MS. Sansk. c. 80
MSS. Sansk. c.
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Nṛsiṃha’s Prayogaratna, 18th cent.?
Contents
The Prayogaratna of Nṛsiṃha, son of Nārāyaṇa, a manual of gṛhya and śrauta rites.
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Incipit: [1v] oṃ mahāgaṇapataye namaḥ | praṇamāmi gaṇādhīśaṃ vighnadhvāntadivākaraṃ | dāntāvalamukhaṃ sāṃdrasiṃḍūrāruṇavigrahaṃ ‖
Explicit: [189v] pāyasaṃ ca śrapayitvā kiṃci … |
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: v + 189 + iii
Dimensions (binding): 33.7 × 18.7 cm.
Condition
ff. 19–23, 48, 61–101, 130, 155–164, 170–175 are lost. There are small holes on ff. 42, 49 (two letters lost), 60 (seven letters). The left corner of f. 150 is missing, about seventeen and forty-eight letters being lost on f. 150 and f. 150v respectively. F. 140 has been torn in half, and has been incorrectly bound, the right side having been reversed.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī.
there is a note on the original wrapper (f. 1):
‖ daº gaurīśaṃkaranelāme ‖
‖ vasiṣṭipattra 13 samāptaḥ ‖
History
Origin: 18th cent.?
probably 18th century, to judge from the writing and paper; possibly the end of the 17th.
Provenance and Acquisition
Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 207). Memorandum on original wrapper (f. v) ‘Benares No. 9.’
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1075, pp. 102-103
Availability
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Bibliography
Printed descriptions:
Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1075, pp. 102-103
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