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MS. Sansk. e. 8 a

MSS. Sansk. e.

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Śaunaka’s Bṛhaddevatā, 18th cent.?

Contents

The Bṛhaddevatā by Śaunaka Ācārya, in eight adhyāyas

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: ǁ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | śrīsararvatyai namaḥ ǁ o 3 m ǁ namaskṛtyāma) o 3 m maṃtradṛgbhyo namaskṛtyā samāmnāyānupūrvaśaḥ | sūktargarddharcapādānām ṛgbhyo vakṣyāmi daivataṃ ǁ veditavyaṃ daivataṃ hi maṃtre maṃtre prayatnataḥ | daivatajño hi maṃtrāṇāṃ tadartham avagachati ǁ &c.
Explicit: svādhyāyam api yo ’dhīta maṃtradaivatavid vaviḥ | sa tatra sa divaḥ svarge svargasadbhidyate | āptā khāpyaṇādhāraṃ vicivyātmanam ātmano | vakṣyamāṇo dyuto saṃdhi ṛco daivatya-ṣṭet | sa brahmā na tam anyaṃ tadhayonisad asato vrataṃ | madac cāṇvaviviśvaṃsaṃ viśati jyor uttamaṃ viśati jyotir uttamam iti ǁ 28 ǁ ǁ iti Vṛhaddevatyā aṣṭamo ’dhyāyaḥ ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 106
Dimensions (binding): 21.0 × 10.2 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

probably early 18th cent., or rather late 17th.

Provenance and Acquisition

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 891, p. 21

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. 891, p. 21

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