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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
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The dates are indicated by means of various well-known eras, Saka (S.E.), Vikrama-Samvat (V.S.), Nepāla-Samvat (N.S.), Bengali San (B.S.), etc. In one MS. (6114) the date of composition is curiously given in years of Treta-yuga, while in several MSS. (5955, 5965, 6082) the names of the eras are not specified, so that it is not possible to ascertain accurately their dates. In one MS. (6038) the chronogram reads like a riddle difficult to solve.
(v) MSS. of a general interest.-As regards MSS. of a general interest of which there are very few in the present volume mention may be made of the following:—
(1) MS. copied for a lady 1:
Saundarya-lahari (6681)-Copied for the recitation of Jayanti Devi.
(2) MSS. copied for and probably possessed originally by big personalities:
Kulamukti-kallolini (6308) copied in 1877 V.S. under orders of Ranodyota-saha of Nepal. Kāmakalākāli-stotra (6634) copied in Nepal in 1711 S.E. (1789 A.D.) by Govinda-sarman for Prince Bahadur Sah who is probably identical with Rana Bahadur Sah who is stated to have succeeded to the throne in 1775 (Landon, Nepal, I. 67). Lingarcana-tantra (6024) MS. belonging to Lālā Rāmagati Raya 2
1 For a reference to several other MSS. copied for and by ladies cf. Y.R.A.S.B., 1938, p. 13.
2 The records of the society generally do not give information regarding the find-spots and the names or whereabouts of the last owners of the MSS. from whom they were acquired by the Society. But fortunately some of the MSS. contain the names of the original owners of them. And of these we might mention the names of a few scholars:
Kṛṣṇānanda-natha, evidently a Tantric scholar (5840, 5906, 5811, 5862, 5905, 5925, 6047, 6204).
Rajakiśora Sarman, probably identical with the author of the Sakti-ratnākara (5915).
Reference may also be made here to the huge collections of Raghunath Malaviya, Harekrishna Vyasa and Lakshminarayana Kavi, MSS. from which generally bear the names of their owners.
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