Descriptive Catalogue of Palmleaf and Paper Manuscripts

SR No.: 020182
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Total Pages: 215
Language: English
Classification: Catalogue
File Size: 12 MB

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(xi) famous Chandesvara Thakura of Mithila and was almost of the same age as Madhavacharya, the celebrated Smrti writer of southern India caused a revival of Vedic culture in Orissa by his writing. RAMACHANDRA VAJAPEYI. From the FETETU and the last verse of a work namely प्रायश्चित्त दीपिका a palmleaf manuscript of which (Dh/91B) is preserved in the Manuscripts library of the Orissa State Museum, we know that its author Ramachandra Vajapeyi was the disciple of Samrat Agnichit Vidya-, kara and was the son of Samrat Surya Dasa. He wrote this work while living in the holy नैमिषारण्य e.g. : मङ्गलाचरणम् प्रणम्य परमात्मानमीश्वरं नरकेशरीम् तस्य संप्रीतये चैव लिख्यते रामपद्धतिः / समाजोग्निचिदो मत्वा विद्याकरगुरोः पदे राम: पद्धतिमादत्त प्रायश्चितस्य दीपिकाम् // शेषश्लोक ऋज्जीमेताग्निचिद् रामचन्द्रः सूतैकार्थी नैमिषारण्यवासः / सम्राजः श्री सूर्य्यदासस्य सूनुः प्रायश्चित्तपद्धति संव्यवत्त // इति श्री रामचन्द्रवाजपेयिविरचिता प्रायश्चितपद्धतिः समाप्ता। This Vidyakara is identical with the great Vidyakar: whose life history is given before. There is another palmleaf manuscript named कुंडलक्ष्मविवृति Jy/19(a), by Rama. Vajapeyi the मङ्गलाचरण verse of which is quoted below as it gives some information about his family e. g., .. . ततः सुनोः धीघरमाल शिवदासाख्यो गुरुख्यातितः सम्राइग्निचिदा च यस्य जनकः श्री सूय्यदासोजनि / यन्मातु यशसा दिशोदश विशालाक्षावलक्षाः सृज... त्येष स्वाहित कुडलक्ष्मविवृति रामो वसन् नैमिषे / For Private and Personal Use Only