Siddha Siddhanta Paddhati

Author(s): Kalyani Mallik
Publisher: Poona Oriental Book House Poona

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The left column palm-leaf MS. of 73 leaves, size 9" X 11", 5 lines to a page, of Siddha-Siddhānta-Paddhati is one of the three works contained in a single MS. written in the same hand, and in one of them the scribe calls himself "Seetārām ". In another MS. copied by the same scribe, the date is given as Saturday, the second phase after the New Moon in the Mithuna month of the year Pramadi. The last Pramadi was 1939 and the MS. must be 4 X 60 = 240 years before that to judge from its appearance i.e., 1699 A. D. In 1699 the Jyestha New Moon fell on a Thursday, so the dwitiya was on a Saturday. Therefore the MS. must also have been written about that time.
The script of the MS. is Telegu; the number of granthas in it are 700, but 550 according to Burnell's catalogue. This has not been printed.
The above information has been supplied by Sr. K. Vasudev Sastri, B. A., the Pandit for Research, T. M. Si Library, Tanjore.
Reference of this is given by me as (a)
(c) Copy from Hardwar. Transcription, character Devnagri, complete in six Upadeshas; Sree Gorakhnāth is mentioned in the colophons as author. In this copy there is an extra sloka on Hatha Yoga, which is not found in (a) or (b).
Reference given by me as (6)
(d) Sihdha-Siddhānta-Sangraha by Balabhadra; Edited by G. N. Kaviraj; S. B. S. No. 13, Banaras, 1925.
Reference given by me as ( 21 )
The following short description can be given of the other MSS.;
II. Yogavisaya by Minanātha.
Obtained from Govt. Oriental MSS. Library, Tirupati Madras. MS. No. D. 4367.
Number of granthas - 60
Number of pages - 4 This work describes how salvation may be attained through practice of yoga.