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Gāyatrījapanityavidhi
ms_coll_390item_1365 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
Gāyatrījapanityavidhi is a Dharmaśāstra text which contains pūjā paddhati (prayer procedure) for mainly the elephant headed deity Gaṇeśa who is a significant in organised pūjās being the first deity to be evoked and the Gāyatrī Mantra deitified as a goddess. The text gives details on the procedure and significance of reciting the Gāyatrī Mantra which is a is a highly revered vedic verse found in the 3rd Mandala; 62nd Sukta; 10th Mantra of the Ṛgveda Saṃhitā. It is dedicated to Savitā (the Sun deity), the ṛṣi associated is Viśvāmitra and the meter of the verse is Gayatri from which the verse is named. Gayatri meter consists of 24 varnas (syllables) and three pādas (stanzas) in total. The Ms. is incomplete there is another part starting in (f. 2b) dealing with Hindu saṃskāras and rituals. This Ms. is written in 11–12 lines per folio. Title present in colophon (f.2b). Mistakes are blacked out.
Gāyatrīkalpa
ms_coll_390item_1986 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
The work Gāyatrīkalpa, also known as Gāyatrīpuraścaraṇavidhi. Puraścaraṇa is traditionally composed of five components (pañcāṅga): pūjā, homa, japa, tarpaṇa, and the feeding of as many Brahmins as possible each day. The manuscript under consideration, however, contains only the Puraścaraṇa of the Gāyatrī mantra in the form of japa, which represents just one of the five prescribed components. The manuscript is written 7–8 lines per leaf. It is in a good condition. The paper apparently is trimmed on the margins, for marginal writing such as pagination indications are cut off on edges. Mistakes are blocked out with black. Marginal corrections.
Gāyatrīkavaca
ms_coll_390item_407 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
Gāyatrīkavaca is a devotional text dedicated to the recitation of the Gāyatrī mantra. The text is believed to to act as a protective shield for the devotee like an amulet just as the name of the text suggests, being part of a tantric tradition. It is attributed to the Agastasaṁhitā but Agastasaṁhitā it is not an individual work it is commonly attributed to certain sections of purāṇic texts and other works. The same text present in Ms. Coll. 390; Item 2216. The Gāyatrī mantra is a highly revered vedic verse found in the 3rd Mandala; 62nd Sukta; 10th Mantra of the Ṛgveda Saṃhitā. It is dedicated to Savitā (the Sun deity), the ṛṣi associated is Viśvāmitra and the meter of the verse is Gayatri from which the verse is named. Gayatri meter consists of 24 varnas (syllables) and three pādas (stanzas) in total. This Ms. is written 7 lines per folio. Cover page is blank. Title present in colophon (f. 3b). Mistakes are covered with white. Marginal corrections present.
Gāyatrīkavaca
ms_coll_390item_2216 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
Gāyatrīkavaca is a devotional text dedicated to the recitation of the Gāyatrī mantra. The text is believed to to act as a protective shield for the devotee like an amulet as the name of the text suggests, being part of a tantric tradition. It is attributed to the Agastasaṁhitā but it is not an individual work it is commonly attributed to certain sections of purāṇic texts and other works. Same text present in Ms. Coll. 390; Item 407. The Gāyatrī mantra is a highly revered vedic verse found in the 3rd Mandala; 62nd Sukta; 10th Mantra of the Ṛgveda Saṃhitā. It is dedicated to Savitā (the Sun deity), the ṛṣi associated is Viśvāmitra and the meter of the verse is Gayatri from which the verse is named. Gayatri meter consists of 24 varnas (syllables) and three pādas (stanzas) in total. This Ms. is written 9–10 lines per folio. Cover page contains title. Title also present in colophon (f.3b) along with date śake 1716 bhāvanā 0 mārgaśīrṣaśuddha 7. Mistakes are covered with orange or blacked out.
Gāyatrīpuraścaraṇa
ms_coll_390item_1358 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
A ritual text describes the processes of bhūśuddhi, bhūtaśuddhi, and antarmātṛkā and bahirmātṛkā prāṇapratiṣṭhā (f. 1b–4b). The manuscript also contains several mantras and paddhatis: Gāyatrī-tarpaṇa-hṛdaya-kavaca (f. 5a–8b); Gāyatrī-utkīlana-mantra (f. 9a–10a); Sañjīvinī-mantra (f. 10b–12a); Sañjīvinī-mantra-utkīlana (f. 12a–13b); Sarva-mantra-utkīlana and Sarva-śāpa-vimocana-stotra (this text forms part of the Śaiva–Vaiṣṇava–Śākta–Saura–Gāṇapatya mantra-saṃskāra of the Matsendra-saṃhitā, within the Śiva–Pārvatī saṃvāda of the Pañcarātra section of the Śivarahasya) (f. 13b–15b); Gāyatrī-hṛdaya (f. 15b–18a). From the marginal abbreviations, it appears that the concluding portion of the manuscript contains the Gāyatrī-puraścaraṇa text (f. 18b–27b), followed by the Mahāmṛtyuñjaya-stotra (f. 27b–28a), Pañcapraṇava-gāyatrī (f. 28a–28b), and Tripraṇava-krama (f. 28b–29a). This Ms. is written in 6–9 lines per folio. Cover page contains title. Back page is blank. Mistakes covered with yellow or blacked out. Some corrections and additions in the margins.
Gāyatrīrāmāyaṇastotra (24 Verses from Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa)
ms_coll_390item_2494 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
Gāyatrīrāmāyaṇastotra is a selection of 24 verses from the Vālmīki's epic Rāmāyaṇa which consists of 24,000 verses divided in 7 kāṇḍas and 500 sargas. Each of the verses in the Ms. is from a different kāṇḍa and sarga as it turns out after every 1000 verses the starting letter of each verse is the letter from the Gāyatrī Mantra which is a highly revered vedic verse found in the 3rd Mandala; 62nd Sukta; 10th Mantra of the Ṛgveda Saṃhitā. It is dedicated to Savitā (the Sun deity), the ṛṣi associated is Viśvāmitra and the meter of the verse is Gayatri from which the verse is named. Gayatri meter consists of 24 varnas (syllables) and three pādas (stanzas) in total. This Ms. is written in 8 lines per folio. Title present in colophon (f. 3a) along with the date. Mistakes are blacked out. Some corrections and additions in the margins.
Gāyatrīsahasranāmastotra
ms_coll_390item_2544 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
Gāyatrīsahasranāmastotra is a devotional text dedicated to the Gāyatrī mantra deitified as a goddess. The text is in praise of the 1000 names associated with goddess Gāyatrī presented as a dialogue between supreme deity Maheśvara (Śiva) and his consort Umā (Pārvatī). It is part of the Gāyatrīmāhātmyam section of the Skandapurāṇa which is a major purāṇic text. The Gāyatrī mantra is a highly revered vedic verse found in the 3rd Mandala; 62nd Sukta; 10th Mantra of the Ṛgveda Saṃhitā. It is dedicated to Savitā (the Sun deity), the ṛṣi associated is Viśvāmitra and the meter of the verse is Gayatri from which the verse is named. Gayatri meter consists of 24 varnas (syllables) and three pādas (stanzas) in total. This Ms. is written in 9 lines per folio. Title present in colophon (f. 13a). Alternate title Gāyatrisahasra present in title and back page (f. 14b). Mistakes are covered with yellow or blacked out. Some corrections and additions in the margins. Some folios are treated with yellow turmeric powder. The double pūrna virāma style full stop brackets, speaker titles and colophon are in red.
Gāyatrīstavarājastotra
ms_coll_390item_587 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
Gāyatrīstavarājastotra is a stotra text is dedicated to the Gāyatrī mantra deitified as a goddess believed to be the mother of the Vedas. It is found in Viśvāmitra Samhita a Dharmaśāstra text included in the Smṛti Literature and the Rudrayamāla Tantra a tantric text. The Gāyatrī mantra is a highly revered vedic verse found in the 3rd Mandala; 62nd Sukta; 10th Mantra of the Ṛgveda Saṃhitā. It is dedicated to Savitā (the Sun deity), the ṛṣi associated is Viśvāmitra and the meter of the verse is Gāyatrī from which the verse is named. Gāyatrī meter consists of 24 varnas (syllables) and three pādas (stanzas) in total. This Ms. is written 11 lines per folio. The folios are breaking off on the edges. There is slash tear in the first folio. The rest of the folios are browned and very brittle. Mistakes are blacked out.
Gāyatrīmantra
ms_coll_390item_2048 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
A bhāṣya (commentary) on the Gāyatrī mantra of the Ṛgveda, attributed to Śaṃkarācārya. In this text, the commentator explains the Gāyatrī mantra from the perspective of Advaita philosophy. This Ms. is written in 8–9 lines per folio. Title present in colophon (f. 3b). Mistakes are covered with yellow or blacked out. Some corrections and additions in the margins. Significant syllables and words rubbed with orange powder for highlighting.
Gāyatryartha
ms_coll_390item_2748 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
The text discusses the Guruśāstra (apparently influenced by Vaiṣṇava thought). It also cites the Atharvaveda, Gopatha Brāhmaṇa, and Vyākaraṇa (the Pāṇinian school) to explain the Gāyatrī mantra. This Ms. is written in 7 lines per folio. Title present in colophon (f. 2b). Mistakes crossed out or blacked out. Some corrections and additions in the margins.
Ghaṇṭāpatha (Sarga 2, 4-8; Kirātārjunīya commentary)
ms_coll_390item_1551 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
Ghaṇṭāpatha is a commentary by Mallinātha on the mahākāvya Kirātārjunīya composed by Bhāravi. The mahākāvya is based on the epic Mahābhārata. It contains 18 Sargas (cantos). In the plot Arjuna is doing pennance to lord Śiva to recieve the celestial weapon Pāśupatāstra. He encounters a Kirāta (wild mountain man). A bow and arrow skirmish takes in between them over the ownership of a hunted wild boar. The Kirāta is actually Lord Śiva in disguise testing Arjuna. The Ms. lacks a beginning . It contains sarga 2 (f.12a–21a). Sarga 4 from the commentary of verse 8 in (20b), from verse 10 to the end of the sarga (f.31b–35a). Sarga 5 (f.35a–41b), Sarga 6 (f.41b–45b), Sarga 7 (f.46a–49a), Sarga 8 (f.49a–50a) it is incomplete by the scribe. This Ms. is written in 12–15 lines per folio. Title present in colophon (f. 50a). There are double black vertical margins present on each side of the folio. Some of the folios have been repaired by attaching to a new sheet and taping. Mistakes are blacked out. Some corrections and additions in the margins. Significant syllables and words rubbed with orange powder for highlighting.
Ghaṇṭāpatha (Sarga 15-16; Kirātārjunīya commentary)
ms_coll_390item_1476 Language : Sanskrit Scripts : Devanāgarī
Ghaṇṭāpatha (Sarga 15–16) is a commentary by Mallinātha on the work Kirātārjunīya composed by Bhāravi. The mahākāvya is based on the epic Mahābhārata. It contains 18 Sargas (cantos). In the plot Arjuna is doing pennance to lord Śiva to recieve the celestial weapon Pāśupatāstra. He encounters a Kirāta (wild mountain man). A bow and arrow skirmish takes between them over the ownership of a hunted wild boar. In the climax of the battle with the Kirāta and his clan, Arjuna realizes that the Kirāta is actually Lord Śiva in disguise. He surrenders in devotion and submission. The Ms. only contains the commentary not the main text. Sarga 15 from (f.1a–12a), sarga 16 from (f.12a–21b) till commentary of verse 59 incomplete though. This Ms. is written in 9–10 lines per folio. Title present in internal colophon (f. 12a). Cover page contains chapter division. There are double black vertical margins present on each side of the folio. Mistakes are blacked out. Some corrections and additions in the margins. Significant syllables and words rubbed with orange powder for highlighting.