Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in Madras Vol 21

SR No.: 020206
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: S Kuppuswami Shastri
Publisher: Government of Madras
Publication Year: 1918
Total Pages: 505
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Catalogue
File Size: 24 MB

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A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF
. . , . सोऽयं प्रसादाद्विभोः श्रीमन्मार्गसहायचम्पुमकरोदाश्वासषटकाचितम् ॥
No. 12337. मीनाक्षीकल्याणचम्पुः.
MİNĀKSIKALYANACAMPUụ. Substance, palm-leaf. Size, 168 x 13 inches. Pages, 72. Lines, 7 on a
page. Character, Telugu. Condition, slightly injured. Appearance, new. Breaks off in the second Asvāsa.
This work treats of the marriage of Mīnākṣī, the daughter of Kulabēkbara or Malayadhvaja, the first known king of the Pandya country, with God Śiva. Kulasēkhara at first reigned in Kalyanapuri which was the ancient capital of tbe country. God Siva appeared to him ip his dream and told him that the God was staying in a temple which was situated in a wilderness to the west of the oity and that he sbould make that place as his capital and worship the God. The king carried out the command of the God; and the new place became his capital and was named Madura. The whole story of the poem was taken from the Halāsyamahatmya. The author was called Kandukūri Nāganatha and appears to have been a Telugu Brahman. Beginning:
यत्कटाक्षोपविक्षिप्तनिरूढनिजसम्पदः । प्रत्यूहा विनिवर्तन्ते कलये तं विनायकम् ।। यत्पादाम्भोजसेवाद्यैरयत्नागतसम्पदः ।
ब्रह्मादयः सुमीनाक्ष्याः तद्वन्दे पादपङ्कजम् ॥ स्वस्ति । अस्ति हि खलु सकलसद्गुणगणभूषणभूषितः चतुःषष्टिकलानिष्णातः पितृवाजापालनतत्परः सोमवंशजलधिसोमः सकलपरिपन्थिमकुटकोटिप्रभालङ्कतचरणयुगलः चन्द्र इव प्रतिक्षणसंवर्धितकुवलयः कुलशेखरो नाम स्वकुलकुलशेखरः कल्याणपुरवासी पाण्ड्याधीशः । कदाचित्तस्य सोमसुन्दरेशः भोः कुलशेखरमहाराज कल्याणनानः पुरादस्मात्पश्चिमभागे सिंहव्याघ्रमृगादिप्रचुरं विविधवृक्षषण्डोपेतं नानातीर्थसहितं कदम्बवननामकं महहनं दृश्यते खलु । तत्र चामरावतीनायकविरचितप्रासादे महाद्वारावती सहस्रसङ्ख्याककनकस्तम्भातिशयितमण्डपादिमहिते देवालयविमाने प्रतिष्ठितोऽहं वर्ते । तत्रैव चमम मदी -