्त्ववृत्तये स्थिती प्रजाना प्रलये तम स्पृशे । अजाय सगस्थितिनाशहेतवे प्रयीमयाय त्रिगुणात्मने नम ।। न केवल चन्द्रमा कादम्वर्या सह, कादम्बरी महाश्वेतया (सह, महाश्वेता) पुण्डरीकेण सह, पुण्डरीकोऽपि चन्द्रममा सह परस्परावियोगेन सर्व एव सवकाल सुखमनुभवन्त परा कोटिमानन्दस्याध्यगच्छन् । इति पुलिन्द(न)रचित कादम्बरीखण्ड द्वितीय समाप्तम् । यादृश पुस्तके हण्ट ताश लिखित मया । यदि शुद्धमशुद्ध वा मम दोपो न दीयते ।। इति चन्द्र (श्री.) सवत् नेवनवाघ्रिचन्द्रसमये मासे शुचौ पाण्डुरे पक्षे पचमके तिथौ भृगुदिने श्रीमण्डपे माभूति । पा सङ्ग ऽवनिमासमुद्रमखिला शासत्यमात्येश्वरे श्री घटयत्यनौद्धतमिह व्यापारमादेशत ॥१॥ مل * श्री मण्डनेन स्वाध्ययनार्थमलेखि । * One of the earliest manuscripts of Bāna's Kadambarı along with a supplement by his son, Pulinda (Pulina) Lent by the Vishveshvarananda Vedic Research Institute, Hoshiarpur (Punjab) NIRUKTA WITH BHASHYA (Etymological interpretation of Vedic words) Foll 360, size 31 x 12 cm, paper, Devanāgari script, 10 lines to a page, 12 ·Sanskrit, dated Samvat 1444 (A D 1387) Authors of the text and the commentary Yaska and Durgāchārya respectively Begins श्री गणेशाय नम । पादित पाणिनीय तु शिक्षा ज्योतिस्तत छन्द । पचाध्यायीनिघण्टोश्च निरुक्तमुपरि स्थितम् ।। प्रणम्य तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि रुद्रायामिततेजसे । स मे दिशतु सुप्रीतो वाघियो शिष्टसम्मतिम् । समाम्नाय समाम्नात । स व्याख्यातव्य । Ends गुणोऽपि गणनादेव असावपि हि ग्रन्थत एव । द्विगुण त्रिगुण इति । निगमप्रसक्तमेतदुक्तम् । अधुनाऽऽस्य मयस्य भाष्यकार समाम्नानमाह । . Colophon एकादशोध्याय । यावन्तो मत्रा सर्वशाखा 'नि गुणपदानि लक्षणोद्देशत सर्वांण्यपि व्याख्यातानि । सवत् १४४४ वा सी श्रा० शुसोमे Lent by the Vishveshvarananda Vedic Research Institute, Hoshiarpur (Punjab) KIRĀTĀRJUNIYA (A classical poem based on the Mahābhārata) Foll 53, size 27 5x11 cm, paper, Devanāgarī script, 12 to 13 lines to a page, Sanskrit, dated Samvat 1499 (A D 1442) Author Bhāravi Begins नम श्री सर्वज्ञाय ॥ श्रिय कुरूणामधिपस्य पालनी प्रजासुवृत्तिं यमयुक्त वेदितुम् । स वरिणलिंगी विदित समाययौ युधिष्ठिर द्वैतवने वनेचर ॥ Ends व्रज जय रिपुलोक पादपद्मानत सन् गदित इति भवेन श्लाघितो देवसङ्घ । निजगृहमथ गत्वा सादर पाण्डुपुत्रो घृतगुरुजयलक्ष्मीधर्मसूनु ननाम ।। Colophon इति किरातार्जुनीये महाकाव्ये महावैयाकरणस्य श्रीमद्भारवे किराताष्टदश सर्ग समाप्त ॥ १८ स० १४६६ पोपमासे शुक्लपक्षे नवम्या तिथौ सोमवासरे ॥ श्री ॥ प्रासलकोट नगरे लिखित शुभ भवतु । उपकेशगच्छोय श्रीश्री श्री कक्कसूरीणा शिष्यानुशिष्यधनसारेण लिखापित 13 ·मात्मपठनार्थ लेखकपाठकयो शुभ भूयात् ।। A pupil of the line of Kakkasūri of Upakeśagachchha, named Dhanasāra, had the manuscript written at Āsalakoța for his study Lent by the Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute, Jodhpur (Rajasthan) धवल SANGITAŠIROMANI (A musical text) Foll 174, size 255x85 cm, paper, Devanagari script, 6 lines to a page, Sanskrit, dated Samvat 1544 (A D 1487) Author Pandits from different parts of the country, scribc Vega Raya Kāyastha Begins तो माध्यन्दिनी विदु । पचमो घंवतश्चेतौ स्वरौ कोयुमशाम्बिनी। काण्वशास निपाटस्य स्वरशाखा क्रमादमू । Ends सगीतावुधिमदरीकृतनिजप्ररिभिर्जगद्रक्षायोड़ तकामुकस्य सप्ताहमामुञ्चता ॥ वीरश्रीसुरुतारणमाहिनृपतेरादेशतो निम्मिते श्रीसगीतशिरोमणावयमगाद्गीतप्रकाशोद्गम ॥ Colophon इति श्री सगीतशिरोमणी मलिक शार्क श्री मुलुता(ण)शाहिमलिकाशया नानादेशीयपडित- मडलीविरचिते गीतप्रकाशो नाम प्रथम परिच्छेद समाप्त ॥ स्वास्ति श्री भूमिग्रामशुभस्थाने । महाराजाधिराज श्री खरगर्मिघदेवभुज्यमानराज्ये महाराजा- श्री खरगसिंधदेव आत्मपठनार्य परोपकागथं लिखापित ॥॥ लिखित गौडान्वयकायस्थवेगरा- येन ॥ सवत् १५४४ व भाद्रवदि १० भौमवासरे ॥ ॥ शुभमस्तु ।। The language is corrupt at places Composed by a set of Pandits under orders of Malık Śärka(?) Sultan Shah Written by Vega Rāya Kāyastha of the Gauda family at the instance of King Kharag Singha Deva Lent by the Oriental Research Institute, Jodhpur (Rajasthan) DURGĀSAPTAŚATĪ (Verses extolling the deeds of Durgā) Foll 72, size 17 5X 93 cm, paper, Devanāgari script, Sanskrit, dated 14 ·Samvat 1544 (AD 1487) Author Vyāsadeva (according to traditional belief) Begins सावणि सूर्यतनयो यो मनु कथ्यतेष्टम । Ends सूर्याजन्म समासाद्य सावणि स पिता मनु । 16 illustrations in Western Indian style, the manuscript was written in Pipalner, Malwa during the reign of Sultan Ghiyasuddin of Malwa Lent by the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi VYAKARANA MAHĀBHĀSHYA (Patanyah's commentary on Panini's Ashtadhyayi) Foll 209, 48 x 13 cm, paper, Devanāgari script, 17 lines to a page, Sanskrit, dated Samvat 1546 (A D 1490) Author Patañjalı (2nd century BC), scribe Jogeśvara Begins ॐ नमो गणपतये ॥ श्री गुरुभ्यो नम अथ शब्दानुशासन ॥ अथेत्यय शब्दोऽधिकारार्थ प्रयुज्यते ॥ शब्दानुशासन शास्त्रमधिकृत वेदितव्य ॥ केषा शब्दाना ॥ लौकिकाना वैदिकाना च ॥ Ends एकशेपनिर्देशात् वा स्वरभिन्नाना भगवत पाणिनेराचार्यस्य सिद्ध । एकशेषनिर्देशोय ॥ प्रअ इति ॥॥ Colophon इति श्री भगवत्पतजलिविरचिते श्रीमहाभाष्ये अष्टमस्याध्यायस्य चतुर्थपादे प्रथममाह्निक । अध्यायश्चाष्टम समाप्त ॥ शुभ भवतु । स्वस्ति सवत् १५४६ वर्षे मार्गशीर्षमासे कृष्णपक्षे ८ अष्टम्या भौमदिने अद्य ह श्रीवृद्धनगरे परमकारुणिकयति श्री श्री श्री श्री श्री अनन्त सरस्वती एतेषा पठनार्थ श्रीचरणदासानुदासेन जोगेश्वरेण लिखित ॥ मगलमस्तु ।। Lent by the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona SAUNDARYALAHARI WITH COMMENTARY (A work of Sankarāchārya) Foll 44, size 28 x 127 cm, paper, Devanāgari script, 19 to 22 lines to 15 ·a page, Sanskrit, dated Samvat 1634 (A D 1577) Author of commentary Rāmachandra Miśra Begins श्रीमद्गणपतिचरण स्मरणीयमत. पर। श्री भवान्यै नम' । शिव शक्त्या युक्तो यदि भवति शक्त प्रभवितु । Ends श्रीमत्साङ्गधर काश्या महादेवाग्निहोत्रिज । अलीलिखदद स्तोम क्षिप्तव्याख्यानपूर्वकम् ॥ सम्वत् १६३४ श्रा An important text with several commentaries, the present commentary bears the above date Lent by the K P Jayaswal Research Institute, Patna (Bihar) KUMĀRASAMBHAVA WITH COMMENTARY (A classical poem on the birth of Kumāra) Foll 57 (nos 1-9 and 15 missing), size 26x112 cm, paper, Devanāgarī script, 19 lines to a page, dated Samvat 1701 (A D 1644) Author Kālıdāsa (4th century AD), scribe Harshasoma Ends इति श्री कुमारसभवमहाकाव्ये उमापरिणयो नाम सप्तम सर्ग शुभ भवतु । Colophon सवच्चन्द्राकाशमुनिभूवर्षे श्री नौतनपुरे फागुनि यदि ११ दिने वा० यश कुशलगणि-शिष्य- मुख्य प० श्री लाभकीर्तिगणिशिष्य प० हर्पसोमेन लिखितम् । Rajasthani 5 illustrations in Mughal style Lent by the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Sanskriti Vidya Mandır, Ahmedabad HARIBHAKTIDIPIKĀ (A work on sacrificial rites and devotion) Foll 294, Size 38 1x5 1 cm, palm-leaf, Maithili script, 5 lines to a page, Sanskrit, dated Lakshmanasena Samvat 525 (A D 1644) Author Gaņeśa Miśra, scribe Śri Harisankara Karana Begins ओ नम श्री कृष्णाय ॥ सकलपुमर्यापार श्रुतिकलकुक्षीविहारमहकार। अद्वतराजहसीकमलाकरमेकमच्युत वन्दे ।। 16 ·Ends. इति परमवैष्णवश्रीमाधवदासकारिता श्रीगणेशमिश्रकृता ।। हरिभक्तिदीपिका समाप्ता। Colophon . लस ५२५ फाल्गुन कृष्णचतुर्थ्यां कुजे नेहराग्रामे श्रीमत्सदानन्दस्य निदेशेनालिखदिद श्रीहरि- शङ्करकरण एवाशु शिव ।। Lent by the K P Jayaswal Research Institute, Patna (Bihar) BHĀGAVATA PURĀNA WITH SRIDHARA'S COMMENTARY (Deals mainly with the glories and exploits of Krishna) Foll 334, size 40 x 22 cm, paper, Devanāgari script, 15 lines to a page, Sanskrit, dated Samvat 1705 (A D 1648) Author Vyāsadeva (according to traditional belief), scribe Bhattāraka Jasavant Begins श्री गणेशाय नम ॥ ॐ नम श्री परमहसास्वादितचरणकमलचिन्मकरदाय भक्तजनमानस- निवासाय। मुदित परिपप्रच्छ सर्वमन्वतरस्थिति । Ends नामसकीर्तन यस्य सर्वपापप्रणाशन प्रणामो दु खशमनस्त नमामि हरि पर ॥ २२ ॥ इति श्री भागवते महापुराणे द्वादशस्कधे सूतोक्ते त्रयोदशोऽध्याय ।। Colophon इति श्री भागवतभावार्थदीपिकाया श्रीधरस्वामिविरचिताया द्वादशस्क प्रयोदशोऽध्याय श्रीमन्नृपविक्रमार्कसमयातीत सवत् १७०५ वर्षे भाद्रवा सुदि २ गुरौ लिखितेय(तमिद)पुस्तक । श्रीउदयपुरनगरे । 129 illustrations, by the artist Sāhabadi, of the Rajasthani school Lent by the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona RĀMĀYANA (Aranyakāndam) Foll 36, size 395x24 5 cm, paper, Devanagari script, 13 to 20 lines to a page, Sanskrit, dated Samvat 1708 (A D 1651) Author Maharshi Välmiki, scribe Mahātmā Hirānanda 17 ·Begins श्री रामाय नम । रामायणमपि नाव ससारागवतारणम् यश्चकार मुनि सम्यक् तस्मै वाल्मीकये नम । Ends इत्या रामायणे दडकारण्ये रामोन्मादो नाम सर्ग शुभ भवतु । सवत् १७०८ वर्षे कार्तिकमासे कृष्णपक्षे नवम्या तिथौ रविवासरे - मेदपाटदेसे (शे)- चित्रोडगढे । महाराजाधिराज महाराणा श्रीजगसिंघजी विजराज्य । श्री एकलिंगप्रसादात् - यादृष (श) पुस्तके दृष्ट तादृप (श) लिखित मया - यदि शुद्धमशुद्ध वा मम दोपो न दीयते । मगल लेखकाना च पाठका (काना) च मगलम् - मगल सर्वलोकाना भूमि भूपति मगलम् । महात्मा हीरागद लिखित । Lines at the beginning and the end in corrupt language, 32 beautiful illustrations of the Mewar school Lent by the Saraswati Bhawan, Udaipur (Rajasthan) MEGHADUTA (Well-known Sanskrit Iyric) Foll 8, size 255x11 cm, paper, Devanagari script, 17 lines to a page, Sanskrit, dated Samvat 1726 (A D 1669) Author Kālıdāsa, scribe Muni Udayaharsha Begins कश्चित्कान्ता विरहगुरुणा स्वाधिकारात् प्रमत्त Ends श्रुत्वा वार्ता जलदकथिता तां घनेशोऽपि सद्य Colophon रसपक्षमुनिशर्वरीपतिप्रमिते वर्षे मार्गशीर्षमासे शुक्लपक्षकादशीतिथौ श्री भासणीकोट्टमध्ये श्रीमत् खरतरगच्छेभट्टारकश्रीमच्छीजिनचन्द्रसूरि विजयराज्ये वाचनाचार्यवर्य श्रीहीरराजगरिण- पदपकज सेवाचचरी प उदयहपंसाधुभिलिखित ।। छ । शिष्य चिर० मतिविमलपठनाथम् ॥ Rajasthani 5 illustrations in Mughal style, only known illustrated manuscript of the Meghadutam Lent by the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Bharatiya Sanskriti Vidya Mandır, Ahmedabad MATSYAPURĀNA Foll 330 (some missing), size 32.5 x 175 cm, paper, Devanagari 18 ·script, 14 to 15 lines to a page, Sanskrit, dated Samvat 1733 (A D 1676). Author Vyāsadeva (according to traditional belief), scribe Kāśırāma Begins ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय । श्री मत्स्यरुपाय नम । ॐ प्रचण्डताण्डवाटोपप्राक्षिप्तौक्षिप्तदिग्गजा । भवन्तु विविधाकारा विघ्नोपपरिशान्तये ॥१॥ Ends इति मत्स्यपुराणे देवतार्चानुकीर्तन नाम । समाप्त चेद मत्स्यपुराणम् । शुभमस्तु सर्वजगता परहितनिरता भवन्तु भूतगणा । दोषा प्रयान्तु शान्ति सर्वत्र सुखी भवतु लोक ॥ Colophon ॐ सवत् १७३३ माघशुदि सप्तम्या रविवासरान्विताया लिखित पडितकाशीरामेण इह काश्मीर- मण्डलाया-शुभमस्तु ॥ 3 illustrations in Kashmir style Lent by the Maharaja of Jaipur Museum, City Palace, Jaipur (Rajasthan) - DAŠAKUMĀRAKATHA (Adventures of Ten Princes) Foll 99, size 29 x 13 cm, paper, Devanāgari script, 15 lines to a page, Sanskrit, dated Samvat 1734 (AD 1677) Author Gopinātha Dvijādhisa, scribe Badrīdāsa Begins श्री गणेशाय नम ॥ सर्वकामप्रदामिष्टदेवता भुवनेश्वरीम् । प्रणम्य परया भक्त्या गरणानामधिप तथा ॥१॥ Ends परस्परमैकमत्येन वर्तमाना पुरदरप्रभृतिभिरप्यतिदुर्लभानि राज्यसुखान्यन्वभूवन् । Colophon इति श्रीमहाराजाधिर श्री गोपीनाथसशोधितदशकुमारकथाया सकलसमागमो नाम एकादश उच्छवास । समाप्तेय कथा दशकुमाराणाम् ॥ सवत् १७३४ शाके १५९८ प्रवर्तमाने मामसुदि नवम्या सोमे लिखितेय कथा दशकुमाराणा बद्रीदासेन योधपुरमध्ये ॥ श्रीरस्तु ॥ श्री॥ A rare copy, based on Dandın's Dasakumaracharita Lent by the Oriental Research Institute, Jodhpur (Rajasthan) 19 ·, BALACHARITA, ABHISHEKANÄTAKA, AVIMARAKA, DUTAGHATOTKACHA, KARNAKAVACHA- HARANA AND ORUBHANGA (Well-known dramas of Bhāsa) Foll 66, size 49x5 5 cm, palm-leaf, Malayalam script, 9 lines to a page, Sanskrit Author Bhāsa Begins · ഹരി ശ്രീ ഗണപതയെ നമ (നാന്ദ്യന്തേ തതഃപ്രവിശതി സൂത്രധാരൻ) സുത്രധാര; - ശംഖക്ഷീരവ പുരാകൃതയുഗേ നാറ്റാ ഇ നാരായണ. ത്രേതായാംത്രിപദാപ്പി ത്രിഭുവനോ വിഷം സുവണ്ണപ്രഭ1| ദൂവ്വാശ്യാമനില; സ രാവണവധേ രാമാ യുഗേ ദ്വാപരേ നിത്യംയോജനസന്നിഭ, കലിയുഗ വഃ പാതു ദാമോദരന്റ ഏവമാര്യമിശ്രാൻ വിജ്ഞാപയാമി| അയി കിഖലി മയി വിജ്ഞാപനവ്യഗ്രേ ശബു ഇവ ശ്രൂയതേ അങ്ഗി പശ്യാമി Ends ബല.അയേ! അയം ഗുരുപുത്രാ യതാലംബബാഹു സരസമയമഗ്രം കാമ്മ കം കഷ്ടമാണ 0 Colophon കണ്ണകവചഹരണം സമാപ്തം This manuscript is about 500 years old Lent by the Manuscripts Library, University of Kerala, Trivandrum (Kerala) RIGARTHĀGAMASAMHRITI (Commentary on the Rigvedasamhitā) Foll 246, size 54x5 cm, palm-leaf, Malayalam script, 8 to 12 lines to a page, Sanskrit Author Skandasvāmi (7th century AD) Begins ഗണപതയെ നമഃ അവിഘമസ്തു വില്ലേശവിഘമാത്തോണ്ഡചന്ദ്രഗ്രോപേന്ദ്രവന്ദിത 20 ·നമോ ഗണപതി തുഭ്യംബ്രഹ്മണാംബ്രഹ്മണസ്പത മന്ത്രാണാമവബോദ്ധ്യാ യതൊടങ°ഗത്വസിദ്ധയ ഋഗ്വേദസ്യാതബൊധാർത്ഥമതൊ ഭാഷ്യം കരിഷ്യതേ തെ മന്ത്രാപഞ്ചപ്രകാരാ-പ്രെഷൽ കാണാം ക്രിയമാണാനുവാദിനം ശാസ്ത്രാഭിഷ്ടവനാദിഗതാഃ പാരവചനാദിഗതാ ഇതി Ends . ഹ അശ്വിനെ സൌഭഗെഭി: ഗേ ഇതി ധനനാമ ശാഭനാനി ധനാനി സുഭഗോനി സുഭഗോവ സൌഭഗോനി തെം സൌഗെജി; തൃതീയാശുതെ! സാകാംക്ഷത്വാത് സംയോജിതമിതി വാക്യശേഷം അഹിംസിതാനി ച ശോഭനാനി ച ധനാന്യസുര്യം ദത്തമിത്യർത്ഥ തന്നൊ മിത്ര ഇത്യക്തം The manuscript seems to be 500 years old Skandasvami is one of the earliest commentators of the Rigveda Lent by the Manuscripts Library, University of Kerala, Trivandrum (Kerala) RIGVEDABHĀSHYA (Commentary on the Rigveda) Foll 186, size 51 x 5 cm, palm-leaf, Malayalam script, 11 lines to a page, Sanskrit Author Venkatamadhava (c A D 1100) Begins ഹരി ശ്രീ ഗണപതയെ നമ: അവിഘമസ്തു പഞ്ച്വമോഥാഷ്ടകസ്തസ്മി- ന്നദ്ധ്യായാദിഷു വക്ഷ്യതേ ഷിക്കാരാഷഗോഷ്ട വിജ്ഞയമിഹ വേദികെ Ends വ്യാഖ്യ മഷ്ടമസ്യാഷ്ടകസ്യ സ തീരമാശ്രിത്യ നിവാസൻ കാമവര്യാ ദക്ഷിണം സുഖം തgഗ്വേദഭാഷ്യം സമാപ്തം ശ്രീ ഓം ഹരി ഹരി ഹരി ശ്രീ 21 ·Of the pre-Sāyana commentators of the Rigveda, Venkatamādhava was one of the foremost A note on the first folio says that the manuscript (about 400 years old) belonged to Payyūr Bhatta's family of great repute in Kerala Lent by the Adyar Library and Research Centre, Adyar (Madras) RĀMĀYANA Foll 337, size 31 X4 5 cm, palm-leaf, Grantha script, 20 lines to a page , Sanskrit Author Maharshi Vālmiki Begins Śuklāmbaradharam vishnum Śaśıvarnam chaturbhujam, prasannavadanam dhyāyet sarvavighnopaśāntaye āyurārogyaputrabhāryābandhusamuchchayah bhavantu te sadā vishnoh (prasā)dādrangaśāyinah Ends bhavabhayaharamekam bhānukotiprakāśam karadhritaśarachāpam kālameghāvabhāsam kanakaruchiravastram ratnavatkundalāļhyam kamalavıśadanetram sānujam rāmamide The manuscript, about 400 years old, has very beautiful letters - very minute but clear The metal book covers contain illustrations Lent by the Adyar Library and Research Centre, Adyar (Madras) ARTHAŚĀSTRA (A treatise on political science) Foll 167, size 36x5 cm , palm-leaf , Grantha script, 10 lines to Author Kautilya (4th century BC) a page , Sanskrit Begins harih om namaśukrabrihaspatibhyām prithivyā lābhe pālane cha yāvantyarthaśāstrāni pārvāchāryaih prasthăpitānı prā- 22 ·kritam yasastādi samskrityaikamidam arthaśāstram tasyāyam prakaranādhikaranasamuddesah Ends evam śāstramidam yukta metābhistantrayuktıbhih avāptau pălane choktam lokasyāsya parasya cha dharmamartham cha kāmam cha pravartayatı pāti cha adharmānarthavidveshānidam śāstram nihanti cha Colophon yena śāstram cha sastram cha nandarājagatā cha bhūh amarshenoddhritānyaśū tena śāstramidam kritam iti tantrayuktau prathamodhyāyah mantram yuktayah ādıtah pañchāśachchhatodhyāyah etāvatā kautılīyasyārthaśāstrasya tantrayuktih pañchadasamadhikaranam samāptam drishţvā vipratipattım bahudhā śāstreshu bhāshyakārānām svayameva vishnuguptaschakāra sūtram cha bhāshyam cha Best known manuscript of the Arthasastra Lent by the Oriental Research Institute, Mysore MAHĀBHĀRATA Foll 339, size 30 x 34 cm , birch-bark (bhūrjapatra), Sharda script, 24 lines to a page, Sanskrit Author Vyāsadeva (according to traditional belief) Begins वैशपायन स्वर्गत स तु राजेन्द्रो निवसन्देवसद्मनि पूजितस्त्रिदशै साध्यमरुद्भिर्वसुभिस्तदा । Ends पुरा हि निर्भनिदण्डमोहिता प्रमूढचित्ता वदनेन शुष्यता ददाति कस्मैचिदनहते तनु वराज्यपूर्णामिव Unique and valuable manuscript containing the Ādı, Sabhā and Aranyaka parvas Beginning of the Ādi and end of the Aranyaka missing Lent by the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Poona. 23 ·ŚLOKAVĀRTIKAVYAKHYĀ TĀTPARYAȚIKĀ (Commentary on the Slokayārtika of Kumārılabbaſta) Foll 152, SIze 54x5 cm, palm-leaf, Malayalam script, 12 lines to a page, Sanskrit Author Umbekabhatta (8th century A D) Begins യേ നാമ കേളിദിഹ നഃ പ്രഥയന്ത്യവാം ജാനന്തി തെ കിമപി താൻ പ്രതി നൈഷാ യാ ഉത്പത്സ്യതെ മമ തു കോട്ടപ്പി സമാനധമ്മാ കാലോഹ്യയം നിരവധിപ്പിപ്പലാ ച പ്രധാ ഗ്രന്ഥാരംഭsഭിമതദേവതാം പ്രതി വാത്തികകാര -വിശുദ്ധ തി തസ്യ ച കത്തവ്യതായാം ശിഷ്ടാചാര പ്രമാണം Ends തടുക്കം “ആധാരാത്മനി വിജ്ഞാ സുഖമാധയബോധനം" ഇതി Colophon ഇതി ഒട്ടോംബൂകവിരചിതായാം താത്പര്യ ടീകായാം സ്പോടാഖ്യം പാദസ്പാനേകം സമാപ്പും Umbekabhatta is said to have been the direct disciple of Kumārılabhațța, the famous philosopher of the Mīmāmsā school and author of the Slokayartika Lent by the Adyar Library and Research Centre, Adyar (Madras) RIGVEDAPADAPĀTHA (Text of the Rigveda with words in independent form) Foll 230, size 40 7x4 5 cm, palm-leaf, Malayalam script, 8 lines to a page, Sanskrit Begins : അഗ്നിം ഫർളെ പുര ഹിതം യജ്ഞസ്യ ദൈവം ഋത്വിജം ഹോതാരം രത്ന ധാതമം Ends സരസ്വതി അഭി ന നെഷി വസ്യ മാ അപസ്പരീ പയസാ മാ നം ആ ധക ജുഷസ്യ ന 24 ·സഖ്യാ ശ്യാ ച മാ ത്വത് ക്ഷെത്രാണി അരണാനി ഗന്മ Colophon ഇതി ചതുത്ഥാഷ്ടകെട്ടഷ്ടമൊദ്ധ്യായ Svaras (accent marks) have been marked in excellent order Lent by the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras ŚLOKAVĀRTIKAVYĀKHYĀ SARKARIKĀ (A commentary on Kumarilabhatta's Slokavartika) Foll 152, Size 54x5 cm, palm-leaf, Malayalam script, 12 lines to a page, Sanskrit Author Bhattaputra Jayamıśra (c 8-9th century AD) Begins അത്ര ഭാഷ്യം അഥ ഗൗരിത്യസ്യ ശബ്ദസ്യ കോട്ടത്ഥ ഇതി തത്രാസ്യ വാച്യനിരൂപ. ണസ്യ പ്രകൃതസംബന്ധൗത്പത്തികത്ത്വസിപ ദ്ധാന്താപയാഗിതാം ദശയന്നാഹ Ends ഏവമേവേന്ദ്രിയസൂല്യം വ്യവഹാരോപലംഭനം Colophon : ഇതി ഭട്ടപുത്രജയമിശ്രവിരചിതായാം ശ്ലോകവാത്തികവ്യാഖ്യായാം ശക്കരികായാം ആകൃതിഗ്രന്ഥ പ്രഥമ പരിച്ഛേദ The commentary is incomplete Lent by the Adyar Library and Research Centre, Adyar (Madras) RIGVEDA SAMHITA Foll 69, size 35 5x35 cm, palm-leaf, Nandināgari script, 5 to 6 lines to a page Begins श्री गणेशशारदागुरुम्यो नम । हरि प्रो ॥ अग्निमीले पुरोहित यज्ञस्य देवमृत्विजम् । होतार 'M || 25 ·Ends इन्द्रो यातोऽवसितस्य राजा शमस्य च सृङ्गिणो वववाहु । सेदु राजा क्षयति चर्षणीनामराम्न नेमि परिता वभूव ॥ हरि ओं प्रय देवाया व यो व यन्ति यच्चिद्धि शश्वता शश्वदिन्द्रोऽष्टो॥ Colophon इति प्रथमाष्टके द्वितीयोऽध्याय ॥ Accent marks in Samhita in Nandināgari Lent by the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras RIGVEDA Foll 14 sheets (first bundle) and 16 sheets (2nd bundle), size 28 x11 cm, Devanāgari script, 7 lines to a page, Sanskrit Begins हरि ॐ अग्निमीले पुरोहित हरि भों ।। अय देवाय जन्मने श्री महागणपतिर्जयति ।। हरि ॐ॥ प्रव पात हरि ॐ ।। सुपुमा यातमद्रिभि Ends इति प्रथमाष्टके प्रथमोध्याय ॥१ इति प्रथमाष्टके द्वितीयोध्याय ॥ २ ॥ एतायामोपगव्य त इद्र ॥ इति द्वितीयाष्टके प्रथमोध्याय ॥१॥ सुषुमायातमद्रिभि ॥ इति द्वितीयाष्टके द्वितीयोध्याय ॥ २ ॥ वसुरुद्रा पुरुमन्तूवृघता । With illustrations Lent by the Sarasvati Mahal Library, Tanjore (Madras) RIGVEDAPADAPATHA (Text of the Rigveda with words in independent form) Foll 147, size 39 2x39 cm , palm-leaf , Telugu script , 7 lines to a page , Sanskrit Begins & Kumardost | ks65*8581381 01 02010 | 581- vdo I awaas | 0 1 wesso1 23801832-४० ॥ 26 ·Ends అహం | గర్భం, అదధాం | ఓషధీషు | అహం | విశ్వేఘు | భువనేమి | అంతరితి | అహం | ప్రజాః | అజనయం | పృథివ్యాం | అహం | జనిభ్యః | అపరీషు | పుత్రాన్ | Important because of accent marks and padapatha in Telugu Lent by the Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras ŚRĪDEVĪMĀHĀTMYAM (Hymns in honour of the Devī, the supreme female goddess) Foll 75 , size 8X4 cm , palm-leaf, Telugu script , 24 lines per folio, Sanskrit Begins శ్రీ గురుభ్యోనమః | శ్రీ శారదాంబాయై నమః | పురసుందర్యైనమః | శ్రీ చాముండాయైనమః| ఏవంగుణ శుభ తిధౌ శ్రీ మహాకాళీ మహాలక్ష్మీ మహాసర స్వతీ దేవతా ప్రీత్యర్ధ్యం-సప్తశ తీస్తోత్ర కరిష్యే! అఢ ధ్యానం|| యా దేవీ మధు కైటభప్రైమధినీ యామాహిషోన్మూళినీ యా ధూమ్రక్షణచండముండశమనీ శినీ | యా శుమ్బాసుర నిశుమ్భదైత్యదమనీ యా సిద్ధలక్ష్మీపరా | సా చండీ నవకోటిమూర్తి సహితా మాం పాతు విశ్వేశ్వరీ || Ends సీమంతే తే భగవతి మయా సాదరం న్యస్తమేత త్సిందూరం మే హృదయకమలే హర్షవర్షం తనోతు బాలాదిత్యద్యు తిరివ సదా లో హితా యస్యకాంతి రంతర్ధ్వాంతం హరతు సకలం చేతసా చింతయామి యాభక్తి A manuscript with beautiful handwriting in microscopic form Lent by the Oriental Research Institute, Mysore VIVARANADARPANA (A work on philosophy) Foll 162, size 45x35 cm, palm-leaf, Nandināgari script, 5 lines to a page, Sanskrit Author Rangarājādhvarī, father of Appaya Dikshita (16th century AD) 27 ·Begins प्रधानादिवारणेन ईश्वरस्य सिद्धेरिति च का योजना यहा अद्वितीय इति कुत गास्त्रयोनित्वाद्यपेक्षया प्राक् द्वितीयसूत्र अन्यत्सर्व पूर्ववत् । अत्र प्रयमयोजना श्रेष्ठतमा । त पक्षमाश्रित्येम श्लोक व्याख्यास्ये द्वितीये सूत्र। जन्माद्यस्य यत इति ॥ Ends तस्माज्ज्ञानग्राहकसामग्रीमानमाध्य ज्ञानस्य त मिति सिद्धम् । न च ता प्रमाणाभाव इति वाच्यम् । विचारस्य च प्रमात्व विज्ञा नुमानादि प्रसिद्धमाधनतापरि विवादेति विशेपण गुणत्वादिषु व्यभिचारपरिहारार्थम् 11 </cମ୍ । A rare manuscript of a work of Rangarājādhvari known from a verse of Virarāghava-kavi in Achchāndikshitavamśāvali Lent by the Sarasvati Mahal Library, Tanjore (Madras). ŚILPAPRAKASA (Canons of temple architecture in Orissa) Foll 96 , size 38 5x4cm , palm-leaf , Oriya script, 4 lines to a page, Sanskrit , dated 11th year of the reign of Rājā Gopinathadeva, 1e AD 1731 Author Rāmachandra Mahāpåtra (between 11th and 13th century), scribe Narasimha Dvija Begins ଶ୍ରୀଗଣେଶାୟ ନମଃ ଐରାବତସମାରୁତ୍ୟ ନାନାମଣି ବଭୁଷି ତମ୍ ଚତୁଷ କଳା ବଦନପୁଣ୍ୟ ବଦନାଝି,ଳନ୍ ! ପତ ବସ୍ତ୍ର ପରୀ(ରି)ଧାନଂ କେସ୍ତୁ ରହାର ମଣ୍ଡିତମ୍ ଋତୁଭୁ ଜଧରଦେବଂ ପ୍ରଶାନ୍ତ ବଦନଂ ମହତ୍ || ଭୁଜ ସୁଗଉଁ ଚ ଅପରମାନ ଧାରଣ୍ୟ ବଦେବ,ମହାତେଜା ରଶ୍ୱକର୍ମୀ ନମୋସ୍ତୁତେ || ଋଷିକୁଲ୍ୟାଢଗ୍ରାମ୍ୟ ଶୋଭନସୁର ବାସିନ କଡି ଭଲକ୍ଷ ଗୋତ୍ରାୟ ନରସିଂହଦ୍ମ ଜୋଷ୍ଟମୀ || ଲିଖିତମିଦ ଗ୍ରଛୋୟମ୍ ଗୋପୀନାଥନରୋତ୍ତମ ରାଜଡ୍ ରୁଦ୍ରବର୍ପୟେଲିଖିତମିଦପୁସ୍ତକମ୍ || Ends 28

·Colophon Qô 92 6076.01ganga QIIQA 01497_491016@GOU
JM19969121 Goga Smga6.1974 og
qolą gm198 2913 914gge
This text gives principles and descriptions of the construction of the
Vadabhi type of temples of Orissa in the medieval period, such as the Vaitāl
Deul and the Gauri temple in Bhubaneswar, the Vārāhi temple in Chaurāsı
and the Gangeśvarī temple
The language of the text is corrupt at places
Lent by the Raghunandan Library, Puri (Orissa)
SĀDHANAMĀLĀ
(A work on Buddhist Iconography)
Foll in folder form, size 38 x 18 5 cm, Newari script, Sanskrit
Written during the reign of Jayaprakāśamalla of Nepal (c 1760 AD)
155 illustrations of Nepal school
Lent by the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
PRAYOGARATNAMĀLĀ VYAKARANA
(A work on Grammar)
Foll 151, size 47 x 10 cm, Tulā pāt, Assamese script, 6 lines to a page,
Sanskrit, dated Saka 1695 (AD 1773) Author Mahāmahopādhyāya
Purushottama Vidyā Vāgiša Bhattāchārya (16th century AD)
Begins
37 gray stastattel
zangcatlánattafonatataas ng protecta i
29

·Ends ইতি মহামহােপাধ্যায় বিদ্যাবাগীশ- ভট্টাচাৰ্যনির্মিতাং প্রযােগমালাবাং তদ্ধিতবিন্যাস, সমাপ্তঃ || Colophon শ্রীনল্লদেৱস্য গুণৈকসিম্ফোর্মহীনহেস্য যথানিদেশম্। যত্নাত, প্রযোাগাত্তনৰঙ্গমালা বিততে শ্ৰীপুৰুষােত্তমেন ৷ ভূতগ্ৰহ বসাঙ্কেচ শাকে সিংহগতববো। শ্ৰীশম্ভুনাথে ব্যলিখত, হাশীতে বঙ্গমালকম্ ॥ The manuscript contains the entire text from Sandhi to Taddlutavinyasa It was written by the author at the instance of the Koch king, Naranārāyana of the 16th century Lent by the Department of Historical and Antiquarian Studies, Gauhati (Assam) ŠILPAPRAKASA (Canons of temple architecture in Orissa) Foll 73, size 34 5x4 cm , palm-leaf , Oriya script , 5 lines to a page, Sanskrit , dated 4th Anka of Divyasimhadeva, Utkala era, 1e 1198 (A D 1791) Author Rāmachandra Mahāpātra (between 11th and 13th century), scribe Bhuvaneśvara Misra Begins ଶ୍ରୀଗଣେଶାୟ ନମ ବକର୍ମା-ପ୍ରତି ମାନ୍ୟ ଐରାବତସମାରୁତଃ ନାନାମଣିବଭୂଷିତମ୍ ରଭୁଷଷ୍ଟି କଳାତଦାନପୁଣ୍ୟ ବଦନୋଟିନମ୍ || Ends ସର୍ବଶାସ୍ତ ମଣିଳ୍ପ ବଣ୍ଟକର୍ମାନୁଶାସନମ୍ କୀମୁଦଂ ସର୍ବସିଦ୍ଧି ପ୍ରଦା କମ୍ ସର୍ବଭାଗୀସମାୟୁକ୍ତ ବକ୍ଷା ଶିଳ୍ପ ଶ୍ରୀ ସ୍ୱାସ୍ଥ୍ୟ ଶିଳ୍ପ-ପ୍ରକାଶ-ସକ | Colophon ଇତିଶ୍ରୀ ଅଶୋକମଣ୍ଡଳାନ୍ତର୍ଗତଃ ନାରାୟଣପୁରବାସି ନୀ କୌସ୍ ଗୋରୁ ଭୁବନେଶ୍ୱର ମିଶ୍ରଣ ଲିଖିତ୍ୟ ବ୍ୟସିଂହଦେବ ଚଢୁଆଁଳେ ଭୂକୂଳାଢେ ୧୧୯୮ କନ୍ୟା ଶୁଭ୍ଦଶମ୍ୟୁତିଆଁ ପଣ୍ଡି ତ ବାସରେ ଲିଖ୍ୟାନୁବାଦ୍ୟ ସମାପ୍ତ । ସର୍ବକର୍ମ ଙ୍କ ନ 30

·The language of the text is corrupt at places
The text gives principles and descriptions of the construction of
Vadabhi types of temples
Lent by the Raghunandan Library, Puri (Orissa)
SILPAPRAKĀSA
(Canons of temple architecture in Orissa)
Foll 108 , size 39 x4 cm , palm-leaf , Oriya script , 4 lines to a page ,
Sanskrit , dated ſaka 1715 (AD 1793) Author Rāmachandra
Mahāpătra (between 11th and 13th century), scribe Govindadāsa.
Begins ଶ୍ରୀଗଣେଶାୟ ନମ
୪ କଣ୍ଠକର୍ମ ନମଃ
ଶ୍ରୀନୀଳାଦ୍ର ନାଥାୟ ନମ ବିଶ୍ୱକର୍ମା-ପ୍ରତିମା ନମ୍ ।
ରବତସମାରୁତ୍ଵ ନାନ ମଣି ବଭୁଷିତ
ଚଢୁଷ କଳାବଦୀ ନମୁଣ୍ୟ ବଦନୋକ୍ତଳମ୍ । (୧)
ଯନ୍ତ୍ର ମହାକାଳୀ ସର୍ବ ଶଦ୍ୟ ମୂରୁପିଣୀ
ସର୍ବ ଶିଳ୍ପମୟୀ ନତ୍ୟ ସର୍ବାନନ୍ଦ ପ୍ରଦାୟିନୀ । (୪)
Ends
ପ୍ରଣମାମି ମହାଶ୭ ଦୂର୍ଗା ଚରଣ ପଙ୍କଜ
ଲିଖିତ୍ୟ ପୁସ୍ତକସର ଶ୍ରୀବବାସ ନୃପଥୟେ
ଶାକେ ବାଣୀ ତଥା ଇନ୍ଦୁ ସିନ୍ଧ ନକ୍ଷତ୍ର ୟୁକୋ
ଲିଖିତୋୟୁ-ମିଦମ୍ବନ୍ଧୁ ଯଥା ଶାସ୍ତ୍ରାନ୍ତରେ ତଥା ||
69 illustrated pages (Orissan school) The text gives principles and
descriptions of the construction of the Vadabhi types of temples
The language of the text is corrupt at places
In private collection of Miss Alice Boner, Varanasi, lent through
the Raghunandan Library, Puri (Orissa)
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·'- +91 { ( 1 ) AMARUŠATAKA (Onc hundred stanzas of Amaru on love) Foll 26, size 28 x 42 cm, palm-lcaf, Oriya script, 7 to 8 lines to a pagc, Sanskrit Author Amaru (c 8th century AD). Begins କ୍ୟାf-ଦଷ-୫୪କା ମୁଁ '-ପାଣି ପୃଷ୍ଠ Ends ଏହି ଗୁଣମା ଦଳ ବତୀ) 96 illustrations of thic Orissan school, 18th century Lent by the office of thic Muscum and Archaeology, Bhubaneshwar (Orissa) GITAGOVINDA (A lyrical drama depicting the love of Krishna for Rādhā) Foll 7, size 30x4 cm , palm-leaf , Oriya script , 12 lines to a page, Sanskrit Author Jayadeva (12th century AD) Begins ଶ୍ରୀ କୃଷ୍ଣାୟ ନମ ମେଘେମର ବନପ୍ଳବ ଶ୍ୟାମାgମାଳଦ ମି କଂ ଭୀରୁ ବ୍ଳବ ତଦିସଂ ରାଧଗୃହ ପ୍ରାୟ Ends କମ୍ପନ ଇତ୍ୟାତ୍ Colophon ଉତିଶ୍ରୀ ଗୀତଗୋବିନ୍ଦ ମହାକାବ୍ୟ କବର୍କ ଜୟଦେବ ‘ତୈ ସୁମଧୁସୂଦନୋ ନାମ ତୃସଙ୍ଗ || ଶ୍ରୀକୃଷ୍ଠାୟୁ ନ ! 7 illustrations of the Orissan school, 18th century The writing is disposed in such a way that from a distance it appears like the design of a Pidhā temple Lent by the Raghunandan Library, Puri (Orissa) 32 ·VIDAGDHAMADHAVA (A drama on Krishna) Foll 64, size 357x4 4 cm, palm-leaf, Oriya script, 6 to 7 lines to a page , Sanskrit Author Rupagoswami (16th centuryA D) Begins ସୁଧାନ-ଚାନ୍ଦ ଏମପି ମଧୁରିମାନ୍ନାଦ ବଦନା Ends Hal@gI91 00401 106 illustrations of the Orissan school Lent by the office of the Museum and Archaeology, Bhubaneswar (Orissa) UKARA (An astronomical work) Foll 36, size 32x13 cm, paper, Devanāgari script, Sanskrit, dated Samvat 1865 (A D 1808) Author Nayanasukhopādhyāya Begins श्री गणेशाय नम अथ उकराख्यो ग्रथसावजूमकृतो लिख्यते । तत्रास्य त्रयोदशाध्याये एकोन पष्टितुल्यानि ५६ क्षेत्राणि सति । पर च क्वचित्पुस्तकेपु पचाश ५० मितान्येव क्षेत्राणि सति । तत्र प्रयोजनद्वयस्यकक्षेत्रमेव कृतइद युनानीभाषात अरब-भापाया अबुल अच्चास अहसहस्याज्ञया कुस्ता बिविलूका बालूवहीसज्ञेन तृतीयाध्यायस्य पचमक्षेत्रपर्यंत ग्रथित शेपमन्यग्रंथितनरसीरसज्ञेन टीका कृता । सेय सस्कृतशब्दर्नयनसुखोपाध्याय- निबध्यते ॥ अथ प्रथमाध्याय Ends सवत् १८६५ मिति ज्येष्ठशुक्ल शनिवार श्रीरामचन्द्राय नम श्री गगादेव्यै नम श्री विश्वेश्राय नम श्री राम जी Contains several geometrical diagrams The original of this Sanskrit text was in Greek It was translated into Arabic by Kustabı-Biluka-valuvabi at the instance of Abul-Achchāsa- Ahaska Nayanasukhāchārya translated it into Sanskrit with the help of Abida, an Arabic scholar Lent by the Oriental Manuscripts Library, University of Kerala, Trivandrum (Kerala) 33 ·TANTRASĀRA (Essentials of Tantric rites) Foll 262, size 54x13 cm, paper, Bengall script, 8 lines to a page, Sansknt, dated Saka 1733 (A D 1811) Author Krishnānanda Agamavagisa (17th century) Begins . নত্ব কৃষ্ণপদদ্বন্দং ব্ৰহ্মাদিরবদিতম্। গুরুং চ জ্ঞানদাতারং কৃষ্ণানন্দেন ধীমতা। Ends যদ য ম নাথ বিমূঢবুদ্ধ্যা স্পষ্টীকৃতং হ্যতমং চ তন্ত্রে। ক্ষব্যমেতৎ করুণানিধান ক্রোধে ন চাইঃ খসুপামরেষু। Colophon . ইতি শ্ৰীমহামহােপাধ্যায় শ্রীকৃষ্ণানন্দভট্টাচাৰ্য্যকৃততন্ত্রসারঃ সমাপ্তঃ। 10 illustrations, this manual of Tantric rituals is very popular in Bengal Lent by the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, Calcutta GAJAŠĀSTRAM (On elephants of different regions) Foll. 332 plates, size 40 x 25 cm, paper, Devanāgari script, Sanskrit and Marathi Authors Pālakāpyamuni, and Sarabhojirājā (A D 1798- 1832) respectively of Sanskrit and Marathi versions Begins (Sanskrit) ओकारात्मकशालाया नादस्तम्भे महोत्तरे निबद्ध्य ध्यानपाशेन फलये कलभाननम् ।। (Marathi) श्लोक ॥ ओकारात्मक दिव्यभव्य वरवी गालाविशालामहानादस्तभ ममग- सुदरलसे तीमाजि भारीपण । त्याशी श्रीकलभानना कवलुनी सध्यानपाशी पदी घ्यातो त्या निजवल्लभा प्रतिवशा जो डोल तोकी मदी ॥१॥ Ends (Sanskrit) आसनत्रितयेप्येव सौष्ठव परिकल्पयेत् । गजस्य प्रेरणार्थाय पुरस्तादासन जगु ॥ ३ एतदेवमुत्कृष्टमित्याहु ॥ (Marathi) मदादिजातीयुद्धार्थ उत्कृष्टासन वोलिलें गजसामान्यसग्रामो तेंचि पैजाण- नेमिलें॥४ 34 ·Colophon इति पालकाप्ये ॥ ९॥ नवमप्रकरण सपूर्णम् ।। इति श्री शरभंद्रमहाराजविरचिते गजशास्त्रभाषाप्रबधे गजगतिदोपगुणनिरूपण नाम ॥ ६ ॥ नवमप्रकरण सपूर्णम् । Pictures, over 600 in number, ullustrations of elephants with different temperaments and of how the elephants were captured, tamed and trained for fighting, some pictures are of ailing elephants Lent by the Sarasvati Mahal Library Tanjore (Madras) AŚVASASTRA (On horses of different breeds and their chief characteristics) Foll 174 sheets , size 40x25 cm, paper , Devanagari script, Author : Nakula (according to traditional belief) Begins आलिंग्य देवी हरिता निषण्णा सध्यारुण पाशसणीर्वहन्तम् । परस्परस्पृष्टकटीनिवेश भयापह शक्तिगणेशमीडे । Ends वाहनेषु च ये वर्गा कुर्वन्ति हरिवाह्नम् । सुहृदस्तव वाहानामन्ये तु हरयस्तव ।। इति वाहनाध्याय ॥ Colophon दृष्ट्वा समस्त नकुल शास्त्र तच्छालिहोत्रीय । यूते तत्त्वार्थमनघ शास्त्र कृत्वा समासत ॥ 275 illustrations of the Maratha school of Tanjore (A D 1800-1832). Lent by the Sarasvatı Mahal Library, Tanjore (Madras) CHATURANGAVIHĀRA (Moves of dice in chess) Foll 32 , size 20 6x18 2 cm , paper , Devanāgari script , 15 to 25 lines to a page , Sanskrit and Marathi Author Krishneņdramahārāja of Mysore 35 ·Begins Ends श्री चामुण्डा प्रश्नचक्रम्हाणायाचा ३२४ घराचा चक्रात १४४ घराचे आणि ६४ घगचें ही बुधवल्पटगर्भित होऊण १ या आखाम विभागरीत्या आठादि बात ही गाठ पडल्या अश्वगती कडून सपूर्ण सलें आहे याचक्राचा अकोद्धार प्लोकाचा अनुलोम विलोम गती कडून १०६४ भेदचक्रे उत्पन्न होतात ।। या ६४ घराचा बुधबलपटात चित्र विचित्रवाणी नेगेज व्हावयाचा या जगन्मोहन चक्रात- मध्ये १६ घरात दहपार्व इत्यादि ५६ प्रकारानेहि १५४ तेरी जहोईजमव भोवते १ वल्यात बारा खडात ही चार-चार घराम १२२ तेरीज होईजे मही एकाश्वगति चालविली आहेयाचे १२६ भेदचक्रे उत्पन्न होतात ।। श्रीमत्ममम्तधरणीमडलपुण्डरीककणिकायमान कर्णाटकजनपदमध्य-विद्योतमान ममानवैभवभवनायमान श्रीमन्महीनूरपुरवराधीग राजाधिराज चामगजधमपत्नी रत्नके पन जा श्री चामुण्डादयामाद्र श्री कृष्णेन्द्र विनिम्मिता। पाचन्द्रतारक जीयात् प्रश्नचके हयप्लुति ६४ ॥ श्री॥श्री॥ Colophon नि Lent by the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras ABHINAYACHANDRIKĀ (On a classical dance of Orissa called the odısı dance) Foll 47, size 39x4 cm, palm-leaf, Oriya script, 2 lines to a page, Sanskrit Author Maheśvara Mahāpātra (AD 1764), scribe Gopipātra Begins ନମୋହେରେନ୍ସ ରଦ୍ଦେଶ କଲବୃକ୍ଷେଧବାaନ ଉମାସୁ ଓ ମହାକାୟ ଦନ୍ତୀ ନୃତ୍ୟ ବିଶାରଦ ତାଣ୍ଡବପି ୟ ପୁତ୍ର ତାଣ୍ଡବ ଫ୍ରି ୟୁ-ଧୂର୍ଜ ନମୋ ଚିନ୍ତାମଣି ନତ୍ୟ ଶୁଦ୍ଧ-ରୁଦ୍ଧି ପ୍ରଦାକ । Ends ନୃତ୍ୟଭାବତଥାଛନ୍ଦ ଯଥାଶାସ୍ତ୍ରନୁମୋଦିତ୍ୟ ଖଣ୍ଡ୭ୟ ସମାବେଶେ ନୃତ୍ୟାଭିନୟ ଲକ୍ଷଣମ୍ I ଖେମୁଣ୍ଡି ମଣ୍ଡଳାଧୀଶ ନାରାୟୁs-ମପନ୍ଧି ପରିତୋଣାଥ ଗ୍ରଛୋଫ୍ କରନୃତ୍ୟାଥମୋଦକ || ତୁଭ୍ରଦେଶାନୁସାରେଣ ଯଥାଚାସମର୍ଥ ତଥାଶ୍ଳୋକାନୁବନ୍ଧନ ଗ୍ରଛାଭିନୟ ଚହଁକା 36

·Colophon
ଇତିଶୀ ଗଜପତି ନାରାୟଣଦେବ ଅନଙ୍ଗଭୀମ ମହକ
ରାଜସଭାମଣ୍ଡନ ପଣ୍ଡି ଡରାଜ ଦରୁପାଞ୍ଚ ମହାପାତ୍ରସ୍ୟ ସୁ
ରାଜ ବତ୍ସସ ଗୋତ୍ରୀ ମହେଶ୍ୱର ମହାପାତ୍ର ବିରତ
ଅଭିନୟ ରହଁ କା ନୃତ୍ୟଖଣ୍ଡ it ଗୋପୀ ଯାତ୍ରେନ ଲିଖିତମିଦଗନୁ ।
The language is corrupt at places
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50 illustrations of the Orissan school The author was the son of
Virüpāksha Mahāpātra, court poet of King Anangabhima
Lent by the Raghunandan Library, Puri (Orissa)
PREMARĀMĀYANA
(Sanskrit translation of the Hindi Rāmacharitamānasa of Tulasidasa)
Foll 224, size 29 x 12 cm, paper, Oriya script 8 lines to a page,
Sanskrit and Hindi Author Dāśarathi Kavichandra, scribe the author
himself
Begins
ଶ୍ରୀଗଣେଶଗଣା{ଗଜବକ୍ତ_° ମହାନନ୍ୟ
ଯସ୍ୟ ସ୍ମରଣମାତ୍ରେଣ ସିଦ୍ଧ ବଢି ବଣ୍ଡି ତମ୍ ||
ଯୋ ସୁମିନ ସିଦ୍ଧ ହୋଇ ଗନ ନାକ କରିବର ବଦନ ।
Colophon
ଇତି ଶ୍ରୀ ଦାଶରଥ କବଚ ଅଷ୍ଟାବଧୀନ କୃତା
ପ୍ରେମରାମାୟୁଣ ସଂପୁଧ 8
The language is corrupt at places
This is the only known Sanskrit translation of the Ramacharitamanasa
In private custody, but lent through the Raghunandan Library,
Puri (Orissa)
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·YĀGAVEDI - CHITRĀNI
(Diagrams of Srauta sacrifices)
Size 62 2 x 47 1 cm, paper, Devanāgari, Grantha and Roman scripts
42 illustrations showing diagrams of altars for various sacrifices, like
the Agnishțoma, etc
Lent by the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras
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·PALI AND PRAKRIT MANUSCRIPTS

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·SHAȚKHANDĀGAMA (DHAVALĀ)
(A work on the Karma philosophy of the Jainas)
Foll 777, size 75x6 cm, palm-leaf, Kanarese script, 12 to 14 lines
to a page, Prākrit, dated 1113 AD, the commentaries are in Prākrit
alternating with Sanskrit Authors Dharasena and Pushpadanta,
commentator Virasena (9th century AD)
Begins
Eatos odos sao carlos swa, to czase Badalsecol aise evideo
agosao, taaide olero 22, naturezao iloll
2 illustrated folios
Achārya Dharasena taught the Shatkhandagania and the Mahabandha
to Achāryas Pushpadanta and Bhūtabalı Āchārya Virasena wrote an
exhaustive commentary on the Shatkhandagama in 72,000 slokas and
this is known as the Dhayala
Lent by the Trustees of the Siddhānta Bāsadı at Moodbidri (South
Kanara) through the kind courtesy of Babu Chhotelal Jain of Calcutta.
MAHĀBANDHA (MAHĀDHAVALĀ)
(A work on the Karma philosophy of the Jainas)
Foll 219, size 72 5x7 cm, palm-leaf, Kanarese script, 12 to 14
lines to a page, Prākrit Authors Dharasena and Bhūtabalı (1st century
AD), scribe Ugrāditya
Begins
saice 2010 | oll
ಣಮೂ ಅತಿಜಿಡಾಣಂ || ೧ ||
7 illustrated folios
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·Āchārya Bhūtabali wrote the Mahabandha (Mahadhavala) It is the longest Prākrit Sūtra consisting of 40,000 slokas The colophon of the Mahadhavala manuscript states that it was copied through the munificence of Säntisena's queen, Mallikabbe for the purpose of presentation to an erudite sage, Māghanandı Lent by the Trustees of the Siddhānta Bāsadı at Moodbidri (South Kanara) through the kind courtesy of Babu Chhotelal Jain of Calcutta KASHĀYAPĀHUDA (JAYADHAVALĀ) (On the Karma philosophy of the Jainas) Foll 516, size 68 5x7 cm, palm-leaf, Kanarese script, 12 to 14 lines to a page, Prākrit, the commentaries in Prākrit alternating with Sanskrit Author Gunadhara (1st century BC), commentators Yativrishabha (6th century AD) and Virasena (9th century AD) Begins Zgjes, 2007 Domain Ho Jatabe 130, 6)). Jau 30801 808 2390 ಡಮ್ಮಿ ದು ಹವದಿ ಕಸಾಯಾಣ ಪಾರುಡಂ ಡಾಮ || ೧ || The colophon states that a certain Bhujabalı Annā Śreshthi got it copied and presented it to Padmasena Muni The teachings of the Jaina Tirthankara, Mahāvīra (6th century BC) were arranged into twelve angas by his pupıl, Indrabhūti Gautama, and were orally handed down from generation to generation But gradually they fell into oblivion According to the Digambara tradition the canons of the twelve angas are forgotten , only a portion of them was known to Achārya Gunadhara (1st century BC) and Achārya Dharasena (1st century AD) and whatever of it survived is preserved in the ancient scriptures known as the Kashayapaluda of Gunadhara and the Sharkhandagama and the Mahabandha of Dharasena Achārya Gunadhara wrote the Kashāyapāhuda in 233 Gāthā Sūtras 42 ·Āchārya Yativrishabha (6th century AD) wrote churni sutras on it in 6000 slokas Thereafter, in the 9th century AD, Āchārya Virasena wrote an exhaustive commentary on it in 20000 slokas, this was, however, completed by his pupil Jinasena by the addition of another 40000 slokas This commentary is known as the Jayadhavala 14 illustrated folios Lent by the Trustees of the Siddhānta Bāsadı at Moodbidri (South Kanara) through the kind courtesy of Babu Chhotelal Jain of Calcutta ŚĀNTINĀTHA KALASA (Jaina text) Foll 21, size 20 5x77 cm, paper, Devanāgarī script; 9 lines to a page, Apabhramśa, dated Samvat 1350 (AD 1293) Author Jineśvarasūri (AD 1275-1300), scribe Vinayasamudra, pupil of Jineśvara Begins असुरसुरिंदरिदविंदवदिय पयपउमह । सतिजिरिंणदह न्हवगु समउवज्जिछलछोमह । Colophon सवत् १३५० चैत्र सुदि १ रवौ रेवती नक्षत्रे श्री जिनेश्वरसूरिशिष्येण विनयसमुद्रे मुनि देवराजपुरस्थितेन महाधरपुत्र मोह्नणनिमित्त फलसवोलिपत्राणि लिखितमिति । Incomplete, the oldest paper manuscript in the collection Lent by the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Bharatiya Sanskriti Vidya Mandır, Ahmedabad, UTTARAPURĀNA (Life-story of the Tirthankaras after Rishabhadeva) Foll 398, size 30 x 10 cm, paper, Devanāgari script, 10 lines to a page, Apabhramśa, dated Samvat 1391 (AD 1334) Author Pushpadanta (10th century AD), scribe Vahad Rāja-deva 43 ·Begins ॐ नमो वीतरागाय वभहो वभालय सामिय हो ईस हो ईसरचंद हो । मजिय हो जियकाम हो पणवेवि परमजिरिंगद हो । छ । Ends सिरिनिरह हो वहुगुणहो कइकुलतिलय मासिउ । सुपहाणु पुराणु तिसहिहिमि पुरिसह चरिउ समासिउ ।। १४ ।। इति महापुराणे तिसट्ठिमहापुरिसगुणालकारे महाकइ पुप्फयतविरइस महाभम्वभरहाणु मणि- पए महाकचे वीरणाहरिणव्वाणगमण प्रावितिसट्ठिपुरिस वण्णण गाम दिउत्तरूसयसघी समत्तो । उत्तर पुराण समाप्त मिति ॥ सधि १०२ ।। Colophon सवत्सरेस्मिन् श्री विक्रमादित्यगताब्द सवत् १३९१ वर्षे ज्येष्ठ वदि ९ गुरुवामरे अद्यह श्री योगिनीपुरे समस्तराजावलीशिरोमुकुटमाणिक्यखचितनखरश्मौ सुरत्राण श्री महम्मदसाहि- नाम्नि मही विभ्रति सति अस्मिन् राज्ये योगिनीपुरस्थित अग्रोतकान्वय नभ शशाक सा महिपालपुत्र जिनचरणकमलचचरीक सा खेतूफरा साढा महराजा रूपा, एतै सा खेता पुन गल्हा आजा एतौ । सा फेरा पुत्र वीधा हेमराज एतौ धर्मकम्मणि सद्योधमपरै ज्ञानावरणीय क्षयाय भव्यजनाना पठनाय उत्तरपुराणपुस्तक लिखापित । लिखित गौडान्वय कायस्थपडित गन्धवपुत्रवाहदराजदेवेन । Second part of the Mahāpurāna written by Pushpadanta, one of the best works of Apabhramśa literature The manuscript was written at Yoginipura (Delhi) Lent by the Shri Digambar Jain Atisaya Kshetra, Shri Mahavirji, Jaipur (Rajasthan) KALPASUTRA AND KĀLAKĀCHĀRYAKATHA (Biographies of the Jinas and rules for ascetics, the story of Kalakāchārya) Four folios from a manuscript of the Kalpasūtra and the Kālakācharyakathā, size 30 5x9 cm, Devanāgari script, 7 lines to a page, Prākrit and Sanskrit Author of the Kalpasūtra Bhadrabāhu (4th century BC) 5 illustrations in Western Indian style of the late 14th century, a very 44 ·early illustrated manuscript of excellent workmanship Lent by the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Bombay KAMMAVACHA (A Pali Buddhist text) 16 copper plates, size 55 x 10 cm, Siamese script, Pali Begins Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa pathamam upajjham găhāpetabbo upajjham gāhāpetvā pattachivaram āchikkhitabbam Ends Sammatā samghena itthannāmassa bhikkuno nissayamuttasammuti khamati samghassa tasmă tunhi evam etam dhārayāmīti 10 illustrations, good examples of Thai art of the middle period (c 14th century AD) Lent by the Adyar Library and Research Centre, Adyar (Madras) UPADEŠAMĀLĀ WITH COMMENTARY (A poem containing moral instructions for laymen and nuns) Foll 2-231, size 30 8x11 cm, paper, Devanāgarī script, 15 lines to a page, text in Prākrit, commentary in Sanskrit, dated Samvat 1457 (AD 1400) Author Dharmadāsagani, scribe Rāmāka Ends इत्याचार्य श्री उदयप्रभसूरिदेवसघटिताया उपदेशकणिकाया विशेपवृत्तो तृतीय परिवेष सपूर्ण । ३७१४ एतावता सपूर्णा उपदेशमालाया कणिकास्यविशेष- वृत्तिरिति ।। छ ।। पादितो ग्रन्थान १२३७४ ।। शिवमस्तु ।। ० Colophon स्वस्ति श्री नृपविक्रमकालातीतसव(त) १४५७ श्रावणवदि १२ शनी अद्यह श्रीमद्दण हिल्लपुरेनगरे प्राग्वाटज्ञाती-हसरवणसुत रामाकेन श्रीउपदेशमालाविशेषवृत्तिलिखिता ।। Two illustrations in Western Indian style, commentary unpublished 45

·Lent by the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Bharatiya Sanskriti Vidya Mandır,
Ahmedabad
KALPASUTRA
(Biographies of the Jinas and rules for ascetics)
Foll 72, size 27x10 cm, paper, Devanāgari script, 7 lines to a
page, Prakrit, dated Samvat 1486 (A D 1429) Author Bhadrabāhu
(c 4th century BC)
Begins
नम सिद्व भ्य ॥ नमो अरहताण ॥
नमो सिद्धाण । नमो आयरियाण ॥
नमो उवज्झायण । नमो लोए
मों पच नमुक्कारों
-
Ends सवत् १४८६ वर्षे श्री मण्डपमहादुर्गे पातिसाहि
श्री महम्मदराज्ये वाचनाचार्यवर्ये
कीर्तिगणिवराणां विनयवों श्री क्षेमहसगरिभि
मुदहर्षगणि भावराजगणिक्षेमराजगणि
प्रमुख मुनिपरिकरस श्रीक श्री कल्य
स्ववाचनहेतोलिखापित वाच्यमान चिरकाल नदतु ।
भद्र भवतु
श्रीसघभट्टारक ॥ श्री ॥ श्री ॥
33 illustrations, the manuscript was written at Mandu
Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi
UTTARĀDHYAYANASUTRA
WITH AVACHURI
(A Jaina text containing sermons and admonitions to
pupils and monks)
Foll 61, size 26x11 cm, paper, Devanāgari script, 17 lines to a page,
text in Prākrit, Avachūri in Sanskrit, dated Samvat 1551 (AD 1494)
46

·Begins सजोगा विप्पमुक्कस्स अणगारस्स भिक्खुणो । Ends इइ पाउक्करे बुद्ध नायए परिनिन्बुए । छत्तीम उत्तरज्झारणए भवसिद्धी सम्मएत्ति वेमि ॥६७॥ Colophon सवत् १५५१ वर्षे माधवदि ७ सोमे लिखित दघालियानगरे ।। शुभभवतु । The manuscript is an example of Rıkta-lipi, ie copied in such a way that the blank space gives the designs Lent by the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Bharatiya Sanskriti Vidya Mandır, Ahmedabad ADIPURĀNA (Life-story of the first Jaina Tīrthankara, Rishabhadeva) Foll 344 (some missing), size 28 x 12 cm, paper, Devanāgari script, 13 lines to a page, Apabhramsa, dated Samvat 1597 (A D 1540) Author Pushpadanta (10th century), scribe Vishnudāsa Begins ॐ नमो श्री वीतरागाय ।। णमो अरिहताण । गमो सिद्धाण । णमो पायरियाणं । एमो उवज्झायारणं । गमो लोए सव्बसाहूण । एसो पच नमुक्कारो सव्वपावरणामणो। मगलाण च सव्वेसि पढम हवइ मगल । सिद्विसहू मणरजणु परमणिरजणु भुवनकमल सरणेसरू । पणविवि विग्यविणासणु गिरूवममासणु रिसहणहु परमेसरू ।। . Ends भरहु विमोक्खु विसुद्धमइ विविहकम्मवधाहिउ । फरिणखेयर किण्णर पवरनर पुप्फदत गणसयुउ ।। २५ ॥ इय महापुराणे तिमट्ठि महापुरसि गुणालकारे महाकइ पुप्फयत विरयए महाभव भरहाणुमण्णिए महाकब्बे सगणहररिसहनाह अरहरिणक्वारण गमरण णाम सत्ततीसमो परिछेह समत्तो ॥ ३७ ।। आदिपुराणखडद्वयेन जातश्लोकमानेनाष्टसहस्राणि अकतो ग्रथाप्र ८००० । अक्षरमात्रपदस्वरहीन व्यजनसधिविवर्जितरेफ । साधुभिरेप मम क्षमितव्य को न विमुह्यति शास्त्रममुद्र ।। १ ।। Colophon अयसवत्सरेस्मिन् श्रीनृपविक्रमादित्य राज्ये सवत् १५६७ वर्षे फाल्गुनमासे शुक्लपक्षे त्रयोदस्या 47

·frपो भोमयागरे भी नोगिनीपुर महादुर्ग मग्विारा सापातामुदि.
प्रमानाने श्री पान र गुमन्यान पी गाजसपे मरायपे पुफरगणे उभामापा प्रनिधि
भट्टार श्री देव मादेन एनेपा मध्ये मर्यानित जोगादिषा परागुल
परांय प्रसार मार निग्निागेमागेगापु नाथ सुप पोपरी राइमन रोग :
মা গা;ি = গ "সদিবননিৰ নিশালি। বিশাখা। সতি
पाति गमन । गा ग्नामरायर मारियाण निगिा मि गुर
यामीतिर श्री या भी मर मित्र गुभ मुगार।
First part of the Sahapurana uritten by Pushpadanta, onc of the
best works of Apabhramsa literature
558 illustrations by the artist lacinitha Kiyastha of the Delhi
school A striking fcature of the composition is the cnlarged pictonal are:
to cover sometimes the entire folio
Lent by thc Shri Digambar Jain Atisaya Kshctra, Shri Mahavirji,
Jaipur (Rajasthan)
JASAHARACHARIYA
(On the life of Maharaja Yasodhara)
Foll94; sizc 29 y 11 5 cm, paper, Devanagari script; 9 lines to a
page, Apabhramsa, dated Samvat 1647 (A D 1590) Author Pushpadanta
(10th century AD)
Begins
F Tम गिम्म. ॥ परमपर पति
pिen
पिरिम परमागर।
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TTPTET
मTTrti-Trir..मग
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·Ends त माइ महासइ देवि सरासइ णिहयसयल सदेहदुह । महु खयउ भडारी चिहुणसारी पुप्फयत जिणवयणरूह ।। ३० ॥ इय जसहर महाराय चरिये महामल्लण. हरणो कइ पुप्फयत विरइये महाकव्वे चडमारिय देवय मारिदत्तराय धम्मलाहो अरणेवि सग्ग गमण रणाम चउत्यो सधी परिछेवो सम्मत्तो॥६॥ सन्धि ४ इति यशोधरचरित्र समाप्त । Colophon अथास्मिन् सवतु सवत् १६४७ वर्षे ज्येष्ठे सुदि तृतीयाया भूमवासरे पुनर्वसु नक्षत्रे श्री नेमिनाथजिनचैत्यालये अम्बावती वास्तव्ये महाराजाधिराज श्री मानसिंहराज्यप्रवर्त्तमाने श्री मूलसधे नद्याम्नाये बलात्कारगणे सरस्वती गच्छे कुदकुदाचार्यान्वये भ० श्री प्रभाचद्रदेवा तासिष्य म श्री धर्मचद्रदेवा तत्सिष्य म श्री ललितकीत्तिदेवा तत्सिष्य म श्री चन्द्रकीर्ति देवास्तदाम्नाये खडेलवालान्वेये गोधा गोत्रे सा० ठाकुर तद्भार्ये देवे प्र० डी डी द्विव लाछि तयो पुत्रा सप्त प्र० सा० श्री तेजपाल तेद्भायें देवे , प्र० त्रिभुवनदे द्वि, ल्होडी तयो पुत्रौ द्वौ प्र० 70 illustrations in Rajasthani style The manuscript was written at Amber during the reign of Raja Mānasimha Lent by the Shri Digambar Jain Atisaya Kshetra, Shri Mahavirji, Jaipur (Rajasthan) - GĀTHĀSAPTAŚATI (Anthology of-700 verses by Salivahana) Foll 73, size 26 2X13 cm, paper, Maithili script, 5 to 6 lines to a page, Prakrit, dated Lakshmanasena Samvat 566 (A D 1685) Author Sālıvāhana (Hala), scribe Kamalanārāyana Śarmā Begios ओ नमो महागणेशाय । पसुवइगोरोस्सारुणपडिमासङ्घन्त गोरिमुलन्द । Ends चन्द्रवडा अभरण वश मण गगा भसहर ।। ३६ ॥ Colophon लस इति श्री महाराज शालिवाहनविरचित सप्तशतक षट्त्रिंशद्गाथाधिक समाप्तम् । ५६६ भाद्रमित त्रयोदश्या ब्रह्मपुरा ग्रामे ।। Lent by Patna University, Patna (Bihar) 49

·ADIPURĀYA
(1.1fc-story of the first Tirthanlara Rishabhadeva, his sons Bharita
and Bahubali)
Toll 142 , 5170 28 5 S 3 cm: paper, Duan igari scripi, 13 lines to a
page. Apabhrama Author Pushpıdinta (10th centun)
Begins
TOT 7777TSI
142 illustrations Pushpadanla nas patronized by Bharate, Minuten
of the Rishtrakūta king, hrishna III (AD 939-968) So lc has composed
his scrses with doublc morning - applicable to the events in the life of
Bharata, son of Rishabladova, as well as to that of his own patron of the
simc namc
Lent by Shri Panna Lal Jain Agrawala, Dellu
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Rajkumar and Mrigavatı, miniature painting, Malwa School, 16th
century, from the Mrigaralı
Lent by the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi

·MAHABHĀRATA - SALYAPARVA
Foll 112, size 65 x 18 cm, Sāñchi Pāt (leaves made of bark of
aloe wood), Assamese script, 10 lines to a page, Assamese Author:
Bholanatha Dvija alias Ātmarāma (AD 1740)
Ends
ধৃতৰাষ্ট্ৰ নৰপতি আছে জিতে থানে।
বিবাে চলিলা তাক মহা অপমানে৷ ১৭৪৭
বৈস্যাশতে জাত বীৰ জুযুৎসু নামত।
থাকিলা জনি সিতাে আপােন গৃহত ৷৷
পদিনে স্নান কৰি ধৰ্ম্ম নৃপতি।
সমিপক চলি গৈলা জুযুৎসু সুধিৰ। ১৭৪৮
দ্বিজ ভােলানাথে ভন এডি আন কাম।
সঘনে ঘুসিযাে দামােদব কৃষ্ণ ৰাম ৷
তাহাৰ অৰ্থক সুনি আনন্দিত মনে।
সিবসিংহ নৰপতি বুলিলা তেখন।
তাসম্বাৰ মধ্যে এক দ্বিজ আত্মৰাম।
বিৰচিলা পদ ইতল শৈলপৰ্ব নাম ।
Colophon
Every page is illustrated The ulustrations present good examples
of the Assam school of painting, based on weaving designs for which
Assam has been so famous since early times
The manuscript is the author's original copy Every page of the
folios contains different varieties of floral and creeper designs in colours
The manuscript was compiled under the orders of the Ahom king, Siva
Singha
Lent by the Department of Historical and Antiquarian Studies,
Gauhati (Assam)
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·HASTIVIDYARNAVA (On the science of treatment of elephants) Foll 129, size 58 x 16 cm, Sāñchi Pāt, Assamese script, 10 lines to a page, Assamese Author Sukumār Barkāıth, Saka 1656 (AD 1734) Begins পৰ্বতৰপৰা ওলাই আহি সােণৰ সৰপহুএ পানীৰ মুখত কটালি খালেহি। সেই পহুৰেপৰা কতােদিন থাকি তাল, মাখুদি দুটা হাতি হৈ হাবিত, বন-পচা খাই ফুৰে। সকল জুৰিএ গুজৰি ফুৰে। তাৰেপৰা অনেক লাখ বিলাখ হাতি হল । Ends নদী পাৰ হােৱা বাঘৰ মাংসগুটি, পিত লব। মতা ভালুকৰ মাংসগুটি, পিতলব। চিকা মাৰি ল'ব। জি হস্তিৰ বলিযা লেতেৰা গন্ধাই সেই বলিযা ল'ব। সমস্তকে মিসলাই বাটি লব। জেতি হস্তি জুঝাবলৈ নিএ এই ঔষধ কপালত ঘসব। গন্ধমাত্রতে হস্তি পলাই। আকে মঙ্গলবাবে দেওবাৰে হস্তিৰ খিন কুম্ভত সিলে কুম্ভ পুৰ হয়। Colophon সৌমাৰ পিঠব ইশ্বৰ শ্ৰীযুত শ্ৰীমন্ত শিৱসিংহ নাম জি মহাৰজা আৰু তানে মহিষী জি শ্ৰীশ্ৰী অম্বিকা নাম মহাদেৱী সেই দুই জনাৰ আজ্ঞা ৰত্নমালাক শিৰত ধৰি সুকুমার বডকাথ এই হস্তিবিদ্যার্ণব সাবসংগ্রহক ৰচিলে। শক ১৬৫৬ || আতে চিত্ৰ কৰিবলৈ আজ্ঞা কৰিলে দিঘৰ দোষায দুই লিখকক। 167 illustrations of the Assam school of Painting with Mughal features by the artists, Dilbar and Doshai 54

·The work was composed under the orders of the Ahom king, Siva Singha
Lent by the Department of Historical and Antiquarian Studies,
Gauhati (Assam)
KRISHNAKĪRTANA
(Poems in honour of Krishna)
Foll 206, size 34 x 9 cm, paper, Bengali script, 8 lines to a page,
Bengali Author Badu Chandidāsa (c 15th century)
Begins
সভাপতি আর সব সভাসদজন।
তালপমতী তােহ্মাতে শরণ।
Ends মথুরা আইলা হোঁ তেজি গােকুলব বাস।
মন কৈলে কবিৰোঁ মাে কংসের বিনাস।
Supposed to be the oldest known manuscript in Bengali
Lent by the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad, Calcutta
VIKRAMĀDITYA - KHĀPARĀCHORA-CHAUPAI
(A popular story)
Foll 30, size 26 9X108 cm, paper, Devanāgari script, 12 lines to a
page, old Gujarati Author Lābhavardhana, Samvat 1727 (A D 1670)
Begins पुरिसादाणी परामिय परतिख पासजिणद ।
समरता सुखसपदा दिन दिन अधिक प्राणद ।।
Ends
श्रवणे सुर्ण बहुभावस जे चतुर सुघट सुजाण भ० ।
कहे लाभवरधन तेहनै हुवे कल्याण भ० १३
इति श्री विक्रमादित्य खापराचोरमवादोचोपई सपूरण ।। श्री ।। श्री ।।
56 illustrations in late Mughal style
Lent by the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Bharatiya Sanskriti Vidya Mandır,
Ahmedabad
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·PANCHANĀMĀ (A document) Foll one, size 67x33 2 cm, paper, Devanāgarī, Kaithi and Arabic scripts, a sloka in 5 lines and signatures of more than thirty persons, Sanskrit, Hindi and Persian, dated AD 1669 Authors and scribes Goswami Tulasidasa (c AD 1543-1623) and others Begins श्री जानकीवल्लभो विजयते । द्विश्शरन्लाभिसघत्त द्विस्स्थापयति नाश्रितान् द्विदाति न चाथिन्यो रामो द्विन्न व भापते ॥१॥ Ends साछी पीतवर दसवधी पुरन सुत साछी रामराइ गरीव धनीराम मयुराये सुत । म० पु रिफर्नसुर साछी Deed of arbitration regarding the settlement of property of a local Zamındar in which the poet Goswami Tulasidāsa was one of the arbitrators and the first 5 lines are in his own handwriting This is the only known handwriting of this great saint The deed has been authenticated by the Quazi of Banaras Lent by the All India Kashiraj Trust, Varanası RĀMACHARITAMĀNASA (Poem on the life of Rāma) Foll 339, Size 213x122 cm, paper, Devanagari script, 8 lines to a page, Hindi, dated Samvat 1704 (A D 1647) Author Goswāmi Tulasidāsa , scribe Raghu Tiwari Begins श्री गणेशाय नम । श्री जानकीवल्लभो विजयते ।। वर्णानामर्थसघाना रसाना छन्दसामपि । मगलाना च कर्तारौ वन्दे वाणीविनायकौ ॥१॥ Ends श्रीमद्रामचरित्रमानसमिद भक्त्यावगाहन्ति ये । ते ससारपतगघोरकिरणदह्यन्ति नो मानवा ॥२॥ 56 ·Colophon इति श्री रामचरितमानसे सकलकलिकलुषविध्वसने अविरलहरिभक्तिसपादिनी नाम सप्तमसोपान समाप्त । शुभमस्तु । मगलमस्तु ।। Only copy of the complete Ramacharitamanasa (an original composition on the life of Rāma) written in A D 1647, only 24 years after the death of the famous poet and saint, Tulsidas Lent by the All India Kashiraj Trust, Varanasi MRIGĀVATI (Romantic poem of an Indian love story) Foll 250, size 187x174 cm, paper, Karthi script, Hindi (Avadhi dialect) Author Kutban (A D 1615) 1505 All the 250 folios have on their obverse appropriate full-page paintings of the Malwa school Lent by the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi AVATARAGĪTĀ BHĀSHĀ ŠIROMAŅI (Describes incarnations of Vishnu) Foll 629, paper, Devanagari script, Hindi (Avadhi dialect), dated Samvat 1733 (A D 1676) Author Naraharadasa (middle of the 16th century) Begins 180|| श्री गणेशाय नम ॥ श्रीकृष्णाय नम ॥ अथ अवतारगीताभाषा वारहट नरहरदास कृत लिख्यते ॥ अथ साठक || सुडादडप्रचडमेकदसण मदगधगलस्थल । सिन्दूरारुणतुडमडित- मुख भृगस्य गुजारव ।। Ends दूहा-सोरह सहस अरु पाठस, इकसठ ऊपर पान । छद अनुष्टुप करि सकल, पूरन अथ प्रमान ॥१॥ 57 ·मै जोई सुन्यौ पुरानमहि ॥ क्रक जोई वणन कीन । श्रोता पाठक हेतिमाँ, पावै भक्ति प्रवीन ॥२॥ इति श्री चतुर्विशतिनवनारचरित्रे महामुक्तिमार्गे भाषा वारहट नरहरदासेन विरचित ग्रथानाम अवतार चरित्र भापा शिरोमणी सपूर्ण ॥श्री॥ शुभं भवतु ॥ कल्याण- मस्तु ।। श्रीरस्तु॥ 31 illustrations of the Rajasthani (Mewar) school Lent by the Allahabad Museum, Allahabad VIDYĀPATI - PADAVALI (Poems of Vidyāpati) Foll 34, size 32 x 55 cm, palm-leaf, Maithili script, 5 lines to a Author Vidyāpati Thākur (14th century) page , Maithili Begins सो रहव अवधि भए लाजे । Ends प्रथमहि हाथ पयोधर लागु पुलके प्रमोदे मनोभव । The manuscript seems These are collections of Vidyāpati's poems to be 300 years old Lent by Patna University, Patna (Bihar) SAKUNTALĀNĀȚAKAKATHA (Hindi version of the well-known Sanskrit drama, the Abhijnana- Sakuntalam, by Kalidasa) Foll 47 , Size 23 5x153 cm, paper, Devanāgarī script, 16 lines to a page , Hindi, dated Samvat 1845(A D 1788) Author Kavi Nivāj Begins श्री गणेशाय नम ॥ अय सकुतला नाटक लिख्यते ॥ कवित्त ॥ राखत न भूरज ससी की परवाहि निसिवासर प्रफुल्लित रहत एक वानी के || ध्यान हूकियेते देत ग्यान मकरद वास नाक मे लहै कहै या जिनकी कहानी के ।। 58 ·Ends इति श्री सकुतलानाटककथाया चतुर्थ तरग समाप्त शुभ ।। माघमासे शुक्लपक्षे तिथी पूर्णिमाया सवत् १८४५ । 12 illustrations in Mewar style Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi ĀDIPURĀNA (Life-story of the first Jaina Tirthankara, Ādinātha) Foll 189, size 51 7x45 cm, palm-leaf, Kannada script, 7 lines to a page, Kannada, Saka 1301 (A D 1378) Author Pampa, Saka 863 (AD 941), scribe Abhayachandra Saiddhānti Begins ಶ್ರೀ ದೇವೇಂದ್ರಮುನೀಂದ್ರ ವಂದಿತ ಗುಣಾತಂಜಗಾಮಿಸಂ- ದಾದಿಬ್ರಹ್ಮನಗಾಧಬೋಧನಿಲಯ.೦ ದುರ್ವಾರ ಸಂಸಾರವಿ- 1 ಜೈಪಾಯನಿಯುಕ್ತಸೂಕ್ತಿವೃಷ ಮಾರ್ಗಾಗ್ರೇಸರಂ ಪಾಪಕ್ಕ ತ್ಪಾದಾಬ್ಬಂ ದಯೆಗೈಯ್ಯನಮಗೆ ಮುಕ್ತಿ ಶ್ರೀಸುಖಾವಾಪ್ತಿಯಂ|| Ends ಭಾಸುರದೇವಕೊಟಿವಿಭುವಪ್ಪ ಮಹಾಧಿಳನಪ್ಪ ವಾಸವಂ- ಗಾಸನ ಕಂಪಮಂ ಪಡೆದು ತೀರ್ಥಕರ ಮನಿತ್ತನಪ್ಪ ರಾ- ವಾಸವನೈದಿಸಿ ದವೆ ಷೋಡಶ ಭಾವನೆಯಿಂದೆ ಷೋಡಶಾ- ಶ್ವಾಸವನೆಯ್ದ ಭಾವಿಸುಗೆ ಭವ್ಯರನಂತ ಸುಖಾಭಿಲಾಷಿಗಳ್!! ಗದ್ಯ -ಇದು ದೇವೇಂದ್ರಮುನೀಂದ್ರ ವಂದ್ಯ ಪರಮಜಿನೇಂದ್ರಮುಖ ಚಂದ್ರವಾwಂದ್ರಿಕಾಪ್ರಸರಪ್ರಸಾದೋದೀರ್ಣ ಸೂಕಲ್ಲೋಲ ಮಾಲಾ ಕೀರ್ಣ ಕವಿತಾ ಗುಣಾರ್ಣವ ಪ್ರಣೀತ ಮಪ್ಪಾದಿಪುರಾಣದೋಳ್ ಪರಿನಿರ್ವಾಣ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣ ಣ ವರ್ಣನಂ ಷೋಡಶಾಶ್ವಾಸಮ್ 11 Colophon ಸ್ವಸ್ತಿ ಶ್ರೀ ವಿಜಯಾಭ್ಯುದಯ ಶಕವರ್ಷ ೧೩೦೧ ನೆಯ ಶುಕ್ಲ ಸಂವತ್ಸರದ ರ್ಕಾತಿಕ ಸು ೧ ಗುರುವಾರದಂದು ಶ್ರೀಮದ್ರಾಯ ರಾಜಗುರು ಮಂಡಲಾಚಾರೈರುಂ ಮಹಾವಾದ ವಾಗೀಶ್ವರರಾದ ವಾದಿಸಿತಾಮಹ ಸಕಲ ವಿದ್ವಜ್ಜನ ಚಕ್ರವರ್ತಿ ಸಾರತ್ರಯಾದಿ ವೇದಿಗ ತುಂ ದೀಷಿಯ ಗಡಾಗ್ರಗಣ್ಯರುಮಪ್ಪ ಶ್ರೀಮಲಧಾರಿ ನಾಗಚಂದ್ರ ಭಟ್ಟಾರಕರ ಪ್ರಯಾಗ್ರಶಿಷ್ಯರು ಖಂಡಸ್ಸು ಟಿಕ ಜೀರ್ಣ ಜಿನಾಲಯೋದ್ಧಾರಕರುಮಪ್ಪ ಶ್ರೀಧರ್ಮ 59 ·ಭೂಷಣ ಶ್ರೀಮದಭಯ ಚಂದ್ರ ಸೈದ್ಧಾಂತಿ ೦ತಿ ದೇವರು ಬರದ ಆದಿ ಪುರಾಣಗ್ರಂಥಕ್ಕೆ ಮಂಗಳ ಮಹಾಶ್ರೀ || Contains some geometrical drawings This is the earliest known Adınathacharitra in champu style (a kind of elaborate and highly artificial composition in which the same subject is continued through alternations in prose and verse) The author, Pampa, was one of the foremost Jaina poets Lent by the Oriental Research Institute, Mysore GADUGINA BHĀRATA (Popular version of the Mahābhārata in Kannada) Foll 281, size 32x5 cm, palm-leaf, Kannada script, 15 lines to a page, Kannada, Saka 1476 (A D 1554 ) Author Nāranappa Begins ವೀರನಾರಾಯಣನ ಸುಕವಿ ಖರಿಕುಮಾರವ್ಯಾಸ ಕೇಳುವ ಸೂರಿಗಳು ಸನಕಾದಿಗಳು ಜಂಗಮ ಜನಾರ್ದನರೂ) ಚಾರುಗವಿತೆಯ ಬಳಕೆಯಲ್ಲವಿ ಚಾರಿಸುವರಳವಲ್ಲ ಚಿತ್ರವ ಧಾರು ಹೋ ರ್ಸವಜ್ಞ ರಾದರಿಗೆ ಸಲುಗೆ ಬಿನ್ನ ಪವಾ || Ends ಸಕಲ ಋಷಿಮತದಲಿ ಕಥಾನಾ ಯಕನ ಗಂಧಾಕ್ಷತೆಯೊಳರ್ಚಿಸಿ ಮಕಟ ಕರ್ಣಾಭರಣ ವೆನಿಸುವ ವಸ್ತ್ರ ಕನಕವನೂ| ಭಕತಿಯಿಂದಲಿಯರ್ಘ ದ್ಯಾ ನಿಕರದಲಿ ಮನ್ನಿಸಿದರಾ ಮುನಿ ಯುಕುತಿ ಮಿಗೆ ಹರಸಿದನು ಜನಮೇಜಯಮಹೀಪತಿಯಾ|| Colophon ಮಾನ ಆನಂದ ಸಂವತ್ಸರದ ಶ್ರಾವಣ ಬ ೩ ಸೋಮವಾರದಲು ಸಾಲಿಗ್ರಾಮದ ಚಿಕ್ಕದೇವರಸರ ಮಕ್ಕಳು ಬೋಧಾನಸೂತ್ರ 60

·ಸ್ಮಪರ್ವ XXದಶಪರ್ವವು ೧೦ ಕ ಸಂಧಿ
೧೪೭ ಕಂ ಪದ ಸಾ ೭೯೭೧ ಕಂ ಶುಭಮಸ್ತು
Contains some floral designs, oldest known manuscript of the work
Lent by the Oriental Research Institute, Mysore
RĀJANITI
(A treatise on political science)
Foll 4, size 26x5 cm, palm-leaf, Kannada script, Kannada
V
Begins
ಸಭೆಯೊಳೋಲಗದಲಿ ವಿರಿಂಚಿ
ಪ್ರಭುವಿನಭಿಮತದಿಂದ ಧರಣಿ
ವಿಭುಮಹಾಕ್ರತು ರಾಜಸೂಯವನೊಲಿದು ಕೈಕೊಂಡ
Ends
ವಲದೊಲದು ಬಿಡ ಭಾವದಲಿ ಕಳ
ವಳಿಸಿ ಹದುಳಿಸಿ ಮತ್ತೆ ಭೂಪತಿ
ತಿಲಕ ಚಿಂತಿಸಿ ನೆನವುತಿದ್ದನು ವೀರನರೆಯಣನಾ||
*ರಾಜನೀತಿ ಸಮಾಪ್ತ ಮಂಗಳಮಹಾಶ್ರೀ”
About 400 years old these leaves are interesting for the writing in
patterns
Lent by the Oriental Research Institute, Mysore
CHITRARĀMĀYANA
(Rāmāyana in pictures)
Foll 98, size 36x5 cm, palm-leaf, Malayalam script, Malayalam,
dated 697 ME (AD 1522)
Begins
രാമായണം കഥയിൽ ഒള്ള രൂപങ്ങൾ എഴുതിയ ഗ്രന്ഥം
Ends
നൻ മകരമാസം 9 നു എഴുതിതീത്തപുസ്തകമിദം
തസ്യവ ബാലകവിബിംബലിഭൂസുരസ്യ
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·ശിഷ്യesസ്തി കൊട്ടപി ചരണായുധനാസദേശ്യ! | കായസ്ഥകാന്വയഭവസ്സം ലേഖകാരി തസ്യവ പുസ്തകവരസ്യ ഗുരാന്നിയൊഗാൽ The story of the Ramayana is completely illustrated by pictures in the mode of the Kathakali costumes incised on palm-leaf It is an old and rare manuscript Lent by the Manuscripts Library, University of Kerala, Trivandrum (Kerala) NĀMALINGĀNUŚĀSANATĪKĀ AMARAPAÑCHIKĀ (A gloss on the Nāmalıngānuśāsana of Amara, the Sanskrit lexicographer) Foll 107, size 32x4 5 cm, palm-leaf, Malayalam script, 11 lines to a page, Malayalam Author Vasudeva (A D 1541) Begins കേശാദയോ യം ന പരാമൃശന്തി യാ വാ ബീഭത്തീശ്വരശബ്ദമേക പുരാതനാനാം ഗുരവേ ഗുരുണാം തസ്മ നമോ നാഗവി, ഷണായ ആയുദ്ധവേദനിഘണ്ടുസാരം വാസ്തുഗ്രഹാശ്വാദിഗജാദിശാസനം സൂതീ പുരാണാന്യഖിലാ സഹസ്രശ സമീക്ഷ്യ വക്ഷ്യേs മരകാശപഞ്ചികാം Ends പരം വിരാധ പുവ്വാപരവിരോധ ശിഷ്ടപ്രയോഗത Colophon ശശധരവസ്ഥബാണപ്രാണരക്ഷാശൈ പരിമിതിമുപയാതെ വാസരാണാം സമൂഹൈ ഇഹ കലിയുഗഭാജാം വാസുദേവോ ദ്വിജന്മാ വ്യലിഖദമരകോശഗ്രന്ഥതാത്പർയ്യസാരം The introductory verses are in Sanskrit, the rest in Malayalam Lent by the Adyar Library and Research Centre, Adyar (Madras) 62 ·ARTHAŚĀSTRA KERALABHASHĀ VYAKHYA (A commentary in Malayalam on the Arthaśāstra, a book on political science, of Kautilya, 4th century B C) Foll 123, Size 31X3 cm, palm-leaf, Malayalam script, 5 to 6 lines to a page , Malayalam Begins തമാനംകളൊഴിച്ചു അവരള് അപകാരവിതു അനന്തരം കാപട ടികനായൊള്ളാനൊരു ശാസ്ത്രൻ പിന്നെ രാജാവിനാൽ പരിക്ക തമാ നംകളെ ഉടയനായിരിക്കുമരൻ അത്ഥമാനംകളെ പരിക്കപ്പെട്ട അമാത്യരാരൊത്തരെയെ പ്പിതുഅസൽപ്രവൃത്ത ഇവനെ ക്കൊന്റ് മറെറാരുത്തനെ വാഴിപ്പോമിതു എല്ലാക്കമൊരുംപാടെനിന ക്കെന്തുപക്ഷമെൻറു വിയാരിപ്പണിതു Ends ആകരകമ്മാന്തപ്രവത്തനമെമ്പിതുസൂത്രം ആകരമാവിതു സുവാദികൾ ജനിക്കുന്ദേശം വെള്ളിയും പൊന്നും പുണെല്ലാനുള്ള A rare manuscript, the commentary is considered to be a work about 1000 years old Lent by the Oriental Manuscripts Library, University of Kerala, Trivandrum (Kerala) KATHĀKALPATARU (An important Marathi text) Foll 103(of which some are missing), size 25 5x15 cm, paper, Devanāgari script, 16 lines to a page, Marathi Authors Krishna Yājñavalkya (A D 1548-1613) and Madhukara Yājñavalkya (CAD 1618) Begins श्री गुरुम्यो नम ॥ ॐ नमोजी अनता कैवल्यदानी ॥ १॥ जयजयजिमहद्भता तुक ॥ २॥ जयजयजी परात्परा व्यापका अज ॥३॥ जयजयमद्भता स्थावरजगमपूर्ण ॥ ४॥ ऐसया तुह्मानमस्कार त 11 ! || 63 ·Ends जैसे तुवीचे फल प्रापण तरे काप्टे' कातारीक लोक माहापुराचा ॥ ७३ ।। कवीचा भाव ऐमा हपी न करीलतुटी ॥ ७४॥ हा अथकथाकल्पतरु येशाजीराम मोरारकरांचा हाली 184 illustrations of the 17th century AD, showing the extension of Rajasthani styles into Maharashtra Lent by the office of Archives and Historical Monuments, Government of Maharashtra, Bombay MAHĀBHĀRATA Foll 3 illustrated leaves, size 42 x 18 5 cm, paper, Devanāgari, 13 lines to a page, Marathi, Saka 1798 (A D 1876) Begins कोनि भूमण्डली । पुढे न्यायप्रकारे प्रजापाल । मा गह्मणता चि ईश्वर वर ।। पचवार भ्रातार या चिले ॥ ६२ शली नगरी ॥ पुष्पेंवे (मे) वोनिपहण नारी ।। वपंती अर्जुनसभद्रेवरी ॥ Illustrations are fine examples of Marathi painting of the Tanjore school Lent by the Oriental Manuscripts Library, University of Kerala, Trivandrum (Kerala) GAJATHAMBHA (HASTIROGACHIKITSĀ) (On the science of treatment of elephants) Fol 14, size 22 3X12 3 cm, paper, Devanāgarī script, 12 lines to a page, Māru-Gurjara, dated Samvat 1747 (A D 1690) Scribe Dayālagira 64 ·Begins अथा सीतजुर कीम जाणिजे तेनी कसी पारीस्या ? उधे अर कापे तेहनी विचार ॥ दूहा कापे उ घे सीसज्वर पर रोमज उभा होय, दतज धवला कुभस्थ मोटा ऐहवइ वार करो मति कोय ।। Colophon सवत् १७४७ महासुद १ मगलवार पोथी लीखत गुसाई दयालगीर पठनारथे भातमा। शुभ भवतु ॥ 11 illustrations Lent by the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Bharatiya Sanskriti Vidya Mandır, Ahmedabad VAIDYAVINODA (A work on medicine) Foll 80, Size 25 5x10 5 cm, paper, Devanagari script, 17 lines to a page, Māru-Gūrjara, dated Samvat 1753 (AD 1696) Author Rāmachandra Kharatara, Samvat 1712 (A.D 1655), scribe Vidyāvimalamuni Begins दोहा ।। श्री सुखदायक सलहीय जोतिरूप जगदीस । सकति करी सोभइ सदा श्री शकर निसिदीस ।। Ends दोहा—साहानसाहि पतिराजतो औरगसाहि नरिंद्द । तामु राजमै ए रच्यो भलोग्रथ सुषकद ॥ ७२ ॥ गच्छ नायक है दीपता श्री जिनचद राजान । सोभागी सिरसेहरो बडै सकल जहान ।। ७३ ।। मरोटकोट शुभठौडहै वसे लोक सुपकार । परचना तिहाकिन रची सवही कु हितकार ।। ७४ ॥ पर उपगारी प्रथ है सकल जीव सुषकार । थिर रहा ज्यों लगि सदा ता लगि भ्रू इक तार ।। ७५ ॥ इति श्री वागारसपदमरगगणिशिष्यरामचद विरचिते श्री वैद्यविनोदे नेत्रप्रसान कल्पना अध्याय उत्तरपड तृतीय सपूर्ण ।। Colophon सवत् १७५३ वर्षे फाल्गुण मासे कृष्णपक्षे दसमोतियो १० शनिवासरे श्री नवरागपनरा- कोट्टमध्ये लिपीकृत्वा वा० श्री पू श्री ज्ञाननिधानगणिभि शिष्यविद्याविमलमुनि लिखित ॥ The manuscript was written during the reign of Aurangzeb Lent by the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Bharatiya Sanskriti Vidya Mandır, Ahmedabad 65 ·PRITHVĪRĀJA RÂSAU (Historical romance) Foll 628 illustrated pages, 425x265 cm, paper, Devanagari script, 2 to 4 lines to a page, Rajasthani Author Chand Bardai, Samyat 1183 (A D 1126) Begins रासे को पन ॥ १ ।। पटरितु । राजा प्रीथीराज आगे सवा ने मजोगता रो वरनन कोनो । सवचन राजा रे वारण सरीखो लागो । पिन पिन साले सुवेद पुसतगदेखे पन रोगु पावे नहीं । चद सु राजा कहे है मोहे कनवज दीपावो । रूपक । Ends रासे को पत्र । ६३७ । रात घडी छर ही तिणी वेला पग रजपता हे देस हाथी घोडा देने सुचता कीघा । पछ च्यार फौज करे ने च्यारी माडी थी-प्रयी रे पायो तदी प्रयोराज है सुतो मेले ने सूरज उगे नहीं तठा पेला मामते लोह काढे ने पग री फौज सो मिल्या । प्रयोराज निसक सूतो हे ने गजर वाजी। 628 illustrations of the Mewar school of the 17th century Lent by the Saraswati Bhawan, Udaipur (Rajasthan) MADHUMĀLATT-CHAUPAI (Romantic poem of an Indian love story) Foll 86, size 26x23cm, paper, Devanāgari script, 20 lines to a page, Rajasthani Begins सरस्वती नाम लेइ करी कर गुणपत जुहार । कीवजन साचा अख्यरी कहे मधुमालती को प्यार ॥ सकल बुध दो सुरसती बदु गुर के पाम । मधुमालती वोलासको कहे चुनभुज राम ॥ २ ॥ Ends दीनदस मधुनाम ले नये व्याह के वध । असते तन मनग चढ्य द्विग न परे जगदग ।। १३६६ ।। काम सरप पाइ सवे लेहरजे मुरकी देत । घरी च्यार अपूर्ण 87 illustrations in Mughal style 66

·Lent by the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Bharatiya Sanskrti Vidya Mandır,
Ahmedabad
VAIDEHIŠAVILĀSA
(Rāmāyana in Oriya)
Author
Foll 171, size 37 x4 cm, palm-leaf, Oriya script, Oriya
Upendra Bhañja ,scribe · Michchha Pattayosi (A D 1800-1865)
Begins
ଶ୍ରୀବମଶର ଶ୍ରୀଗଣେଶାୟ ନମ୍ଭ
ରଗ ପାହାକେଦାର ଧୀବରଣ ସ୍ତୁତିସ୍ତେ
ବନ୍ଦଇ ଦୀନବାନ୍ଧବ.
Ends
ବୀରବରପଦ ରୂପଇ ଇଂଜ ମୋର ନାମ
ବାରେ ବାରେ ସେ ବାରେ ମନାଇ ସତାରାମ I
ବିଚିତ୍ର କବିମନେ ପ୍ରସରିଲା ରୁଦ୍ଧ
ବରଚଲା ରମାୟୁଣ ଏଢ଼ ବଡ଼ସିଦ୍ଧ କେ ।
Colophon ଗ୍ରନ୍ଥକ; ସ୍ଵୟଂ ବ୍ୟସେ। ଲେଖକସ୍ତୁ ବିନାୟକ
ତବିରଲିଭା ବୃଦ୍ଧ ର୍ମନୁଷ୍ୟଣ1° ଚ କା କଥା |
ବଦ୍ଭାନେ ଜାନାତି ବଢନପରିଶ୍ରମୀ
ନହ ବନ୍ଧ୍ୟା ରଜାନାତି ଗୁର୍ବ ପ୍ରସବବେଦନା
ଶ୍ରୀମୁକୁନ୍ଦଦେବଂକ ୧୯ ଅଂକ ଲେଖିବାର ହେଲା |
Contains more than 250 illustrations, the whole Ramayana is in
verses and each verse begins with the letter 'va'
Lent by the Raghunandan Library, Puri (Orissa)
SRI GURUGRANTHASAHIB
(The Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs)
Foll 894, size 54 x 51 cm, paper, Gurumukhi script, 21 lines to a
page, Punjabi Bhāshā, dated Samvat 1896 (AD 1839) Scribe Tameshwar
Prakash
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·Begins ੧ ੴ ਸਤਿਨਾਮੁ ਕਰਤਾ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਨਿਰਭਉ ਨਿਰਵੈਰੁ ਅਕਾਲ ਮੂਰਤਿ ਅਜੂਨੀ ਸੈਭੰ ਗੁਰ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦਿ ॥ Ends ਦਰਾ ਗਉਨ ਗਾਏ ਸੰਗਿ ਰਾਗਿਨੀ ਤੀਸ ॥ F ਰਾਗੰਨ ਕੇ ਅਠਾਰਹ ਦਸ ਬੀਸ ॥ 46 illustrations of the Kashmiri-Sikh school of the 19th century Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi TOLKĀPPIYAM WITH THE COMMENTARY OF ILAMPORANAR AND NĀCHCHINĀRKINIYAR (A work on Tamil Grammar) Foll 119, Size 427X35 cm, palm-leaf, Tamil script, 8 lines to a page, Tamil Author Tolkāppiyar (c 1st century AD) Begins இலக்கணத்தொடு தொலகாபபியஞசொலலத . துலககிய கணபதிதூயதாட்டுணையே, குருகுதாமரையுறைகோமளவண்ண பெருகுகாவருபதம பேணிகதொலகாப்பியம் (பாயிரம்) வடவேங்கடநதெனகுமரியாயிடைத- தமிழகூறு நலலுலக்கது Ends கிளநதவலல செய்யுளுட்டிரிகவும - வழங்கியனமருங்கின மருவொடு திரிநவும் - விளமபியவியறகையின வேறுபடததோனறின வளஙகியன மருங்கினினுணாதன ரொழுக்க நனமதி நாட்டததெனமனா புலவா Colophon பிறவுமனன - 77 ஒனபதாவது, குற்றியலுகரப்புணரியல முற்றும் எழுதததிகாரம, இளமபூரணாவிருத்திகாணடிகை முற்றும முருகன துணை Tolkāppiyar was a member of the Second Tamil Sangam His grammar is an authority for the Tamil language as Pānını's Ashtadhyayı is of the Sanskrit language Lent by the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras 68 ·TIRUVOYMOLI VIYĀKYĀNAM (Commentary on the Tiruvoymolt, the collection of the hymns of the Alvārs in honour of Vishnu) Size 505x6cm, palm-leaf, Tamil script, Tamil Author Vadakkuttiruvidippillai Begins ஸா ஸ்ரீய பதியாய அவாபதலமஸதகாமனாய, ஸமஸத கலயாணகுணாதமகனான வேசுவான, மாறிமாறிப பலபிறப்பும் பிறந்து எனகிறபடியே ஜநம்பாம்பரைகளிலே தோளமாறி நிதயஸமஸாரியாயபபோநத இவரை 'அடியையடைநதுளளாதேறி எறி லினபத திருவெள்ளம யான மூழகினன'' என்று முதலிலே தனதிருவாயாலே சொல- லவலலராமபடியாக முதலடியிலே விசேஷகடாகதைதைப் பணணியருளினான Ends . இதனறோ நரன உங்களைக் குடிக்கச் சொலலுகிற வேப்பங்குடிநீர்! தேனே மலருந்திருப்பாதத்தையிறே சேரச்சொல்லுகிறது ஹரி ஓம ஆழவாாதிருவடிகளே சரணம வடக்குததிருவீதிப- பிள்ளை திருவடிகளே சரணம் ஜீயாதிருவடிகளே சரணம This is a commentary on Nammālvār's Tiruvoymoli The commentary is also called Idu or Nampıllai Idu Lent by the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras TIRUVOYMOLI VĀCHAKAMĀLAI (Collection of hymns of the Alvārs in honour of Vishnu) Foll 64, Size 40x35 cm, palm-leaf, Tamil script, Tamil Author. Koneridāsai (14th century AD) Begins தத ஆசரயணீயன ஆரென னமயாவற மதிநலமருளினன அததாலே தேவதாநதர பஜகமற்று அருளின பகதியாலே ஸுகரமாக பகவதஸமாசரயணம் பணண்ப பெறறேன Ends ஆங்கீரஸ வருஷம மார்கழி மாலம் 26நதேதி உயாவற உயாநலமுடையவன என- கிற முதல் பாட்டின விவரணசதகமென்று திருநாமமான வாசகமாகையை அபா யாபதன திருவடிகளிலே ஸநதாபபமான மாலையைச செயதடிமை செயதாள திருக- கோநேரி தாஸயை காகருதம்பராதம் க்ஷந்துமாஹாதி ஸ ஹரி ஓம் சுபமஸ்து 69 ·One illustration showing Vishnu in late Nāyaka style (about 300 years old) Lent by the Sarasvati Mahal Library, Tanjore (Madras) RĀMĀYANA IN PICTURES Foll 3 sheets illustrating the Bālakānda, the Ayodhyā-kānda and the Aranyakānda , size 40X15 cm , paper , Telugu script , 5 rows of panels on each sheet , Telugu Begins వినాయకులు | నారదుండు | వాల్మీకి తమసానదికి పోవుట | వాల్మీకి వద్ద బ్రహ్మ వచ్చుట | దశరధుడు పుత్రకామేష్టి శాయను ! రిష్యశింగుడు వచ్చుటయును Ends స్వామి శబరి ఆస్రమానికి వచ్చుట | స్వామి పంపాతీరం వచ్చి చేరుట Paintings in the Nāyaka style of Tanjore (17th century AD) Lent by the Sarasvati Mahal Library, Tanjore (Madras) 70 ·TIBETAN MANUSCRIPTS

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·DRI-MED-SEL-PHREN-NAS-BSAD-PAHI-SMAN-GYI
HKHRUNS-DPE-MDZES MTSHAR-MIG
RGYAN-CES-BYA-BA BZHUGS
(A work on medicine)
Foll 47, size 60 x 13 cm, Tibetan paper, Tibetan script, 6 lines to a
page, Tibetan
Begins Gan-zhig-snon-du-yons-su-bsno-ba-rnam-dag-pa
Ends Mangalam Mangalam
The colophon says that the work was xylographed in 1910
Profusely illustrated
Lent by the International Academy of Indian Culture, New Delhi
STAG-GZIG-NOR-RDSON-STOD-CHA
(On adventures and exploits of King Gesar)
Foll 279, Size 39 x 8 cm, Tibetan paper, Tibetan script (Umed),
6 lines to a page, Tibetan
Gesar's exploits are described in a saga of several volumes The present
volume narrates Gesar's expedition to Ta-zig (Turkistan)
Lent by the Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, Gangtok (Sikkim)
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·ARABIC MANUSCRIPTS

·I
TL
1
Illustration, Mughal School, dated 1567, from the
Deval Rani Khidr Khan
Lent by the National Museum, New Delbi

·وهم HOLY QURAN Foll 90, size 40 x 30 cm, parchment, Kūfic script, 10 lines to a و page, Arabic Begins الله الرحمن الرحيم کسم الحمدلله رب العالمیں 2 illuminated folios This manuscript is attributable to the 8th century AD and like other early copies of the Quran, it is written on parchment Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi MUKHTASAR-UL-KĀFI Foll 220, size 32x19 cm, paper, 55 lines to a page, early Arabic Naskh script, Arabic, dated AH 417 (AD 1027) Author Abu'l Fadi Muhammad bin Muhammad, scribe Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Ahmadud-Dāmghāni-al-Ansārī Begins الحمدلله رب العالمین والعاقبة للميفين وصلي اللك على محمد وعلى آله اللي عم تداودع الطب قال أبو العصل مکمد أحمد رمې الع کماني هد Ends أدوحعة والبسطلق مبل منها كل واحد منهما الفراء التي وقب طهرها صلی علی محمد سی 77

·Colophon
تم سياسع عشرحط احمدی،کمد د احمد الدامداری الانصاری
السيب قبل الظهر السادس عسر میں شعیاں
بعون الله وتوفسمع نوم
سه ۳۱۷ سع وعشرة واربعمائع هحرى عمر الله لي ولوالدمع
مو مرتاح من المرمیں رالمومها الع
الحياء
مي
A concise work on Hanıfite jurisprudence, being an abridgement of
Abū 'Abdullāh Muhammad bin Hasan al-Küfi According to Hāji
Khalifah, a most reliable work accepted as authority by famous jurists for
their commentaries, annotations and glosses
Oldest manuscript in the collection
Lent by the State Central Library, Hyderabad
AN-NUKATUWAL-UYON
(A rare commentary on the Holy Quran)
Foll 214, size 26x208 cm, paper, Naskh script, 17 lines to a page,
Arabic, dated AH 577 (AD 1181) Author Abul Hasan 'Ali bin
Mohd bin Habib Albaşari (AH 450=AD 1058), scribe Jáfar bin 'Al
bin Abi Muhammad, known as bin Abi't Tayyib
Begins
الحمدلله الذي هدایالدیع القيم رم علیما تکتانه المیں
Ends
وان كان في كل الايام دافعا
Colophon
كان العراع س نسخة السابع میں حمادي الحرسع سعر
سعیں ر حمسماح سما امر يسكي المولد السميع العليل
الراهد الوحد لسان الدیں رشید الزماں محمد بس
معهد العلمي لمسعدة الحي لعوار داره الع
78

·A very valuable copy of rare commentary on the Holy Quran of which only a few copies exist Lent by the Raza Library, Rampur (UP) MAUNAT-UL-MU'IN-AL-MUKHTASAR MIN SIYĀSAT-ID-DUNYĀ WAD-DIN (A treatise on Islamic politics) Foll 170, size 16 5 x 10 cm, paper, Archaic Naskh script, 15 lines to a page, Arabic, dated A H 586 (AD 1190) Author Yūsuf bin Muhammad bin Ishāq-al-Khurāsāni Begins الحمدلله الذي خلق فاکمل ررن فافصل الذي جعل الستيا بالإيمان باطلة وقلو باعلى معرفه متطا اله الع Ends فال امتعاعي الاسلام فقد ليه حكم كل واحد منهما في صدر هذا الباب والله أعلم بالصواب Colophon وقع الفراغ می غوله تبين الكتاب بحمد الله رمضان سنة ست وثمان وخمسمائة في 12 Seals A treatise on politics based on figh Sālār Mu'inu'd-din The work is dedicated to Sipah It bears autographs and seals of the King of Yemen and other celebritics of the Mughal court Lent by the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad 79 ·KHARIDAT-AL-QASR (A collection of verses) Foll 307, size 18 x 14 cm, paper, Talıq script, Arabic Author Imad-al-Din-al-Katib al-Isfahani, Scribe the author himself و Begins طلب حماد الحراط هوحمادي منصور الراعی و براعا ہیں حلب و منع ليس بالشام في عصرنا هذا مثله Ends وقوله كنت عديمالی خلاوال يما لم اشريت واعرم ولمر لرع قديما رلک الله الى ولي مديولا عريما This is an anthology of contemporary poets who flourished during the years 1106 and 1176 AD in different parts of the Muslim world It also deals with their biographies The manuscript was copied in the 12th century Lent by the Asiatic Society, Calcutta KITAB-UL-FUSUL (A rare manuscript on medicine) Foll 281, size 25 5x16 5 cm paper, Spanish Naskh script, Arabic, dated AH 657 (AD 1258) Author Mūsā bin 'Abdullāh A H 601 (AD 1204), scribe Yūsuf bin 'Abdullah, a brother of the author Begins وال الحكيم الماصل الفيلسوف الأكمل الاوحد العلماموسي س عبدالله القرطبي تغمده الله در موادا كبيرا ماالف الیاس تواليعا الع Ends كلمي في العملي فتامل هدل وهذا المعي هو الحي لعط عبد 80 ·Unique copy of a work on Tibb-z-Unanı with notes in Hebrew on the margin Lent by the Raza Library, Rampur (UP) HOLY QURAN Foll 286, size 33x25 cm, paper, Naskh and Thulth script, 13 lines to a page, Arabic, dated AH 661 (AD 1264) Scribe Yāqüt-ul- Mustásımi Colophon کیا باقرب المستعصمي في سط احدي رسیں وسماع حاسدا لله تعالی Ten seals on the first page, of which the three important are : Sulţăn Qutub Shah of Golconda, Muhammad Shāh, the Mughal Emperor (AH 1133), and Raja Holkar (A H 1257) Specimens of excellent calligraphy by the celebrated master of Naskh script, Yāqūt-ul-Mustáşımi, who was court calligrapher of Mustásım Billāh, the last Abbasıd caliph Lent by the State Central Library, Hyderabad AT-TAHDHIB FI TAFSIR-AL-QURAN (A commentary on the Holy Quran) Foll 221, size 25 4X18 3 cm, paper, Arabic, Naskh Naskh script, dated AD 1275 Author Abu Saeed al-Muhsın-al-Baihaqi (11th century AD) Begins مکمل و اله قوله تعالي الحمدلله حق حمده و الصلوة علي قال اللولي الى يوم 81 ·This is a commentary on the Quran beginning from the latter half of the 8th chapter to the first half of the 11th chapter Lent by the Asiatic Society, Calcutta KITAB AL-MUKHTR'A FI FUNUN MIN-AS-SAN'A (A treatise on mechanics and technology) Foll 118, size 23 x 15 cm, paper, Naskh script, Arabic, dated AH 877 (A D 1472) Author Yûsuf bin Sulaiman al-Kurki, scribe Muhammad bin Quwami bin Safi bin Muhammad Zıā Turk Nāgori alias Qazı Khān Begins الحمدللع المعمود بكل لسان المیل عوامل المسار المحصل على كل انساں Ends الرحام والكابوس من الدول واللام العرب والعوادم یکوں حسب الرحام والكابوس Colophon تم الكتاب سعوں اللع الملكي الوهاب ليدالحط العمر العقير العبع الصيف محمد ی عوام س صلی دس محمد صبا ترکه باگوری عرش واصی حاں ماریع نیست درم ماه نمادهاید سعر سعیں ر المرحب قدرة سدا رح خر Illustrated with 31 figures A rare and valuable work on mechanics, technology and other industrial sciences, deals with metallurgy, assaying, tanning, textiles, ink, colour paints, soap, oil, paper making and alchemy Lent by the State Central Library, Hyderabad 82

·SCROLL WITH THE TEXT OF THE COMPLETE QURAN
و
Size 380 x 9 cm, paper; Ghubār script, Arabic, dated AH 955
(A D 1548) Scribe Sháikh Hamid, son of Mahmūd
Begins
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحالا اللع کمد رسول الله
Ends
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
(سوره احلاص) قل هو الله احد الله الصمد الع
Colophon
کیک
ودمع العيد الصعيق
راحي الى الله العسی شدح حمید یں محمود ۹۵۵
The writing is so minute that it is difficult to read it without the help
of a strong magnifying glass Outwardly, it looks like a fleck of dust
(Ghubār) and hence the style is called Khatt-1-Ghubār
Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi
HOLY QURAN
Foll 284, size 41 5 x 30 cm, paper, Naskh script, 7 lines to a page,
Arabic
Begins
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
الحمد لله رب العالمیں
Ends
واذكروا اد کسم عليلا فكر كم
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·The manuscript, attributable on stylistic and other considerations
to the 17th century, is richly illuminated in gold and colours The
illuminations, with Safavid Iranian influence, were done presumably during
the Mughal period
Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi
FATĀWI-AL-PŪRĀNIYAH
(Some theological questions and their answers)
Foll 490, size 24 5x142 cm, paper, Naskh Script, 23 lines to a
page Author Abdul Wahhab bin Bāyazid bin Abi Saeed-al-Puranı
Begins
بكتابه امول المريعة الغراء ورفع حطابه
الحمدلله الذی
فروع الكيفية الع
Ends
فالله لايقدرطهر ها بتمشي اذا احتبع الى نصب العادة لها
ماراحس وان امتد
بها الدم وصلة ايامها لكنها شئی علی
وعامة میثائجيا رحمهم الله -
اذا استمر
Seals
Khādım-1-'Adil Khāni Jamāluddin 'Uthmāni
ادم عادل خالی حمال الدين عثمالی
Contains decisions on some important religious questions pertaining
to the first two kitabs (Taharat and Salat)
Only known copy of the work
Lent by the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad
84

·AL-IKHTISĀR-WAL-TAJRID
(A collection of traditions)
Author :
Foll 258, size 26 x 19 cm, paper, Naskh script, Arabic
Abū 'Abdullah Muhammad bin Uthman bin 'Umar-al-Shafi'i
Begins
(
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم عليه الوكل وبه تسعیں
وهو حسي و نعم الوكيل الحمدلله الذي ارسل محمد اصلى الله عليه وسلم
رحمة للعالمیں لیراونديرا للحلق كافة الى يوم الدين الع
It is a large collection of Prophet's sayings which are narrated
by Imam Muslim and Bukhari It is an abbreviated and partly revised
edition of Al-jam-baynas Sahihayn by Abdul Haq bin Abdur Rahman bin
al-Kharrat
Lent by the Asiatic Society, Calcutta
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·PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS

·تو میری پشکن پرانے کنویان این
پر اپنی بد
مسم
451
ونور
توخوا
اور ایک بات کرنیت تن
ان افراد اور اس میں پیار اور اپنے
اداکرد
t
4
ا
بع
The meeting of two saints, miniature painting, Herat School, late
15th century, from the Bustan, by Sadı
Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi

·MUQADDAMATUL ADAB
(An Arabic-Persian Dictionary)
Foll 285, size 26 5x16 8 cm, paper, excellent archaic Naskh script;
18 to 23 lines to a page, dated 7th Ramadān, AH 603 (7th April,
1207 AD) Author Mahmūd bin 'Umar-az Zamakhsharī, dated AH 538
(AD 1143)
Begins
الحمد لله الذي فصل على جميع الالسنة لسان العرب
سياس مرخدارا انكر افروں کول برهمه ریا نہا ریاں تازی را
Ends
والمسلط والمحررو المتر المرق والمغرب فناده وكان
باب يفعل -
العباس المتع لانها م
Colophon
تم الكتاب لتمد الله ومنه وحس توفقه في اليوم السابع م سمر رمصان سة
بلید و سیما به -
An Arabic-Persian dictionary compiled by the command of Alsız
bin Khawārızm Shāh (A H 522-551=AD 1128-1156) for his library
Lent by the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad
KULLIYĀT-I-IBN-YAMIN
(A collection of poems)
Foll 230, size 23 6x15 cm, paper, old Nast‘aliq script, 25 lines to a
page, Persian, dated A H 753 (AD 1352) Author Fakhruddin
Mahmud bin Amir Yaminuddin Muhammad Tughra-1 Mustawfi,
AH 745 or 769 (AD 1345 or 1353)
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و
89

·Begins ای دیده در شناخت حال النابع اسیای کارا م رفت دچار حای باید که با شدت نظري ار سرانا حدا کے از سرمسمک و تے ارره ثبات Ends عمرشه در کامرانی تا ابد باد و لوله ورد من چاكر دعاء شاه باحاں امنست ہر چند شد دیوان و کلمات آنرا درسته بارار ناقدان اشعار پراگنده چوہفت اورنگم ماله پرو اعلام آدم بار القصه لطولها بيتي چند مفاخرلهر آنست دوں این مطولادت طائل را بتشریف مطالعه مشرف وایں عروس سے بها را بریور ملاحظه میری گردانند وبد ذلك في غره شوال سنت تللحم وخمسی و سعائت عاء خیر مدل لهنل Colophon ذاك في غرة شوال سنة ثللحم و خمس وسبعمائة يغرمقا للحس الصاحب الفاضل المستوفي الشعرا وامنشورات Contains a seal of Al-Abd Mukhtār Knan bin Nāsir Beg The oldest known copy of the work Lent by the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad DĪWĀN-I-HĀFIZ AND OTHER WORKS (A collection of verses) و Foll 231, size 20 3 x 124 cm, paper, Nast'aliq script, Persian, dated AH 818 (AD 1416) Author Khwaja Shamsuddin Hafiz Shīrāzī Begins الایاریها الساقی ادرکاسا وار لها که عشق آسان نمود اول وای افتاد مشکلها Ends گفتم بهت گفت آب حیات گفتم ساکلت گفت که حاط حقا ره رم آب بیاں گویم که لیت گفت شادی همه لطيم گویاں صلوات 90 ·Colophon تمام شددیواں مولانا شمس الدین متمد حائط الشيراری رخ قرقفل لعمل الله This is a composite copy of three works, Kalila-o-Dinna, mantaq- -utl-Tair and Diwan-2-Hafiz The Diwan begins on the margin on page 273, copied only 26 years after the death of the poet This is probably the oldest copy of the work Lent by the State Central Library, Hyderabad ZĪJ-JADEED-E-SULTĀNI (Astronomical and chronological tables) Foll 202, size 24x17 cm, paper, Naskh Script, 19 lines to a page, Persian, dated AH 848 (AD 1442) Author and scribe Sultan Ulugh Beg bin Shāhrukh bin Timūr Gurgān, dated A H 853 (A D 1449) Begins تبارک اللي حعل في السماء بروجا وجعل فيها سراها و قمرا مراو هواللي حعل الليل البهار خلفة لم ارادار الع Ends عه ۱۷۰ ۲۳۵ ۳۰۱ ۳۸۳ ۴۳۶ ۴۹۸ ۵۹۲ ۹۳۵ ۷۰۲ شرکت شمس Colophon قمه الغ ليک لي شاه رح تى ليمور بی كور كان في سنفضح ور ته Two seals of which one of Asadullah-al-Ghālib bin Abi Talib is clear Lent by the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad 91 ·KULLIYĀT-I-SULTAN MUHAMMAD QULI QUȚB SHĀH AND 'ABDULLĀH QUȚB SHAH (A royal copy transcribed by the court calligraphers) Foll 194, size 12x65 cm, paper, excellent Naskh script, 14 lines to a page, Deccani Author Sultān Muhammad Quli Qutb Shāh, dated A H 989-1020 (AD 1581-1611) and AH 1035-83 (AD 1626-74), Scribe Zainud-din 'Ali Shirāzi (17th century) و Begins کام دویا لمس م کے مراداں کی اهری حمام دویا فداک کم خدا دلامہک دلا کی طرف ہو کر حق آرام دويكا سعادلکی تری ہات سر الختام دويكا Ends مکی هیو با دلهي آسایش و سک دل لیں بهریا عیش کا وقت آھے عم کا حس رالي حالي نی کے صدقے شاعبدالله کے منکوں رحهالی آج باعث هراروں چھندسوں لیرانس مستانه With a seal of Sırājul Mulk, the Kulliyāt-1-Sulțān Muhammad Quli Qutb Shāh contains on folio 4 by Qasım 'Ali-al-Muddahıb, seven paintings of the Persian Safavide school (16th-17th century) Lent by the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad KULLIYĀT-I-'IMĀD (A collection of poetic verses) Foll 225, size 20 X 11 5 cm, paper, fine Nast'aliq script, Persian Author Khwājā “Imāduddin Faqih Kırmāni Begins اے حکمتت ردای احصل العطامداد کشت میں مارا او دیره آب داد 92 ·Colophon یک لعطر عمادار عشق گردے نگرداند در شهر هے کہش مشهور شود A rare and old copy with illumination The floral work of the first four pages is probably that of the Bukhāra school The transcription date may be of the early 9th century AH Lent by the State Central Library, Hyderabad. DIWĀN-I-SHAMS TABRIZI و Foll 492, size 39 5 x 24 cm , paper, Naskh script, 25 lines to a page, Persian Author Shams Tabrizi, A H 642-645 (AD 1244-1247) Begins الحمد لله الحي حلق الثريا والثرى العاطر الورد الحی ربع السموات العلي- سلطانه شمس عفرانة ماحي العطا العطا مص الصکی عوانه نرالهدی احسایه Ends عم تو دامی حایی کشیده دامی کانی سوی گل هایی حه درلتی چه علائی حه راحتی وده رودی حه تستی وچه نوحی ده روهای رنوحی ده دولی حه عطائی The text is written on a ground dusted with gold The callgraphy is superb It is possible that the manuscript was written during the 15th century Lent by the Prince of Wales Museum of Western India, Bombay MATHNAVIYĀT-I-JAMĀLI (A collection of verses) Foll 260, size 19 8 X 12 4 cm, paper, Nast'aliq script, 21 lines to a page, Persian Author Jamāluddin Muhammad better known as Jamāli Ardastani, A H 879 (AD 1474) 93 ·Begins کر عشق هست ای حکیم اسی وبسهره بیک آب درحوی کرد وذات لدلم سرکشم رعشق الى عامر اہم ځوی کرد Ends یافت المام الى هداياحت غریب شکر کی ای دل کہ درحان حهه Sultan Muhammad Qutub Shāh in his note dāted Shabān 1024, August, 1615 has listed eleven works, namely 1) Ruhul Quds, 2) Mihrul-Qulub, 3) name missing, 4) Qudrat Nama, 5) Misbah-ul-Arwah, 6) Ahkamul Muhibbin, 7) Nihayatul Hikmat, 8) name missing, 9) Bidayatul- Muhabbat, 10) Hidayatul Marifat and 11) Fathul Abwāb Lent by the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad BUSTAN (A didactic composition) Foll 229, size 34 x 24 cm, paper, Nast'aliq script, 9 lines to a page, Persian, dated before AH 908 (AD 1502) Author Sa'di, AH 655 (AD 1257), scribe Shahsawār Begins نام خداوند حاں آفریں حکیم سع ترریاں آفریں Ends نصاعت بیاوردم الا رسید با امیں مکی pes, حدايا Colophon تمت الكتاب رمي الملک الوهاب كتبه شهسوارالكاتب عرص کے ۱۵ ربیع ۹۰۸ (الثانی ععر دنونه 94

·43 illustrations by the artist, Hāji Mahmūd, of the Herat school,
3 seals on the frontispiece, and one (erased) at the end
This excellent copy was made for Sultan Nāsir Shāh of Malwa,
illustrated by excellent paintings
Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi
RISĀLA-I-TURKĪ MANZOOM
(Emperor Babur's Turkish poems)
Foll 20, size 15 7X9 5 cm, paper, Naskh script, 13 lines to a page,
Turkish Author Babur Bādshāh, AH 937 (A D 1530)
Begins
دیں حمد و سپاس
حق تعالی
کہ عمه تماس ایک و هم وقياس
Ends
وأسعار وقائع اول درر ورکنم قرير قلب تورم
دعوک کم لو اور ان ده مسطور رور راوی اراده مرقیاس
Colophon
حرزه سایردر شنبه ۱۵ ربيع اللحر سله ۵۹۳۵
A unique copy of Babur's Turkish poems, bearing four lines
at the end in the hand of Babur himself It is annotated by Bairam Khan
and Shahjahan
Lent by the Raza Library, Rampur (UP)
WĀQI'ĀT-I-BĀBURĪ
(Autobiography of Emperor Babur)
original
Foll 457, size 30 x 20 cm, paper, Nast‘alig script, Persian, Idated
AH 937 (AD 1530) Author Emperor Babur, scribe Al-ul-Kātıb of
Herat (A later copy)
95

·Ends.
سنة سبع وثلث وتسعمایه می الهحرة بفصله وحس تريقه
بيد العبد الصعيق على الكاتب عمر الله دیونه صورت اتمام بطریق احتتام یافت
attributed to
18 illustrations by the artists, S'adullah, Muhammad and others of
the Delhi school, 6 seals, one of Humayun, two of Akbar, one of Jahangir,
and two of Shahjahan
alleged to have been
The original is in Turkish, the present one was copied during the
time of Humayun The Persian translation is by Khan-1-Khānān
Lent by the Government Museum, Alwar (Rajasthan)
DEWAL RẰNI KHIĐR KHĂN
(A romantic poem)
و
Foll 157, size 32 x 21 3 cm, paper, Nast'aliq script, 14 lines to a
page, Persian, dated AH 976 (AD 1567) Author Amir Khusrau,
scribe Sultan Bāyazıd bin Mir Nizām
Begins
سروامر یام آن حدا وبد
کر دلها را تعریاں داد پیوند
Ends
همه کس حاحت أريددریش
چه حاحت مې که گویم حاحت خویش
Colophon
العقير العقير المدلب سلطان نایرید اني
میر طام مشهور در ری تاریع شهر محرم الحرام سند۹۷۶ھ
Two illustrations of the Mughal school, several seals, the earliest
being of Shahjahan
96

·It is the earliest known illustrated and dated manuscript of the Akbar period Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi DIWAN-I-HAFIZ (A collection of verses) Size 21 x 14 cm, paper, Nast‘aliq script, Persian, dated AH 985 (AD 1566) Scribe 'Inayatullah of Shiraz (16th century) Begins و باولها اسا الایا ایها الساقی ادر که عشق آسان نمود اول وے روبان مشکل ها Ends شادی هم لطبعه گویاں صلوات گھم سکس ترکمت حاوط گفتا Colophon ماه شعبان المعظم سه حلس ساری نوردهم و On the first page are three seal impressions and several endorsements, on the margin of the last page, a seal impression, dated AH 1186 (AD 1772) of Rai Kunwar Sain, an official of Shah Alam II and an endorsement stating that the book should be placed in the wardrobe Lent by the Archaeological Museum, Red Fort, Delhi SIFĀTUL 'ĀSHIQIN Foll 62; size 255x18 2 cm, paper, Nast‘aliq script, Persian, dated AH_986 (AD 1576) 97 ·Begins حدودا دری اور عیب کشائی جمال شاہد زیب سمای Ends حطانی میں میں ردو عطاکش بش حطا عطاکی نرده توروی Colophon مسلح ست في شهر رمضان المبارک تمت الكتاب ده الملک الوهاب تحریرا وثمانیں تسعمای به قیمت یکرار و تصدر چهل و پن رربيه لمعرفت مرا در حبیگ قاقشالی در تاریم نموده بیست و پنعم مكرم الحرام سه ۲۵ حلس والا درید، درحل كتحایه شن Two illustrations of the Khorasan school, the manuscript belonged to the Emperor Akbar's library The colophon states that in the 25th regnal year of Akbar, this manuscript was purchased through Farrukh Beg Qaqshal, the famous painter, for Rs 1945 The date of copying is given as AH 986(A D 1578) and it is presumed that the painter was Farrukh Beg Qaqshal himself who painted this manuscript before coming to the court of Akbar in 1578 Lent by the Sayeedia Library Association, Hyderabad GULISTĀN (A didactic composition) Foll 137, size 27 5x16 5 cm, paper, Nast'aliq script, 12 lines to a page, Persian, dated AH 986 (AD 1578) Author Sadi Shīrāzi (died about 1291 AD), scribe Hasan ash-Sharif Ibn Husain ash-Sharif Al-Husaini al Mashhadi 98

·Begins •
ملت خدای رامر و حل که طاعتش محب قرتست وشکر
اندرش مرید نعمت هر کسی کی مردمی رود إلى
Ends.
ولواں لی یوم الثالتی مكاية عند الروم لقلت یا مولانا
اني المستی وانت مرلی مکس الع
6 miniatures of the 16th century, Shiraz school, double frontispiece
richly illuminated
One of the best few examples of manuscripts in the world, with old
lacquer binding, excellent Nast'aliq script and fine paintings of the Persian
school
Lent by the Sayeedia Library Association, Hyderabad
TUHFA-I-SĀMI
(Biographies of poets)
Foll 229, size 25 7x15 9 cm, paper, fine Nast'aliq, script 12 to 13
lines to a page, Persian Author Prince Sām Mirzā bin Shāh Ismāʻil
Safawi, AH 923-984 (A D 1517-1576), scribe Muhammad Qiwāmush
Shirāzi (late 16th century)
Begins
وحس مطلع طوطي منتاں شیریں کلام
تانيه سنان سحر طرار
سر بردار حمدناظمیست که الغ
وو

·No text on this page.

·Akbar by his court painters, Kanha, Sanwala, Farrukh Chela, Manohar,
and Narsingh Chitra.
Lent by the Raza Library, Rampur (UP)
BUSTĀN
(A collection of didactic poems)
Foll 257, size 25x15 cm, paper, Nast‘aliq script, Persian, dated
AD 1538 Author Shaikh S'adi (died AD 1291), scribe Muhammad
bin Ishāq
Begios
دکلم سکس در دی آفریں
کریم حطا دكش و پرورش پذیر
سام حداوند جان آفریں
خداوند لعسنده
دستگیر
10 illustrations of the Mughal school, and seals of the Alwar State
The calligraphy of this manuscript is remarkably fine
Lent by the Government Museum, Alwar (Rajasthan)
GULISTAN
(A didactic composition)
Foll 156, size 21 5x135 cm, paper, Nast'aliq script, Persian,
dated AD 1564 Author Shaikh Sadı, scribe Muhammad Bāqır
The fly-leaf has a pear-shaped Imperial seal of Shahjahan, the
manuscript is written in a most exquisite hand and has decorated
margins with rich floral and animal designs in gold.
The manuscript is of great historical value inasmuch as it bears
two inscriptions of Shahjahan According to the one, he ordered
deposit of the manuscript in his personal library as a volume of the first
category, while the other shows that he presented it to his first son, Dārā
101

·Shukoh An oblique inscription at the top indicates that later on, the manuscript came into the posession of Dilawar Khan Lent by the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi ANWĀR-I-SUHAILI (A book on good counsel illustrated with animal fables) Foll 239, size 29 x 19 cm, paper, Nast'aliq script, 15 lines to a page, Persian, dated AH 1005 (AD 1596-97) Author Mullā Husain ibn ‘Ali, Wāız-al-Kashifi (A D 1495), scribe Maulana ‘Abdur Rahim al-Harwi Colophon In translation reads “Finished at the hand of the humble and the sinner Abdur Rahmān-al-Harwi May God conceal his defects and forgive his sins Written in the Metropolis, Lahore, AH 1005 Finis," A royal copy with 27 illustrations of the Akbar school The names of the artists include Basawan, Jagannath, Farrukh Chela, Dharamdas, Mukund, Miskin, Mahesh, Sanwala, Manohar, Shankar, Lachhman, Madho, Bishandas and Anant Lent by the Bharat Kala Bhavan, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi ZIJ-I-SHAHJAHANI Foll 328 (some missing), size 25 x 40 cm, paper, Nast'alıq and Naskh script, Persian, dated AH 1037 (A D 1627) 102

·Begins
إسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
حمد سے حل حالقی را سرد که مهد س قلوت شامله اش در تقویم درحات
مجلوقاح دقیقه ار دقائق فرونگذاشت و در تقدیر مرائب موحودات
Ends
الله الرحمن الرحم
بدار اسعدك الله تعالي في الدارین که چوں حواهم که بدانیم که الصال
قمر
ساعات ودقائق ار اول بود که بعد ار شب است
واللما علم بالصواب
Lent by the Maharaja of Jaipur Museum, City Palace, Jaipur
(Rajasthan)
KULLIYĀT-I-SA'I
(A poetic composition)
Foli 284, size 24 5 x 15 cm, paper, Nast'aliq script, 14 lines to a
page, Persian
Author Sa'i Sadullah, AH 1081 (AD 1661)
Begins
و
چوشاء مشری وتاح سپهر حصر لها
کروسب لشکر شب در گریرو در سودا
Ends
نداری دو ار مهر بانی
مہر تسب ملت ار معانی
S'adullāh, with the nom de plume Saʻi, came to India from Iran and
was attached to the court of Sultan Muhammad Shujā of Bengal,
second son of Shahjahan
103

·S'adullah's poems contain references to the adventure of his patron
and his love for building This copy has been corrected in the poet's hand
with additions on the margin and is, therefore, considered a rare copy
Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi
RĀMĀYANA (SUNDARAKĀNDA)
(A Persian translation of the Rāmāyana)
Foll 188, size 31 x 19 5 cm, paper, Nast‘alıq script, Persian, dated
A D 1729
Begins
أعار كاند پعم مسمی که سند ركاند عرف لنا لاندومدكور
الع
حلگ و کشت راحهاں و ملاقات سندر
Ends
بخاطرم حیاں اید که سیتارا برام یه دهید
عورت اسیر را اررور متصرف شد سراوار
لیست ایں نگفت وحاموش ماند
Colophon
شد این پلحم مسمی که سند وكاند وسلام
تمام
سله ۰ مکمل شاهی
عره رخ
88 illustrations in Deccanı style
Lent by the State Central Library, Hyderabad
DIWĀN-I-HĀFIZ
(A collection of verses)
Foll 201, size 22 x 14 5 cm, Persian script, 15 Loes to a page,
104

·Persian Author Khwaja Shamsuddin Muhammad Hāfiz-ash-Shirāzi,
A H 791 (AD 1388)
Begins
که عشق آسان نمود اول ولی استان مشکلها
الريا أيها السایی (د کا ساونا ولها
Ends
تو حلست حاطا متا
کھلم سکس
شادی همه لعليع گویای صلوات
The typical poems of the celebrated Hafiz of Shiraz This extremely
rare manuscript bears numerous marginal notes in the handwriting of the
emperors Humayun and Jahangir
Contains seals of distinguished persons, like Sultan Husain Baigra,
Maimanat Khān, Muhammad Baqır, ‘Abdullāh Chalpi, and others
Lent by the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna
TUZUK-I-JAHANGIRI
(Autobiography of the Emperor Jahangir)
Foll, 273, size 26 5x16 5 cm, paper, Nast'aliq script, Persian,
dated A H 1032 (AD 1622) Author Mughal Emperor Nurud-Din
Jahāngir, scribe the Emperor
Begins ,
را اگر
ارعایات بیعایب الهی یکساعت لمرمی از رزر پنشده
بیستم حمادی الثانی رحها ده تری رشته. الم
Ends
احة فرسنگ دیر نمادی چهار برای دات
و دو ہار و دولس سو متر گشت
105

·Contains a seal of Aurangzıb
Marginal decorations consist of floral designs and miniatures of
bırds and animals in the Mughal style
The manuscript is considered by some scholars as the original copy
in the Emperor's own hand Incomplete
Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi
BABUR NAMA
(Autobiographical Memoirs of Babur)
Foll 382, size 26x21 5 cm, paper, Nastáliq script, 15 lines to a
page, Persian Author Mughal Emperor Zahirud-Din Babur, AH 937
(AD 1530)
Begins
83
در ماه رمصان سده هشتصد ونود و ده درولا يت فرعاده
درد وارد سالگی پادشاه شدم
Eads
ایشاں شی
کوں ونور بیگ راگوالیار
فرستاده شد که گوالیار رادایشاں سپرده
145 illustrations in Mughal style of late Akbar and early Jahangir
period, 3 seals, one old and two modern
This is a Persian translation of the original work in Turkish, made
at the instance of Emperor Akbar by Mirzā Khān 'Abdur Rahim Khān-1-
Khānān bin Bairam Khăn It contains accounts of Babur's reign from
his accession in AD 1494 to AD 1529
Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi
106

·ARRE alih 001. QOF. *Wro- 1 0 1 The Presentation of the sons of Amirzada Muhammad Sultan, before Timur at a place called Uni, Mughal School, late 16th century, from the Tarikh-i-Khandan-1-Timuriyah Lent by the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna (Bihar)

·TĀRIKH-I-KHĀNDĀN-I-TIMURIAH
(A historical account of the Timurid dynasty)
Foll 338, paper, Nast'aliq script, 21 lines to a page, Persian
و
حضرت ماں مقریں تعز ظفر عارم معاردت
موح حكم حمارمطاع مسول اور ان حر شرح احوال که مقصود بالدب
في تاريع است نمی نویسد
مهمات گمرات باتفاق حار اعطم معي شد و رايات لصرنا
Begins
Ends
The work was compiled during the reign of Akbar (A D 1556-1578),
an excellent and richly illustrated copy of an otherwise unknown history
of Timur and his successors down to Albar (up to his 22nd year), a unique
and rare work, only known copy
و
132 illustrations by the court painters of Akbar The names include
Lāl, Madhu, Basāwan, Kesū, Daswanth, Ramdās, Tulsi, Shankar, Husain,
Muhammad Kashmiri, Farrukh, Kamal, Bhagwan, Anant, Bahzad,
Manobar and others
Many official seals of the nobles of the Mughal courts and an
autograph of Shahjahan embellish this copy
Lent by the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna
SHAHJAHAN NĀMA
(History of the first ten years (A D 1628-38) of Shahjahan's reign)
Foll 473, size 25 5x166 cm, paper, Nastaliq script, 15 lines to
a page, Persian Scribe 'Abdur Rashid Dailami (17th century)
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·Begins نگارش تاريع رورنا مر لهر وری و لکساري وفهرست خرید فیروری و کامگاری یعي حلوس اندمانوس الم Ends آلي سرند آسمان پایه اول تاهست حدا تو لیر خواهی لود لرهای جهان عدل تو پيرايه لول اک همیل دات با سایر لول Colophon در مستمر خلافت جار دهم دې قعده سال هرار و پنجاه ومهار کری احوال کرامت اشتمال فرح فال حلوس مقدس کے دور لشن استار شما را یں عطيه سنيه اکرانال ع الفة والفساد تاشے بقلم فیرور منلی سج رادادم از دولت بلندی طرار آفریں إستم قلم داردم برنام شهنشاه رقم را شهاب الدين محمد ساه آفاق جوابرو پاسی هم حقت و هم طاق This account is accompanied by Shāhjahān's horoscope drawn by Mulla Farid and a list of honours and notes on high nobles, Shaikhs, learned men, physicians and poets This work is quite distinct from other histories of the period Lent by the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad PĀDSHĀH NĀMAH (History of Shahjahan's reign) Foll 416, size 32 5 x 205 cm, paper, Nast‘aliq script, Persian Author ‘Abdul Hamid Lahuri (17th century), scribe Muhammad Sālih Begins سپاس والا اساس داور کارسار و کردار سے لیار لمدد کری الديشه ست سنع ولسياری الع 109

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راقمه سده درگاه خلائق پناه محمد مالم الالب
A comprehensive Persian manuscript dealing with the historical
account of Shahjahan's reign from AD 1638 to 1647 It contains the
autograph of the Emperor himself on the first page
Lent by the Asiatic Society, Calcutta
A'IN-I-AKBARI
(Statistical & historical account of Akbar's reign)
Foll 220, size 54 x 30 cm, paper, Nast'aliq script, Persian
Author Abul Fazl A D 1655
Begins
ای هم در پرده لهاں دار و بے كر التام ار آغار کو
در لو هم آغار وهم الهام کم هر دو شهر قدم لام
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لله الحمد کہ ازیں مرالب ار تماشای شکر کاری رورکار
بیرون نمی رود وبر لكو هیدکار و مدح سرایان از خیر سگالی
بر در نمی شود و رباب و دل را بعشرین و آفریں لمي آلايد الع
A celebrated Persian book giving a statistical and historical account
of Akbar's reign
Lent by the Asiatic Society, Calcutta
TARIKH-I-RASHIDI
(A general history in the Turkish language)
Pages 676, Size 36 x 23 cm, paper, Nast'aliq script, Turkish.
Author Muhammad Niyāyāhi, son of 'Abdul Ghaffar
Lent by the Archacological Museum, Red Fort, Delhi
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·SAIRUL MANĀZIL (A treatise on archaeology of Delhi) Pages 166, size 28x15 cm, paper, Naskh and Nast'aliq script; Persian Author Sangin Beg - سما Begins معماری که معماری کی وحود كائیان راباهرارای نقش و کار سایرمرده رایواں رفیع امکاں هستی حلق رانچار دیوار عناصر رستوهای موالید ثلاثر مرتب Ends قدر اهل معرب اور دوعلى مرتصی حواسب حوصل رردرد سال رسال لی صما کھب نرفت ارحہاں قطب جهاں ابوالعال ای اولیاء الله يموتیں بل ينتقلون من الدار الى الدار Lent by the Archaeological Museum, Red Fort, Delhi TIBB-I-SHIFA MAHMOD SHĀHI (A valuable work on Indian medicine) Author Foll 337, size 23 x 14 5 cm, paper, Naskh script, Persian 'Ali Muhammad bin Ismāʻıl Asawalı Asılı Begins باب اول درمان نمطی که علم و عمل ای ممد عمرو حیات نود الم Ends پس تکرائی هردونه هدر تهرکه حرادكواند دایا کسی نیکر رااحتیار کیں Colophon تمام شد طب شعا محمود شاهی که حار طسب است در قبال حدادگاں ابوالفتح محمود شاهی السلطان خلدالله ملکه الح 111

·A valuable work on Indian medicine, Persian translation of the
second book of Vägbhata's Ashtangahridaya The translation was
done at the instance of Sulţăn Muhammad Shāh, Ahmedabad
Lent by the State Central Library, Hyderabad
SHARH-I-AWARIF-UL-MA'ARIF
(A famous sufic work)
و
Foll 392, size 27 x 17 cm, paper, ordinary Nast'alıq script, 25 lines to a
page, Persian, dated 7th Ramadan 1110 AH (27 Feb 1698 AD) Author
Sayyid Muhammad Husaini Gesùdarāz Khawaja Banda Nawāz of
Gulbarga, AH 721-825 (AD 1321-1431)
Begins
الحمدلله العظيم ما له ستوده مختص مرخدای راسته که بررگ اسع
کاراو عظیم شاله الله يكی احدا ويمينم، آخر الع
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قال هي الرجوع إلى البداية وقد خسر تعصهم قول الحمدقال معناه اله کار
في ابداء
Colophon
شهر رمضان المبارک سه ۱۶۱۰ هجري بالجام رسید
A Persian commentary on Shihābuddin Suharwardi's famous sufic
work, the Awarif Only known copy
Lent by the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad
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