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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF
Adhyāyas 1 to 54, complete; 55th incomplete. Same work as the above.
Four pages in the beginning give in English, apparently in the hand of Mr. Brown, the subject-matter of the first 9 chapters.
Size, 13X8 inches.
Pages, 110.
Lines, 18
No. 2344. गणेशपुराणम्.
GANESAPURANA M. Substance, paper.
on a page. Character, Telugu. Condition, good. Appearance, new. Pages 49 to 68 are wromgly bound after pages 136. Upāsanākbanda, Adhyāyas 1 to 30, complete ; 31st incomplete.
This is an Upaparāņa said to have been taugh by Brahman to Vyäsa. It consists of two Khandas, Upasanakhanda and Lilakhanda, and contains 250 Adbyāyas made up of 12,000 granthas. A copy of this work is described in detail in Aufrecht's Bodleian Library Catalogue, No. 134. Beginning:
ऋषय ऊचुःसूत सूत महाप्राज्ञ सर्वशास्त्रविशारद । सर्वविद्यानिधे त्वत्तो वक्ता नान्योपलभ्यते ॥ जन्मान्तरे कृतं पुण्यमस्माभिस्तु महत्तरम् । तेन सन्दर्शनं जातं सर्वज्ञस्य सतस्तव ।। वयं धन्यतमा लोके जीवितं नस्सुजीवितम् । पितरो वेदशास्त्राणि तपास्याश्रम एव च ॥ अष्टादश पुराणानि विस्तराच्छ्रावितानि नः । अन्यान्यपि हि नश्श्रोतुमिच्छास्ति द्विजसत्तम ।
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