MS. Sansk. e. 74

MSS. Sansk. e.

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Jyotiḥsārajātaka, A. D. 1840.

The Jyotiḥsārajātaka, a brief treatise on astrology

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1v] śrāgaṇeśāya namaḥ | atha Jyotisārajātako likhyate | sūryo bhaumas tathā rāhuḥ śanimūrttau yadā sthitaḥ | saṃtāpo raktapiḍā ca saumyaiḥ sarvanirogitā ǁ 1 ǁ krūrāḥ sarve dhanasthāne dhanahāniḥ prajāyate | anyaiḥ saumyaiḥ śubhaṃ sarvai ṛddhivṛddhir dhanādikaṃ ǁ 2 ǁ pāpais tṛtīyagaiḥ sarvair vāṃdhavai rahito bhavet | saumyais tu bhātṛsaṃpūrṇaṃ kīrttiyukto dhanapriyaṃ ǁ 3 ǁ

Explicit: [11v] iti śrījyotisārajātikaṃ samāpto ’ya śubham astu maṃgalaṃ dadātu |

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: v + 12 + xxx

Dimensions (binding): 22.5 × 12.7 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: A. D. 1840.

f. 11v: saṃvat 1897 śāke 1762 ⟨1840⟩ śravaṇamāse (kṛ)ṣṇapakṣe budhavāsare 14 |

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 288).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1576, pp. 307-308

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. 1576, pp. 307-308

Funding of Cataloguing

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