Mahavidya Vidambanam

Author(s): Vadindra Bhatt, Anandpurna, Bhuvansundarsuri, Mangesh R Telang
Publisher: Central Library

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-This is also from the Central Library at Baroda. This manuscript
forms the second copy of Mahavidya-vivaraña and first copy of its conimentary called Mahavidya-vivaraña-tippana. Folios 2 to 6, size 101x41 inches. The first folio or leaf is lost. The manuscript is beautifully and neatly written in very small hand on Ahmedabad paper. The text is written in 6 to 10 lines in the middle of each page and the commentary is written in 9 lines above and below the text on each page. This manuscript is generally correct excepting some omissions. It ends with FATT futeti and the words
" T9 400" are written in the margin of the last page. 7-This belougs to the Parshvanátha Bhindara Palan and was supplied
by the Central Library, Baroda, This is the first copy of Mahavidyavidambana, Folios 1 to 20 with 14 liues ou each page. Size 12 x 43 inches. It is written on old Ahmedá bád paper and is generally correct, excepting a few omissions and copyists mistakes. It begins
with ॐशिवाय नमः and ends with शुभं भवतु. -This belongs to the Travancore State Library at Trivandrum and was
supplied by the Central Library, Baroda. This is a manuscript of Mahavidya-vidambana with the commentary of Anandapurņa. It is in book-form contains folios 1 to 92 with writing on one side only. Size 131x8 inches. It is incomplete, It begins with the 23rd Anumána of the 1st Parichheda and ends with a portion of the 3rd Parichheda beginning with the words aga115c4afgifaga 1992*HTEI 3779
(printed page 144, line 21). The commentary of Anandapûrņa as found in this Manuscript is on a
part of the 1st Parichheda only. The following note is written on the title-page of the manuscript in
Sanskrit and in English:" महाविद्यांविडम्बनं हरकिङ्करन्यायाचार्यपरमपण्डितवादीन्द्रविरचितं प्रथमपरिच्छेदैकदेशमा
रभ्य तृतीयपरिच्छेदैकदेशपर्यन्तम् । महाविद्याविडम्बनव्याख्या आनन्दपूर्णविरचिता प्रथमपरिछेदमात्रम् । तत्रापि आदौ कियांश्चन भागो लुप्तः । ६२ तमपृष्ठस्य नवमपतौ
'नन्यत्वदूषणम्' इत्यत आरभ्य व्याख्याग्रन्थः इति प्रतिभाति ।" “This manuscript was copied from a palm-leaf copy of the works on
(in?) Malayalam character in the year 1913 belonging to Mr. Idappulle Valiya Raja and was compared with the palm-leaf original. In the original palm-leaf manuscript the following numbers of leaves
are missing:-1-6, 15, 25, 29–32, 36-39 and 45-53." -This belongs to the Inana Mandira Jain Library at Baroda and was
supplied by the Central Library, Baroda. This is the first copy of Mahavidya-vidambana-vritti of Phuvansundara. Folios 1 to 48, with 61 or17 lines on each page. Size 101x41 inches. This is an old