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A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF
Beginning, end, colophon and subject--Same as No. 12. Remarks:-Paper is in good condition and bears watermark 1826.
॥ ऋग्वेदसंहिता ॥ 15. RG-VEDA SAMHITA.
Burnell's Catalogue No. 2341 e. Page 1. Left column. Substance-Paper. Size--11x48 inches. Sheets-18. Lines-7 to a Page. Script-Devanagari. No. of Granthas
-190. Complete. Beginning : हरिः ॐ ॥ प्रमन्महेशवसानाय शूषमागूषं गिर्वणसे अंगिरस्वत् ।
सुवृक्तिभिः स्तुवत ऋग्मियाया मार्क नरे विश्रुताय । End: यामर्थ मनुष्पिता दुध्यङ्घियमनत । तस्मिन्ब्रह्माणि पूर्वथेन्द्र उक्था समग्मतार्चननुस्वराज्य ॥३१॥ Colophon:
इति प्रथमाष्टके पश्चमो(s)ध्यायः ॥ ५ ॥ Subject: First Astaka. Fifth Adhyāya.
Astaka I-5-1 to I-5-31] [Mandala I-11-62 to 1-13-80. Remarks :-The beginning of the Sixth Adhyaya "इन्द्रो मदाय
वावृधे(धे)" is given after the colophon. The title page contains a pictorial representation of the battle between God Śiva and the three Asuras. Siva is represented riding in a chariot (Bhūmi) with the Sun and Moon as wheels, the four Vedas as horses, Brahman as charioteer, Meru as bow, Adiśesa as bowstring, Vişņu as arrow and Agni as the arrow-tip-these details are fully mentioned in the following devotional Staka:
क्षोणी यस्य रथो रथाजयुगलं चन्द्राबिम्बद्वयं
कोदण्डः कनकाचलो हरिरभूद्वाणो विधिः सारथिः ।
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