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MS. Sansk. d. 16

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Ārcika Saṃhitā, A. D. 1497.

Contents

Summary of Contents: The Ārcika Saṃhitā or Ārṣṭi (?) - Ārcika Saṃhitā, a collection of Mantras, figured for chanting after the manner of the Sāma-veda, in six chapters.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: oṃ namaḥ sāmavedāya ǁ Iṃdra jyeṣṭhan na ā bhara ojiṣṭhaṃ pupuriśravaḥ | yad didhyakṣe vajrahasta rodasī obhe suśipra prapāḥ | Iṃdro rājā jagataś carṣaṇīnām | &c.
Explicit: [5] evā hīṃdra | evā hi Pūṣan | evā hi devāḥ | oṃ | evā hi devāḥ ǁ 6 ǁ iti Ārṣṭi (?) ārcikasaṃhiṃtā samāptaḥ |

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 5 + xix
Dimensions (binding): 23.2 × 13.0 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: A. D. 1497.

Date, &c.: svatiśrīsaṃvat 1553 ⟨1497⟩ varṣe prathamaśrāvaṇaśudi 1 gurudine vyaº siṃhasut vyaº trīkagalikhītaṃ | sahī ǁ śubhaṃ bhavatu kalyāṇam astu ǁ śrī ǁ śrī ǁ śrīcatreśvarī tubhyaṃ namaḥ ǁ trīkaganīyo.

Provenance and Acquisition

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 915, p. 30

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. 915, p. 30

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