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MS. Sansk. c. 106

MSS. Sansk. c.

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Turīyayantra, 19th cent.?

Contents

The Turīyayantra, a short treatise on the construction of the quadrant

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1a verso] oṃ śrīgurave namaḥ | oṃ atha Turīyayaṃtraṃ racanāpūrvakaṃ dinādidyotakam ucyate | keṃdraṃ parikalpavṛttatrayaṃ bhramanīyaṃ | tatra vṛttapālau vyāsadvayābhyāṃ samaṃ vibhāgacatuṣṭayaṃ kāryaṃ | vyāsārdhābhyāṃ sahaikaṃ turīyaṃ sthāpyaṃ | tad eva turīyayaṃtraṃ | tatraikā vyāsārdharekhā pūrvāparā ’parā paścimottarā | rekhāgre keṃdravṛttī sakte bhavataḥ | vyāsārdhayoḥ ṣaṣṭivibhāgāḥ kāryāḥ | yā pūrvā parā saiva kṣitijarekhā | &c.
Explicit: [7] asya vargaḥ 441 | 12 asya vargaḥ 144 śodhite ‘vaśiṣṭa 187 | apadaṃ kiṃcin nyūnaṃ saptadaśa ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: + +
Dimensions (binding): 32.1 × 16.5 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

probably by the same hand as MSS. Sansk. c. 110 (1529), 111 (1528).

History

Origin: 19th cent.?

the beginning of the 19th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 295).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1537, p. 294

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. 1537, p. 294

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