MS. Sansk. c. 40
MSS. Sansk. c.
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Three Calendars, A. D. 1842, 1843, and?.
Contents
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper, ff. 3–16 water-marked ‘Lumsden, 1839.’
Extent: + +
Dimensions (binding): 34.6 × 21.3 cm.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī.
History
Origin: 1842, 1843, and ?.
the first calendar was written for the year 1842–1843 (see above). The second calendar seems to be a good deal older, the third not quite so old as the second, but older than the first.
Provenance and Acquisition
? Bought
MS. Sansk. c. 40(1) [fols 3-10v, 16v]
Contents
a Calendar for the year saṃvat 1898–1899, or śāke 1763–1764 (= a. d. 1842). Diagrams on ff.1, 16v. F.1v begins:
Language(s): Sanskrit
Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāyanamaḥ | vināyakaṃ praṇamyādau deviṃ vāgdevatāṃ guru saṃvatsaraphalaṃ vakṣye | lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā ǁ 1 ǁ tithivāraṃ ca nakṣatraṃ yogaṃ karṇam eva ca paṃcāha sya phalaṃ śrutvā Gaṃgāsnānaphalaṃ labhet ǁ 2 ǁ
MS. Sansk. c. 40(2) [fols 17]
Contents
a Calendar in one large sheet. The year is not given.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | atha sadapadacakraṃ | prathamacaraṇa tatra . nakṣatra. nāma . evaṃ caraṇa . miśrītaṃ . rāśi . navacaraṇa. kai ekarāśi. tasya vicāraḥ yotiṣaśāstre Vārāhamihira |
MS. Sansk. c. 40(3) [fols 18]
Contents
a Calendar in one large sheet. The year is not given.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Incipit: atha. varṣamadhye dvādaśamāsaphala. maharṣva avṛṣṭiutpātajvālādāhā agni uṣamaja.
Additional Information
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1539 (1–8), p. 295
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. 1539 (1–8), p. 295
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