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8531 759. लघुचन्द्रिका वा अद्वतचन्द्रिका
Laghucandrikā or Advaitacandrikā. Being a commentary on Madhusūdana's
Advaitasiddhi.
(By Brahmānanda Sarasvati, pupil of Śrī Paramā
nanda Sarasvati and Śrī Nārāyaṇatirtha.)
Substance, country-made paper. 101x51 inches. Folia, 251. Lines, 9, 12, 14 on a page. Extent in Slokas, 11,000. Character, Nagara. Date, Samvat 1756. Appearance, old and repaired with transparent paper. Prose. Generally correct. Complete.
Printed, ed. Calcutta Sanskrit Series, No. 9, 1934.
Two parts in two separate paginations. The 1st part, incomplete at the end, has 82 leaves, for the beginning and end of which see L. 1500 and I.0. Catal. No. 2395.
The 2nd part, bearing on the left-hand margin ल. च. उ throughout the manuscript except in the first two leaves and also the date of copying, is complete in 169 leaves and comprises chapters II to IV. For the beginning of this, see I.0. Catal. No. 2396.
It ends thus:
महानुभावधौरेयशिवरामाख्यणिनः । एतद्ग्रन्थस्य कर्तारी लेखकाः केवला वयम् ॥ श्रीनारायणतीर्थानां वेदशास्त्री पा+ + + + ? चरणौ शरणीकृत्य तीर्णः सारस्वतार्णवः ।। भजे श्रीपरमानन्दसरस्वत्यध्रिपङ्कजं । यत्कृपादृष्टिलेशेन तीर्णः संसारसागरः॥ यद् यत् सप्तवदुक्तिकं (?) परवचः संदूष्य तषितं व्याख्यातश्च निगूढभावगहना पाणीसुधासागरः । सर्वं तत् शरदिन्दुसुन्दरमुखश्रीकृष्णलीलातनौ मालामावमधाप्य सज्जनमनोमालां समाकर्षतु ॥