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 |
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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