[South Indian Sanskrit MS 035, Whish MS 34] Jayamaṅgaḻā

Language-Sanskrit
Date [1800?]

Text consists of the Jayamaṅgaḻā, a commentary on the Lalitāsahasranāmastotra (from the Brahmānaṇḍa Purāṇa), by Bhaṭṭa Nārāyaṇa, a son of Veṅkaṭādri.

Text begins: śrímahāgaṇapataye namaḥ | śrīmātaḥ karuṇākaṭākṣasaraṇīṃ saṃprāpya te patmabhū[r] brahmāṇḍāni karoti rakṣati harir hantīśvaro līlayā | trayyante puruṣaḥ parātpara iti khyātopi saṃvitkale sā kāṣṭheti ca sā parā gatir iti tvayy eva viśrāmyati | etc.

F.1b-2a: advaitavidyācāryya-śrī-Veṃkaṭādri-tanūbhavaḥ | Nārāyaṇāṃbikāgarbhaśuktimuktāmaṇis sudhīḥ | laḻitādeśikādeśād vyākhyāṃ Nārāyaṇa sphuṭaṃ | sahasrasya rahasyānāṃ nāmnāṃ viracayāmy ahaṃ | etc.

It ends: śrī-Bhaṭṭa-Nārāyaṇena viracitā lalitāsahasranāma-stotravyākhyā jayamaṃgaḻākhyā saṃpūrṇā śrīmahātripurasundarīcaraṇāravindayor nnityabhaktir astu mama | śrīrāmāya paramagurave namaḥ || hariḥ oṃ || śubham astu gurucaraṇāravindābhyān namaḥ om ||

South Indian Sanskrit / Whish Manuscript Collection.

See ’A catalogue of South Indian Sanskrit manuscripts (especially those of the Whish Collection) belonging to the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland’ by M. Winternitz, with an appendix by F. W. Thomas (London: RAS, 1902) p.41-42. Go to http://tinyurl.com/j3tkdwj for a digital copy of this catalogue. See also ‘Notices of Sanskrit manuscripts’ by Rajendralala Mitra (Calcutta, 1880), Vol. VII, p.57, No.2287.

J. L. Whish, gift of manuscripts collected by his brother C. M. Whish, July 1836.

Text in Sanskrit; Grantha script.