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MS. Sansk. c. 107

MSS. Sansk. c.

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Narapati’s Svarodaya, A.D. 1817.

Contents

Summary of Contents: The Svarodaya of Narapati, a description of prognostics to be derived from the peculiar arrangements of the letters of the alphabet in a number of circles, these letters being placed in a mystical relation to planets, arteries, &c

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1v] oṃ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | oṃ nakṣatre aste rujāvarṇe ’hāni śokasvares tathā rāśau vighnasthitau bhītti ⟨or bhīttī, both being written and neither corrected⟩ paṃcās te maraṇaṃ dhruvaṃ ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper, somewhat porous.
Extent: + +
Dimensions (binding): 32.7 × 16.8 cm.

Condition

ff. 14, 15, 25 of the original foliation are lost, and the work is unfinished.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: A. D. 1817.

f. 26: saṃvat 1873 ⟨1817⟩ jyeṣṭaśuklatṛtīyasyāṃ gurau |

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 297).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1578, pp. 308-309

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. 1578, pp. 308-309

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