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MS. Sansk. c. 73

MSS. Sansk. c.

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Śrīdatta’s Ācārādarśa, and the Purascaraṇavidhi, A. D. 1802.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit.

1. [fols. 1-26]

The Ācārādarśa, by Mahāmahopādhyāya Śrīdatta

Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ǁ dīkṣito raṇayajñeṣu vivudhānaṃdadāyiṣu | Harir abdhisutāvaktrasomapītī punātu vaḥ ǁ 1 ǁ ahorātrāśrīto dharma iha Vājasaneyināṃ | nivadhyate nivaddho yo dharmmaśāstranivaṃdhṛbhiḥ ǁ 2 ǁ
Explicit: samūlavacanābhogo mimāṃsānyāyanirmalaḥ ǁ Śrīdattena satām eṣa ācāre darpaṇaḥ kṛtaḥ ǁ duruktam api sūktaṃ ca manvādivacanāśrītaṃ ǁ api carmodakaṃ tīrthaśalilāṃ targataḥ śuciḥ ǁ ǁ iti śrīmahāmahopādhyāyaśrīdattakṛta Ācārādarśaḥ saṃpūrṇaḥ ǁ

The Puraścaraṇavidhi, by Govindarāma (?)

Incipit: atha Puraścaraṇavidhiḥ | tatra puraścaraṇatridine ekabhaktādikaṃ vidhadine snānādikaṃ kṛtvā amukadevatāka amukamaṃtrasya puraścaraṇa siddhaye mayeyaṃ gṛhyate bhūmir maṃtro ma siddhitāmiti maṃtreṇa āhāravihārārthaṃ bhūparigrahaṃ kuryāt | &c.
Explicit: vrāhmaṇān bhojayitvā mahatīṃ pūjāṃ kṛtvāṃ gurave dakṣaṇāṃ dattvā mitraiḥ saha bhuṃjīta homādyaśaktiś cet homādisaṃkhyādviguṇaṃ japaṃ kuryāt iti puraścaraṇaṃ | likhitaṃ Goviṃdarāmeṇa ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 26 + xiv
Dimensions (binding): 33.3 × 13.7 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, small hand.

History

Origin: A. D. 1802.

saṃvat 1858 ⟨1802⟩ kāmitī vaiśākhavadi 13.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 184).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1493 (1, 2), p. 280

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. 1493 (1, 2), p. 280

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