Report On Search For Sanskrit MSS Year 1882 1883

Author(s): R G Bhandarkar
Publisher: Government Central Book Depot

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CLASS II-VEDÂNGAS AND SACRIFICIAL
MANUALS.
In the class of Vedangas and Sacrificial Prayogas or Manuals there is in the Gujarat section a copy of Devayâjñika's Bhâshya or commentary on the Anukramaņikâ of the Vâjasaneya Samhitâ, (No. 25), and in the Maratha section a copy of two chapters of his commentary on Kâtyâyana's sacrificial Sutras, (Nos. 504 and 505). Of this last a copy of four chapters was procured by me last year. There is also a manuscript of the first three chapters of another Bhashya on this Sûtra by an author whose name is not given. Last year's collection contained copies of the commentaries of Karka, Gadadhara, and Harihara, on Pâraskara's Grihya Sûtra and this year one of Jayarama's commentary on the same, (No. 512), has been added. There are manuscripts of dependent treatises also such as the Pratijñâ Sútra, the Bhâshika Sutra, Yajnavalkya Sikshâ, &c., (Nos. 26, 28, and 513-521). In the Maratha section there are manuscripts of several sacrificial Manuals belonging principally to the Vâjasaneya Sâkhâ, (Nos. 522-541).
CLASS III.-ITIHÂSAS, PURÂNAS, MÂHÂTMYAS AND STOTRAS.
The object in making collections of manuscripts is, I apprehend, not only to procure copies of rare works but also to secure materials for critical editions of such as though not rare are of great importance, or for the determination of the correct text of any particular passage in them whenever a weighty issue hangs on it. In making my purchases I have always this object in view. In the department of Itihâsas and Purâņas therefore I have on no occasion rejected a good manuscript of the whole or a portion of the Mahabharata offered for sale, though the work has