[South Indian Sanskrit MS 025, Whish MS 24] Viliṃghyavyākhyāna
Language-Sanskrit
Date [1800?]
The manuscript consists of the following: 1. Commentaries on the Saptalakṣaṇa; 2. a commentary on the Bhāradvājaśikṣā, by Lakṣmaṇa Jaṭāvallabhaśāstrin.
The Saptalakṣaṇa consists of seven phonetic treatises referring to the Black Yajur Veda (See Burnell, A. C. ‘Catalogue of a collection of Sanskrit manuscripts. Part I Vedic manuscripts’ (London, 1869), p.10 seq. and Burnell, A. C. ‘Classified index to the Sanskrit MSS. in the Palace at Tanjore’ (London, 1880) p.5 seq. The commentaries are as follows: 1. the Śāmānavyākhyāna, a commentary on the Saṃhitāśamānalakṣaṇa (f.1-12); 2. the Viliṃghyavyākhyāna by Puṇḍarīkākṣisūri, a commentary on the Viliṃghyalakṣaṇa of Nārāyaṇa (f.12-21); 3. the Naparavyākhyāna or Naparapaddhativyākhyāna, a commentary on Śaurisūnu’s Naparalakṣaṇa (f.22-26b); 4. the Taparapaddhati or Taparapaddhativyākhyāna, a commentary on the Taparalakṣaṇa (f.26b-28b); 5. the Avarṇivyākhyāna, a commentary on the Avarṇilakṣaṇa (f.28b-35b); 6. the Ākārapaddhati or Āvarṇivyākhyāna, a commentary on the Āvarṇilakṣaṇa (f.35b-39b); 7. the Aniṃghyavyākhyāna, a commentary on the Aniṃghyalakṣaṇa (f.39b-58).
Winternitz notes that the manuscript has been much corrected.
Text of the Śamānavyākhyāna begins: atheti adhikārārtthothaśabdaḥ | yathā athaśabdonuśāsanam iti etc.
It ends: iti śamānavyākhyānaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ || hariḥ om ||
Text of the Viliṃghyavyākhyāna begins: athā [sic] viliṃghya (-khya)-vyākhyānaṃ | om praṇipatya jagannāthaṃ Puṇḍarīkākṣisūriṇā | viliṃghyalakṣaṇavyākhyā kriyatedya mayā svayaṃ | etc.
It ends: viliṃghyavyākhyānaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ || hariḥ om ||
Text of the Naparavyākhyāna begins: om atha naparavyākhyānaṃ | natveti sakalanivṛttihetuṃ | … navaṃ nūtanaṃ | lakṣaṇaṃ | Śaurisūnur ahaṃ | pravakṣyāmi | ity artthaḥ | etc.
It ends: narapaddhativyākhyānaṃ samāptaṃ || hariḥ | om ||
Text of the Taparapaddhati begins: atha taparapaddhatiḥ | annādyān nirbhajati etc.
It ends: iti taparapaddhativyākhyānaṃ samāptaṃ || hariḥ | om ||
Text of the Avarṇivyākhyāna begins: atha avarṇivyākhyānaṃ | avarṇinyanuktam ity ādi vācyāntaṃ | pūrvasyāvarṇilakṣaṇasya anuktyadhikoktipurūktibhiḥ | etc.
It ends: ity ākārādīni padāny uktāni || hariḥ | om ||
Text of the Ākārapaddhati begins: atha ākārapaddhatiḥ | antarikṣam ivāgnīddhraṃ | etc.
It ends: ity ākārādipadāny uktāni || āvarṇivyākhyānaṃ samāptaṃ || om ||
Text of the Aniṃgyavyākhyāna begins: atha aniṃgyavyākhyānaṃ | munimānasetyādiślokatrayeṇādau prārīpsitasya lakṣaṇasya avighnena parisamāptaye maṃgaḻam ādadhānaḥ abhīṣṭadevatān namaskṛtya viṣayan darśayati | etc.
It ends: ity aniṃga[sic]vyākhyānaṃ pūrṇaṃ || hariḥ | om ||
Text of the commentary on the Bhāradvājaśikṣā begins: namaś śivāya sāṃbāya sagaṇāya sasūnave | sanandine sagaṅgāya savṛṣāya namo namaḥ | ddhyātvāsadya jagannāthaṃ sāṃbaṃ sarvārtthasādhakam | vyākhyāyatedhunā śikṣā Bhāradvājamunīritā | pārīsphi[read prārīpsi-]tasya granthasyāvighnena parisamāptyartthaṃ ādau iṣṭadevatān namaskārarūpaṃ maṃgaḻya [read maṃgaḻaṃ] svayaṃ kṛtvā śiṣyānuśīkṣāyai granthato nibaddhnān | etc.
It ends: Bhāradvājamuniproktā Bhāradvājena dhīmatā | vyākhyātā Lakṣmaṇākhyena Jaṭāvallabhaśāstriṇā || ṣaṣṭiślokaparyyantaṃ mayā vyākhyānaṃ kṛtan tataḥ || karakṛtam aparādhaṃ kṣantum arhanti santaḥ || hariḥ ||
For more extensive quotes from the beginning and end of texts, see Winternitz catalogue record.
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.29-32. Go to http://tinyurl.com/j3tkdwj for a digital copy of this catalogue.
J. L. Whish, gift of manuscripts collected by his brother C. M. Whish, July 1836.
Text in Sanskrit; Grantha script.