Manuscripts from Indian Collection

Author(s): National Museum New Delhi
Publisher: National Museum New Delhi

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Of the pre-Sayana commentators of the Rigveda, Venkaṭamādhava was one of the foremost. A note on the first folio says that the manuscript (about 400 years old) belonged to Payyur Bhatta's family of great repute in Kerala,
Lent by the Adyar Library and Research Centre, Adyar (Madras).
RĀMĀYAŅA
Foll. 337; size 31x4.5 cm; palm-leaf; Grantha script; 20 lines to a page; Sanskrit. Author: Maharshi Vālmiki.
Begins :
Ends:
Suklämbaradharam vishnum śaśivarṇam chaturbhujam; prasannavadanam dhyäyet sarvavighnopaśäntaye.
ayurarogyaputrabhāryabandhusamuchchayāḥ. bhavantu te sadā vishnoḥ (prasā)dädrangaśãyinah.
bhavabhayaharamekam bhānukotiprakāśam karadhritaśarachāpam kälameghävabhāsam. kanakaruchiravastram ratnavatkundaladhyam
kamalavisadanetram sānujam rämamide.
The manuscript, about 400 years old, has very beautiful letters - very minute but clear. The metal book covers contain illustrations.
Lent by the Adyar Library and Research Centre, Adyar (Madras).
ARTHASASTRA
(A treatise on political science)
Foll. 167
size 36x5 cm; palm-leaf; Grantha script; 10 lines to a page; Sanskrit. Author: Kautilya (4th century B.C.).
Begins:
harib om. namaśukrabrihaspatibhyäm prithivyä läbhe palane cha yavantyarthaśästrāņi pūrvächäryaiḥ prasthäpitäni pră
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