MS. Sansk. d. 211

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Pṛthuyaśas’ Ṣaṭpañcāśikā, with a Commentary, 19th cent.?

The Ṣaṭpañcāśikā of Pṛthuyaśas, son of Varāhamihira, a short astrological treatise with a commentary

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1] praṇipatya raviṃ mūrdhnā Varāhamihirātmajena sadyasā (corr. to Pṛthuyasā, but this also marked wrong) | praśne kṛtārthagahanā parārtham udiśya Pṛthuyaśasā ǁ 1 ǁ

Explicit: [6] iti Ṣaṭpancāsikāṭīkā sampūrṇaṃ |

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iii + 6 + xxx

Dimensions (binding): 26.0 × 11.4 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, Jaina style.

History

Origin: 19th cent.?

perhaps about the beginning of the 19th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 334).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1569, p. 305

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. 1569, p. 305

Funding of Cataloguing

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