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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
THE SANSKRIT MANUSCRIPTS.
129
Begins on fol. la. This codex contains also Khadiragrhyasatrabhāsyam (fol. 91a). ___This is a copy made in 1896 from an injured MS. of the Library noticed below.
This is a commentary on the Mantra portion of the Upanişad Brahmana, by the well-known Sayanticārya. It is said in the beginning that, at the request of king Bukka, Sāyaṇa conimeated upon the Rg Vēda, the Yajur Vēda, and the Samhitā portion of the Sāma Vēda, and that he then proceeded to comment on the Brāhmaṇas of the Sáma Vēda, which are all enumerated in the beginning of this commentary.
The Mantrakbanda forms one of the two parts of the Upanişad Brāhmaṇa, the other part being the Chandögyöpanişad. It is called Mantrakhanda as it contains the Mantras or hymns which are recited in connection with marriages and other ceremonies among the Bāmavēding. Beginning:
वागीशाद्यास्सुमनसः सर्वार्थानामुपक्रमे। यं नत्वा कृतकृत्यास्रयुतं नमामि गजाननम् ॥ यस्य निश्वसितं वेदा यो वेदेभ्यो ऽखिलं जगत् । निर्ममे तमहं वन्दे विद्यातीर्थमहेश्वरम् ॥ तत्कटाक्षेण तद्रूपं दधद्बुक्कमहीपतिः । आदिशत्सायणाचार्य वेदार्थस्य प्रकाशने । ये पूर्वोत्तरमीमांसे ते व्याख्यायातिसङ्ग्रहात् । कृपालुस्सायणाचार्यों वेदार्थ वक्तुमुद्यतः ॥ व्याख्यातौ ऋग्यजुर्वेदी सामवेदे ऽपि संहिता। व्याख्याता ब्राह्यणस्याथ व्याख्यानं संप्रवर्तते ॥ अष्टौ हि ब्राह्मणा ग्रन्थाः प्रौढं ब्राह्मणमादिमम् । पदिशाख्यं द्वितीयं स्यात्ततस्सामविधिर्भवेत् ॥ आर्षेयं देवताध्यायो भवेदुपनिषत्ततः । संहितोपनिषद्वंशो ग्रन्था अष्टावितरिताः ॥ .
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