MS. Sansk. d. 142

MSS. Sansk. d.

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Vāstuśāntipaddhati, A.D. 1867.

The Vāstuśāntipaddhati, a work on the ceremonies necessary on first entering a new house

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1v] śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | atha Vāstuśānti likhyate | gṛhanirmāṇoktaprakāreṇa gṛhaṃ nirmāya | jyotiḥśāstrokte śubhe muhūrte praveśasamayāt prāk sapatniko yajamāna kratani ‘yaḥkriyaḥ |

Explicit: [12] iti śrīvāstuśāṃtipaddhatiḥ samāptaḥ | Then come the date and three verses ending: udyāyane taḍāgāyāṃ śālike vāstukarmaṇi | ārāmeṣu tathānyatra nāṃdiśrāddhaṃ na kārayet ǁ śrīr astu kalyāṇam astu |

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: v + 12 + iii

Dimensions (binding): 29.5 × 17.5 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

f. 12: likhitaṃ bhaṭamulajīabhayaśaṃkareṇedaṃ pustakaṃ |

History

Origin: A. D. 1867.

f. 12: saṃvat 1923 śāke 1789 ⟨1867⟩ jyeṣṭaśudi 13 śanivāsare |

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 213).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1504, p. 284

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. 1504, p. 284

Funding of Cataloguing

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