MS. Sansk. e. 58
MSS. Sansk. e.
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Prabodhacandrikā, A. D. 1656?
Contents
The Prabodhacandrikā, by Rāmacandra (?), said to have been composed by King Vaijala for the benefit of his son Hirādhara
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Incipit: oṃ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ǁ śrīgurave namaḥ ǁ śubhaṃ oṃ atha Prabodhacandrikā likhyate ǁ oṃ ǁ oṃ ǁ oṃ Hariharagurubhaktas sarvalokānuraktas tribhuvanagataḥ kāntikandarpamūrtiḥ raṇaripuna (or ga?) rakālo Vaijalakṣoṇipāla jayati jagati dhātā sarvakarmāvadhātaḥ ǁ candrāvatīvadanacan-dracakoravikramādityākhyadaivatanayo nayatantravettā Cauhāṇavaṃśatilakaḥ paṭalādhinātho rājā paraṃ jayati Vaijalaveda (sic) nāmā ǁ
Explicit: [23] Prabodhacandrikāyāṃ tu kṛtau Vaijalabhūpateḥ ǁ eṣā viśeṣasutagā samāptā sandhicandrikā ǁ iti śrīrāmacandrācāryaviracitā Prabodhacandrikā samāptā ǁ
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper (white, glossy).
Extent: ii + 23 + xxv
Dimensions (binding): 20.0 × 13.7 cm.
Hand(s)
Śāradā.
History
Origin: A. D. 1656?
the scribe (who writes more than a page about his work) began to copy in saṃvat 31 (= a. d. 1655), and finished in saṃvat 32 (= a. d. 1656): oṃ saṃvat 31 māghavati pratipadi likhanasyārambḥaṃ kṛtaṃ ǁ… saṃvat 32 māghaśuti daśamyāṃ samāptā ǁ
Provenance and Acquisition
Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 130). Memorandum on original wrapper (f. ii), ‘K 57.’
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1145, p. 135
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. 1145, p. 135
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