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MS. Sansk. c. 40*

MSS. Sansk. c.

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Five Calendars and a Charm, A.D. 1780–1842.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: 86
Dimensions (binding): 34.9 × 19.1 cm.

Condition

f. 37v (two last lines) is damaged, and of f. 84 only a small piece is left.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: A. D. 1780–1842.

see above.

Provenance and Acquisition

? Bought

MS. Sansk. c. 40*(1) [fols 3-18]

Contents

Summary of Contents: a Calendar for the year saṃvat 1894, or śāke 1759 ⟨1837⟩, in Sanskrit and vernacular.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Sansk. c. 40*(2) [fols 19-36]

Contents

Summary of Contents: a Calendar for the year saṃvat 1898, or śāke 1762–1763 ⟨1841⟩, in Sanskrit and vernacular.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Sansk. c. 40*(3) [fols 37-53]

Contents

Summary of Contents: a Calendar for the year saṃvat 1893, śāke 1758 ⟨1836⟩, in Sanskrit and vernacular.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Sansk. c. 40*(4) [fols 54]

Contents

F. 54, one leaf, with pictures on the verso.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: patraprapūjyāthavā pārśvenecchati tasya śatrur avalolakṣīḥ sthirā veśmani. 100 100 | trikoṇaṃ tataḥ pajvakoṇaṃ suyuktaṃ tato gaur mataṃ koṇayuktaṃ munīndraiḥ tatorghāgyutaṃ cāṣṭapatraṃ vidheyam idaṃ yyogirūcakram uktaṃ. rigvena 101.

MS. Sansk. c. 40*(5) [fols 55-70]

Contents

Summary of Contents: a Calendar for the year saṃvat 1837, or Śāke 1702 ⟨1781⟩.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: oṃ svasti siddhi śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | śrībhavānīśaṃkarau jayatu oṃ namaḥ Śivāya ǁ namo gurave | śrīr astu. oṃ namo brahmaṇe ǁ aciṃtyāvyarūpaya nirguṇāya guṇātmane | samastajagadādhāramūrttaye brahmaṇe namaḥ ǁ 1 ǁ… atha śrīsūryasiddhāṃtamatena samastajagadotpattisthipralayakāraṇasya brahmaṇaḥ param āyur varṣaśataṃ 100 | &c.

MS. Sansk. c. 40*(6) [fols 71-84v]

Contents

Summary of Contents: a Calendar for the year saṃvat 1837, or śāke 1702 ⟨1780–1781⟩.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ǁ adṃtyavyaktarūpāya nirguṇāya guṇātmane | samastaº &c…. atha śubhasaṃvatsare śrīmannṛpativikramādityarājye’tlte saṃvat ǁ 1837 ǁ śāke Śalivāhanasya ǁ 1702 ǁ tatra śrīsūryasiddhāṃtamate makaraṃdokte sāvarṇiko ’rgaṇavallī bhṛguvārādiº ǁ adhikamāsa ǁ 1800 ǁ &c.

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1540 (1–6), pp. 295-296

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. 1540 (1–6), pp. 295-296

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