A catalogue of South Asian Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries

OR BROWSE BY

MS. Sansk. c. 109

MSS. Sansk. c.

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Bhāvaphala, 19th cent.?

Contents

The Bhāvaphala, a treatise on the signs of the Zodiac in their astrological bearing

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1] oṃ tabhe ca khalo yadā vitanayaṃ hi śubhaḥ sutamālitaṃ | vyayapattī ripubhettividūṣitaṃ ca krpaṇaṃ ripupakṣavināśanaṃ ǁ 3 ǁ vyayapattiḥ smarabhekapaṭāśrayaṃ yadi khalo vivadhūkam asatpriyaṃ | vyayapattir nidhane dhanasaṃyutaṃ yadi khalaḥ sodariṃ niyasādhakaṃ ǁ 4 ǁ vyayapattir navame sukṛtekṣakaṃ yadi khalaḥ khalamārgadanakṣayaṃ | vyayapattir daśame ’nyavadhūrataṃ śucitanuṃ dhanaputravirājitaṃ ǁ 5 ǁ vyayapattir bhavabhe cirajīvitaṃ bahudhanopathikādikṛtāśrayaṃ | vyayapattir vyayabhe dhanasaṃyutaṃ tadapaśuṃ kṛpaṇaṃ bahulakhyayaṃ ǁ 6 ǁ iti bhāveśādhyāyaḥ |
Explicit: [27v] iti Rāhuḥ |

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: iii + 27 + xxx
Dimensions (binding): 33.0 × 16.5 cm.

Condition

some leaves must have been missing at the beginning and end of the MS. of which this is a copy.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

probably the same as that of MS. Sansk. d. 192 (1662).

History

Origin: 19th cent.?

quite modern, middle of the 19th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 310).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1586, p. 311

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions). Contact specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1586, p. 311

Funding of Cataloguing

We Are Our History