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MS. Sansk. c. 116

MSS. Sansk. c.

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Nīlakaṇṭha’s Saṃjñātantra and Varṣatantra, 19th. cent.?

Contents

The Saṃjñātantra and Varṣatantra of Nīlakaṇṭha Daivajña, a work on astrology

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1v] śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | praṇamya hekhaṃ atho divakaraṃ | guror Ānantasya tathā padāmhojaṃ | śrīnīlakaṇṭho vivanakti sūktibhis | tat tājikaṃ sūrimanaḥprasādakṛt |
Explicit: [43] iti śrīdaivajñānantasutadaivajñaśrīnilakaṇṭhaviracitaṃ Varṣatantraṃ samāptaṃ |

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: iii + 43 + i. In the original foliation there are only 42 ff., f. 22 being repeated.
Dimensions (binding): 35.6 × 14.3 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 19th. cent.?

probably about the middle of the 19th cent.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 327).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1562, p. 303

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. 1562, p. 303

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