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MS. Sansk. d. 228

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Sūtradhāra Maṇḍana’s Rājavallabha, 19th cent.?

Contents

The Rājavallabha of Sūtradhāra Mandana, a manual of architecture

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1v] śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | Hariḥ | śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ | śrīsarasvatyai namaḥ | śrīviśvakarmmaṇe namaḥ | ānandaṃ vo Gaṇeśārkaviṣṇugaurīmaheśvarāḥ devāḥ kuryuḥ śrīyaṃ saukhyam ārogyaṃ ca gṛhe sadā ǁ 1 ǁ devaṃ namāmi girijātmajam ekadaṃtaṃ siṃdūracarcitavapuḥsuviśālamuṃḍaṃ nāgena maṃḍitatanuṃ yutasiddhibuddhiṃ sevyaṃ suroraganaraiḥ sakalārthasiddhyai ǁ 2 ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: iv + 72 + ii
Dimensions (binding): 28.3 × 12.7 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 19th cent.?

probably not earlier than the middle of the 19th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 367). Memorandum on original wrapper(f. iii), ‘Benares, no. 1.’

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1597, p. 314

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. 1597, p. 314

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