MS. Sansk. d. 206

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Varāhamihira’s Laghujātaka, with the Commentary of Bhaṭṭotpala, A.D. 1815.

The Laghujātaka of Varāhamihira, a work on nativities, with the commentary of Bhaṭṭotpala (circa a. d. 966

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1v] śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | praṇapatya mahādevabhavanaṃ guruṃ ca lokeśaṃ | Bhaṭotpala laghutarāṃ Jātakaṭīkāyāṃ karoti Śiṣyahitāṃ ǁ 1 ǁ

Explicit: [31] iti Bhaṭṭotpalaviracitāyāṃ jyotiṣalaghujātakaṭīkāyāṃ naṣṭajātakādhyāya trayodaśaḥ samāptaḥ |

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iii + 31 + i

Dimensions (binding): 24.8 × 14.0 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

f. 31: liṣitaṃ Gaṃgādāsamāīdāsakekūce |

History

Origin: A. D. 1815.

f. 31; saṃvat 1871 ⟨1815⟩ kārttikakṛṣṇātṛtlyāyāṃ caṃdravāsare |

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 326).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1568, p. 304

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. 1568, p. 304

Funding of Cataloguing

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