MS. Sansk. d. 195

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Cintāmaṇi’s Praśnatantra, 19th cent.?

The Praśnatantra of Cintāmaṇi, a work on divination

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1] asya śakalavarṇāḥ | raktaśvetaṃsyā tu lahānaṃ khaṃḍaṃ raktaśyāmāhramorāsāpradiṣṭā hāritaśāmaṃtārikhaṃ caiva yajaṃ śvetaṃ pitaṃ cātavedākhilaṃ syāt ǁ 1 ǁ

Explicit: [36v] śamidadalekhalakajadākhilaṃ yamadiśīhi cana sradadākhile |

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: + +

Dimensions (binding): 24.8 × 14.3 cm.

Condition

ff. 15v, 16, 16v, 17, 17v, 18 have been torn at the corner and mended so that several letters are lost.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 19th cent.?

the middle of the 19th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 302).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1550, 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. 1550, p. 299

Funding of Cataloguing

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A catalogue of South Asian Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries