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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