MS. Sansk. d. 62

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Bāmāśvamedha from the Padma Purāṇa, A. D. 1797.

The Rāmāśvamedha, in 69 adhyāyas, from the Pātālakhaṇda of the Padma Purāṇa

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: o namo bhagatye śrīmārttaṃḍāya namaḥ ǁ śrīrībha (?) vaktrāya namaḥ ǁ śrīrāmacaṃdrāya namaḥ ǁ Hari oṃ Nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamaṃ ǁ devīṃ Sarasvatīṃ Vyāsaṃ tato jayam udīreyet ǁ 1 ǁ

Explicit: goghnaś ca sutaghnaś ca surāpo gurutalpagaḥ ǁ kṣaṇāt pūto bhavaty evam acireṇa dvijarṣabhā ǁ 38 ǁ iti śrīpadmapurāṇe Pātālakhaṃḍe Śeṣavātsyāyanasaṃvāde śrīmadrāmacaṃdrāsvamedhasamāptir nāma navaṣaṣṭitamo ’dhyāyaḥ ǁ 69 ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: ii + 234

Dimensions (binding): 25.4 × 15.2 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: A. D. 1797.

Date. saṃvata 1853 ⟨1797⟩ varṣe phālguṇaśuklapakṣe 12 śukre Vārāṇaṣīmadhye jāṃnī śrī 5 yajñapuraṣavīṣṇucaṃdajīnāsadanamadhye metā Amaracaṃda-jīkaniṣṭasūtavarṣa 76 me lakhi vīśveśvaranāgrakāpeṣṭalakule śrīvīśvasvarasamipe vāṃce sāṃbheleteneśāṣṭāṃ pramya avadhārajo śrīrāmacaṃdraprītyarthaṃ ǁ śubhaṃ bhatu kalyāṃṇam astu ǁ

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 43).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1172, pp. 148-149

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. 1172, pp. 148-149

Funding of Cataloguing

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