Descriptive Catalogue of Sanskrit Manuscripts In Madras Vol 01 Part 03

SR No.: 020676
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: M Sheshgiri Shastri
Publisher: Government Press Madras
Publication Year: 1905
Total Pages: 349
Language: English
Classification: Catalogue
File Size: 14 MB

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A DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF
No. 623. प्रश्नोपनिषद्भाष्यम्. PRASNOPANIŞADBHAṢYAM.
Pages, 5. Lines, 10 on a page.
Begins on fol. 9a of the M.3. described under No. 31. Same as the last. Complete.
No. 624. प्राणाग्निहोत्रोपनिषत्.
PRANAGNIHOTROPANIŞAD.
Pages, 5. Lines, 23 on a page.
Begins on fol. 146a of the MS. described under No. 216. Complete.
This Upanisad explains the ritual of प्राणाग्निहोत्र or the worship of the fire of life as contained in the body; it identifies allegorically the various elements of life and of the human body with the various elements of the sacrifice and enjoins the performance of this worship of the fire of life as a means for obtaining the salvation of Mōkṣa without having to undergo any more re-incarnations. Beginning:
सह नाववत्विति शान्तिः ।
अथातस्सर्वोपनिषत्सारं संसारे ज्ञानातीतमन्नसूक्तं शारीरयज्ञं व्याख्यास्यामः । यस्मिन्नेव पुरुषशरीरे विनाप्यग्निहोत्रेण विनापि साङ्ख्येन संसारविमुक्तिर्भवतीति स्वेन विधिनान्नं भूमौ निक्षिप्य या ओषधयस्सोमराज्ञीरिति तिसृभिः अन्नपत इति द्वाभ्यामनुमन्त्रयति ।
End :
सर्वाण्यस्मिन् देवताशा (रश) रीरे अधिसमाहिताः । वाराणस्यां मृतो वापि इदं वा ब्राह्मणः पठेत् ॥