MS. Sansk. e. 68

MSS. Sansk. e.

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Pitṛsaṃhitā, A.D. 1826.

The Pitṛsaṃhitā, a manual of prayers used in ancestor worship

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1v] śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | oṃ | agnaye kavyayavāhanāya svāhā | somāya pitṛmate svāhā | apahantā asurā rakṣārṭhaṃº si vediṣadaḥ ǁ 1 ǁ yye rūpaṃ pprattimuṃñcamānā asurāḥ śantaḥ svadhayā caranti | parā puro nipuro ye bhavaṃnty Agniṣ ṭāṃ tokānt praṇudānty asmāt ǁ 2 ǁ

Explicit: [10v] iti Pitṛsaṃhittāyāṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ |

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iv + 10 + ii

Dimensions (binding): 22.9 × 12.4 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: A. D. 1826.

f. 10v: śaṃvat 1883 śāka 1748 ⟨1826⟩ varṣe mitti śrāvanaśuklā ekādaśi ravi |

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 204).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1507, p. 285

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. 1507, p. 285

Funding of Cataloguing

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