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MS. Sansk. d. 55

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Agastyasaṃhitā, A.D. 1645.

Contents

The Agastyasaṃhitā (from the Skanda Purāṇa?), in 32 adhyāyas

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: śrīrāmajaya ǁ ǁ Agastyo nāma devarṣisattamo Gautamītaṭe | kadācid Daṃḍakāraṇye Sutīkṣṇasyāśramaṃ yayau | pratyujjagāma taṃ bhaktyā gaṃdhapuṣpākṣatodakaiḥ | pādyārghyāgharhaṇāṃ cakre tasmai vrahmavide muniḥ | &c. F. 39v: ity Agastyasaṃhitāyāṃ paramarahasye āsanavidhi aṣṭādaśo ’dhyāyaḥ ǁ
Explicit: sannāhabhājaṃ puruṣaṃ yuddhāya parasainikaḥ | yātrākale Hanūmaṃtaṃ smaran yas tu svakān gṛhān | nirgachati sa vegena iṣṭārtham adhigachati | svāpakale smaran nityaṃ caurabhūtādikān jayet ǁ ǁ ǁ ity Agastyasaṃhitāyāṃ dvātriṃśo ’dhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ ǁ ǁ ǁ śubham astuḥ ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: iv + 71 + iii
Dimensions (binding): 27.6 × 12.1 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: A. D. 1645.

saṃvat 1701 ⟨1645⟩ ǁ ǁ liṣīṭaṃ (or likhītaṃ) purana |

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 25).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1190, p. 155

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. 1190, p. 155

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