Alphabetical List of Manuscript in Oriental Institute Part 02

SR No.: 018074
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Raghvan Nambiyar, Rajendra I Nanavati
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1999
Total Pages: 930
Language: English, Hindi
Classification: Catalogue & Catalogue
File Size: 8 MB

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to World Culture. As time passes, the world at large is bound to be interested in the mysteries and dynamics of Tridosa, and be greatly benefited by it. A systematic attempt should, therefore, be made to publish all unpublished materials on this practical science of great value to mankind as a whole. Ayurveda is also required to be given the respect that is its due.
The present catalogue includes under the general heading Kávya (poetry), altogether 921 manuscripts. Some of these are of historical importance. Works like the Jagatsinhayasab Kavya, the Jahangiracarita, Māndalıkakavya and a few others clearly belong to the field of history. There is another interesting work in the Padmanabhodaya which gives the origin of the Padmanābha Temple at Trivandrum. It is not necessary to point out here that Lord Shri Padmanabha is the Tutelary deity of the Royal House of Travancore. Another work which aroused considerable interest at the time of the 17th Session of the Indian Historical Records Commission held at Baroda in 1940, is the Sivāji Caritra giving a life history of the great Maratha Ruler Sivaji and his son Sambhāji. This work has been entrusted to the illustrious historian G. S. Sardesai for eventual publieation in the Gaekwad's Oriental Series.
The Silpa Section of this catalogue contains 93 MSS in all on Indian architecture and technical sciences, and is largely unpublished. The Upayanavinoda is a work on the interesting subject of Gardening and it is a handbook of practical utility. This work has been published from Calcutta. Another work of considerable interest is the Vaimānika section of the Yantrasarvasva which deals exhaus. tively with the art of manufacturing aeroplanes of a bewildering variety. It is unfortunate that this work is available only in fragments. If the whole work can be discovered it will revolutionize our ideas about Sanskrit which is as rich in technical sciences as it is in philosophical, religious and psychic sciences. Amongst the other interesting MSS, mention may be made of the Jayaprechā which deals with the architecture of various types of houses, palaces, and temples of both the Hindus as well as Yayanas. The MS is incomplete. The Nāradašilpasastra is a Madras copy of the original MS deposited at Tirupati. It deals among other things with town-planning and construction of buildings and bridges.
Under the heading "Vividha" (miscellaneous) there are 70 items consisting of some samples of writing on birch bark, Agaru bark, pith, pressed cotton, copperplates, and so forth, and manuscripts on miseellaneous subjects such as agriculture, studies of animals and birds, cooking, preparation of colours for paintings, etc. The Kasyapiyakrsisūkta is a work on agriculture and dcals with the properties of varions soils suitable for cultivation. Thc Nalapāka is a work on cooking. The King Nala was acknowledged as the greatest expert on cooking, and