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MS. Sansk. c. 10

MSS. Sansk. c.

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Śrīpati’s Jyotiṣaratnamālā, 18th cent.?

Contents

The Jyotiṣaratnamālā, or Ratnamālā, by Śrīpati Bhaṭṭa, in twenty chapters

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: oṃ svasti prajābhyaḥ oṃ namo śārikābhavatyai śreyase oṃ atha śrīratnamālā likhyate oṃ prabhavaviratimadhyajñānavaṃdhyā nitāṃtaṃ viditaparamatatvā yatra te yogino ’pi tam aham iha nimittaṃ viśvajanmātyayānām anumitam abhivaṃde bhagrahai kālam īśaṃ ǁ 1 ǁ
Explicit: alakṣaṇo ’py arthaparicyuto ‘py asabhāsu bhūmrāṃ gaṇako virājate ǁ 14 ǁ iti Śrīpatibhaṭṭaviracitāyāṃ Jyotiṣaratnamālāyāṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ samāptaṃ ǁ Rāmāya namaḥ Rāma Rāma Rāma.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: i + 46 + i
Dimensions (binding): 31.1 × 14.6 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

probably the end of the 18th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1886 through Dr. G. Thibaut of Benares.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1534, p. 293

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. 1534, p. 293

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