MS. Sansk. d. 122
MSS. Sansk. d.
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Mahidāsa’s Mātṛkānighaṇṭu, A. D. 1825.
Contents
Summary of Contents: The Mātṛkānighaṇṭu, a glossary explaining the mystic meaning of the letters of the alphabet, by Mahīdāsa (generally called Mahīdhara)
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | śrīnṛsiṃhaṃ gaṇeśānaṃ Bhāratīm īśvaraśivāṃ natvā vakṣye mātrikāyā nighaṃṭaṃ vālavuddhaye ǁ 1 ǁ dhuvas tāras trivṛd vrahmavedādis tārako vyayaḥ praṇavaś ca trimātro ’pi oṃkāro jyotirādimaḥ ǁ 2 ǁ śrīkaṃṭhaḥ keśavāṃkaṃstho nivṛttiś ca svarādikaḥ akāro mātrikāghaś caivaṃ vāta ity api kīrttitaḥ ǁ 3 ǁ
Explicit: bhūmiraso nabhaś caiva vyāptaṃ dāhīraṇaṃ vuṃ ca viyatsparśaś ca hṛthaṃsaṃ ilāgrāsāḥ kramāt smṛtāḥ mātṛkāvarṇasaṃjñāstutāṃ jñātvāto ddhon manūn graṃthān anekān ālokya Mahīdāsena dhīmatā mātṛkākṣara-saṃjñeyaṃ vaddhā svaparavuddhaye iti śrīmātṛkānighaṃṭaḥ |
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 5 + xxi
Dimensions (binding): 26.4 × 12.1 cm.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī.
History
Origin: A. D. 1825.
saṃvat 1881 ⟨1825⟩ |
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1115, p. 123
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. 1115, p. 123
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