MS. Sansk. d. 134
MSS. Sansk. d.
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Mānava Dharmaśāstra, A.D. 1644.
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The Mānava Dharmaśāstra, or the Institutes of Manu
Language(s): Sanskrit.
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Devanāgarī.
History
Date, Scribe, &c.: khavyomaṃvudhirūpais tus (the akṣaras rūpais tus were covered with yellow pigment) saṃmite ’bde śubhaprade | madhau māsy asite pakṣe navamyāṃ jaivake ’hani ǁ 1 ǁ Kārṇṇādyāṃ (or ºṭyāṃ) pury athemāṃ vai mānavīṃ dharmasaṃhitāṃ | Miśracaito Haris saśvaddharinātho vyalīlikhat ǁ śubham astu Jayarāma (kanīyān avarajapaṭhanā, in marg.) rthe ǁ cha ǁ cha ǁ saṃvat 1700 caitre māsi kṛṣṇapakṣe navamyāṃ gurudine ’lekhi | The year khavyomāmbudhirūpais sammita would usually be 1400, but of what era? Probably vyoman must here be 7. It is not at all unusual for a date to be given both by words and by figures. The MS. then was written in a. d, 1644 by Harinātha (or Miśracaita Hari Saśvaddharinātha?) for (his younger brother?) Jayarāma, at Kārṇāṭī, or Kārṇādī.
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