MS. Sansk. d. 225

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Budravidhāna, A. D. 1764.

The Rudravidhāna, a manual of Śiva worship, purporting to be according to Śāṅkhāyana’s school

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | oṃ atha Śāṅkhāyanīśākhoktaṃ Rudravidhānaṃ likhyate | acamanaṃ | prāṇayāmaḥ | oṃ hrāṃ ātatvāya svāhā | oṃ hriṃ vidyātatvāya namaḥ | iti Śiṣṭāmnāyānusṛṣṭaṃ Rudravidhānaṃ | Caṃdanā Garu (added by later hand) Karpūra Kastarī Kuṃkumāni ca | sugaṃdhidravyamity uktam amnāto yakṣakardamāḥ ǁ 1 ǁ vṛṣaṃ caṃḍaṃ vṛṣaṃ caiva somasūtraṃ punar vṛṣaṃ | caṃḍaṃ ca somasūtraṃ ca punaś caṃḍaṃ punar vṛṣaṃ ǁ 1 ǁ Rudro Ghoraḥ Paśupati Virūpo viśvarūpakaḥ |

Explicit: [34v] Tryaṃbakaś ca Kaparddī ca Śūlapāṇis tu Bhairavaḥ | īśānaś ca Maheśāno Rudrā ekādaśā smṛtāḥ ǁ ity ekādaśarudranāmāni |

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iv + 34 + vii

Dimensions (binding): 24.8 × 11.7 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

f. 34v: likhitam idaṃ Davemathurānāthena |

History

Origin: A. D. 1764.

f. 34v: saṃvat 1820 ⟨1764⟩ śrāvaṇakṛṣṇa 5 maṃde |

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 361).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1519, p. 288

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. 1519, p. 288

Funding of Cataloguing

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