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This thesis, which was completed by me in 1995, contains an introduction to, and critical edition and annotated translation of the first 23 chapters of the Agastyasaṃhitā, one of the first texts dealing with the worship of Rāma. These 23 chapters are the original core of the text, to which were later added an extra 9 chapters. The core text of 23 chapters was probably composed in Varanasi. The text tradition of 32 chapters was probably established before 1271 CE.
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The PDF is a scan from the print version of my thesis. After uploading the scan to Google Books, Google used optical character recognition (OCR) to make the text searchable. As a result, the full text, including text in Devanagari script, is now searchable. All text can also be copied and pasted into other documents, like the first five verses of the Agastyasaṃhitā, which have been copied from the scan and pasted here:
अगस्त्यो नाम देवर्षिसत्तमो गौतमीतटे ।
कदाचिद्दण्डकारण्ये सुतीक्ष्णस्याश्रमं ययौ ॥१॥
प्रत्युज्जगाम तं भक्त्या गन्धपुष्पाक्षतोदकैः ।
पाद्यार्ध्याद्यर्हणां चक्रे तस्मै ब्रह्मविदे मुनिः ॥ २ ॥
सुतीक्ष्णस्तं प्रणम्याह सुखासीनं तपोनिधिम् ।
श्रीमदागमनेनैव जीवितं सफलं मम॥३॥
अद्य जन्मसहस्रेषु तपः फलति संचितम्।
कामक्रोधादिभिर्भूयो भूयो ऽहं पीडितो मुने ॥४ ॥
नाद्राक्षं सम्यगिष्ट्वापि क्रतुभिर्बहुदक्षिणैः ।
सत्पात्रे सर्वदानानि दत्त्वापि मुनिसत्तम ॥५॥
भवाब्धेस्तरणोपायं तपस्तप्त्वापि दुष्करम्।
किं करिष्याम्यहं तात व यास्यामि च मे वद ॥ ६ ॥
Copyright, ISBN, and license
I have given this publication the ISBN 9789493194663 as a unique identifier, to distinguish it from other publications with the same title or similar titles, like Agastyasamhitā, Agastya Saṃhitā, or Agastya Samhita.
PART 1
Voorwoord vii
Introduction 1
Annotated Translation 87
Abbreviations and Bibliography 181
PART 2
Sanskrit Text 1
Word-Index 187
Pada-Index 233
Samenvatting 291
Over de auteur 293
