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MS. Sansk. d. 186

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Devācārya’s Caṇḍeśvarapraśnavidyā, 18th cent.?

Contents

The Caṇḍeśvarapraśnavidyā of Devācārya, a very elaborate work on astrology

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1v] śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | śrīlakṣmīnṛsiṃho jayati | śrīvireśparo jayati | namas te paramārthaikarūpāya paramātmane | svechāvabhāsitāśeṣabhedabhinnāya Śaṃbhave ǁ 1 ǁ candrāl lagnāt kṛtaṃ pūrvaiḥ praśnaśāstraṃ samākulaṃ | dṛṣṭvā nirākulaṃ vakṣye Devācāryaḥ kṣiteḥ patiḥ ǁ 2 ǁ
Explicit: [63v] khago rahnir nnaraś ceti kumbho proktā yathā kramāt | mīne naraḥ strī

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: v + 63 + iii
Dimensions (binding): 26.4 × 11.4 cm.

Condition

an unknown number of pages missing.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

possibly about the middle of the 18th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

f. 1: rājatkularaghupatyātmajarāvalaānandaṛāmasyedaṃ pustakaṃ | See MS. Sansk. d. 166 (1288).

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hültzsch (MS. 282).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1549, p. 299

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. 1549, p. 299

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