MS. Sansk. e. 81

MSS. Sansk. e.

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Rāma’s Ramalapaddhati, A.D. 1786.

The Ramalapaddhati of Rāma, a treatise on divination by means of dice

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1] śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | śrīmahālakṣmai namaḥ | vaṃde tatpadapaṃkajaṃ Gaṇapater yad vīkṣya raktāṃvujaṃ | gaṃḍasthabhramarāvalī madhudhiyā bhāti spṛśaṃtī muhuḥ | maṃjlradhvanidaṃtacittajamahoproḍḍīya kiṃcīd padān | maṃjūlapratiśahditaṃ vididhatī sattaṃḍave kalikaṃ ǁ 1 ǁ paraṃ varaṃ tadgaganād viyuktaṃ | na viśvasegho divi cendrayuktaḥ | oṃḥkāram ādyaṃ vijihāya bhūmau | kaṃseti padyaṃ tararago śivaṃ vaḥ ǁ 2 ǁ kurve Ramalaśāstrasya vaicitryaṃ samanoharaṃ | Rāmo daivavidāṃ prityai puroktaṃ Yavanair yathā ǁ 3 ǁ

Explicit: [9v] iti Rāmakṛttī Ramalapaddhatiḥ samāpta |

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iii + 9 + xxi

Dimensions (binding): 22.5 × 13.7 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: A. D. 1786.

f. 9v: śāke rāmākṣanṛpaśca māddhase māse kṛṣayoḥ | śrīr astu | … (illegible) paśuklapakṣe māgh ----- (illegible) -yām aṃdavāsare saṃvat 1792 ⟨1736⟩ adya notraśālāmadhye līº |

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 322).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1590, p. 312

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. 1590, p. 312

Funding of Cataloguing

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