MS. Sansk. f. 17

MSS. Sansk. f.

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Govinda’s Praśnasāra, A. D. 1853.

The Praśnasāra of Govinda, a brief treatise on astrology

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [3v] śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | śrīguruśrīśaṃkarākhyacaraṇakamalebhyo namaḥ | atha Praśnasāra likhyate | śrīmedhanāthaṃ praṇipatya mūrddhnā triśalakhaṃḍāṃlātahastayugmaṃ | Gaṃgādharaṃ mūrdhni paḍadhaṃrākhyaṃ praśneṣu sāraṃ racayāmi yogaṃ ǁ 1 ǁ nidyair (?) mahotsāhagṛhe prasiddhaḥ śrīviṣṇudaivajña satāṃ variṣṭaḥ | śāstrapravīṇaḥ kamalādilāsaiḥ yuktaḥ sadā devigirau nivāsaḥ ǁ 2 ǁ

Explicit: [15v] iti śrīviṣṇudaivajñātmajagoviṃdaviracite Praśnasāranāma granthaṃ samāptaṃ |

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: + +

Dimensions (binding): 17.5 × 9.5 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: A. D. 1853.

f. 15v: śubhaśaṃvatsare 1910 śā 1775 ⟨1853⟩ |

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 305).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1553, p. 300

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. 1553, p. 300

Funding of Cataloguing

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