Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts in Tanjore Vol 01

SR No.: 020226
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: P P S Shastri
Publisher: Government of Madras
Publication Year: 1928
Total Pages: 480
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Catalogue
File Size: 20 MB

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SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS
Astaka. III-2-1 to III-2-26] [Mandala III-3-30 to III-4-39.
Remarks:The beginning of the Third Adhyaya " इंद्रे त्वा वृष॒भं
a" is given after the Colophon.
॥ ऋग्वेद संहिता ॥
74. RG-VEDA SAMHITĀ.
Burnell's Catalogue No. 2349 r. Page 1. Substance-Paper. Size 14 x 5 inches.
The title page continues the story narrated in No. 69 in pictures. As a result of the churning, the deadly poison हालाहल is engendered. Visnu, Brahma, Indra and Agni pray to Siva and Parvati to protect them from the all consuming poison. Siva accedes to their request and drinks the poison himself, whereupon Parvati, solicitous of Siva's life, stops the poison in Siva's neck; hence the name Nilakantha (bluenecked) to Śiva.
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Left column.
Sheets-13.
Lines-8 to a Page. Script-Devanagari. No. of Granthas -160. Complete.
Beginning, end, colophon and subject-Same as No. 73. Remarks:-The title page continues in pictures the story narrated
in No. 70. The three countries, Cera, Cola and Pandya suffer from want of rain. The Kings of these three lands pray to Sage Agastya who advises them to practise the Somavaravrata or fasting on Mondays to please the Lord Siva. As a result of the penance they are endowed with a power of travelling in the air at will, whereupon Indra asks them what they wanted. Indra accedes to the request of the Kings of Cera and Cola for plenty of rain but refuses the same to the King of the Pandyas as King Ugrapāṇḍya was insolent enough to seat himself on an equal seat with him. Indra and Ugrapandya fight each other. Ugrapandya uses his second giftthe divine bangle referred to in No. 62 and chops off the crown of Indra. This incident is illustrated in full detail ag