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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
THE SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS.
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श्रीसूक्तस्य विवरणम् ॥ गावश्चिद्धासां मन्यवः । यद्यावं अष्टसामानि सरवाय आ पञ्चसामानि ॥
The second passage, quoted above from a work on the household ritual of the Sámavēdi Brahmans, explains what is meant by Śrisūkta, mentioning the three hymns which are collectively known as Srīsākta, viz.,
गावश्चिदासांमन्यवः Prap. V. 1, 2. यद्याव, &c., eight hymns. Prap. III. 2, 4.
सरवाय आ, &c., five hymns. Prap. VI. 2, 3. The Srīsūkta is also used by the Brühmans who belong to the Atharva Vēda as can be seen from the following passage :
नन्वथर्वसंहितायां श्रीसूक्तादर्शनात् श्रीसूक्तमाथर्वणं नास्तीति चेन्न सप्तशतीव्याख्यादिषु श्रीसूक्तमाथर्वणमिति शिष्टोक्तेः उच्छिन्नशारवासु तत्कल्पनस्यैवौचित्यात् ॥
The Śrīsūkta is referred to in the Visņu Purāņa, the first book, ninth chapter :
ततः स्फुरत्कान्तिमति विकासिकमले स्थिता। श्रीदेवी पयसस्तस्मादुत्थिता धृतपङ्कजा ।
तां तुष्टुवुर्मुदा युक्ताः श्रीसूक्तेन महर्षयः । • The other works found in this MS. are Purusasuktam (fol. 1a), Dasasintih (fol. 6a), . . . . Namakam (fol. 14a), Pasupatistram (fol. 18a), Dēvīstavah (fol. 22a), Sivomēgāyatryastakam (fol. 247), Ēkāmrēśvarāştakam (fol. 26a), Sivastutiḥ (fol. 28a), Chāyapurusalaksanam (fol. 32a), Sadvarnamantrastakam (fol. 35a).
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