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MS. Ind. Inst. Sansk. 95 (R)

MSS. Ind. Inst. Sansk.

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Vīrabhadramahātantra, A. D. 1776.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1v] śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | atha Vīrabhadramahātaṃtra likhyate | vaśikaraṇam uccaṭo mohana staṃbhana tathā | śāṃtikaṃ pauṣṭikaṃ karma vividhāni maheśvarī ǁ cakṣuhānir manohāni | śrutihānis tathaiva ca | jñānahāni kriyāhāniṃ kīlakaṃ ca tathāparaṃ ǁ kāryastabhaḥ sureśāni śoṣaṇaṃ yoṣaṇaṃ roṣaṇaṃ tathā | yad anyāni viśeṣeṇa tat phalaṃ vrūhi me prabho ǁ anyāni vividhāni kāryāṇi sāddhakāya vrihi Bhairava | &c.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Indian paper.
Extent: 7
Dimensions (binding): 28.3 × 12.7 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

f. 7v: Miśraharakisana vāsī Mīrāpuranikaṭabhūmikā Miśrajaṭāsaṃkaraguroki pustaga liṣyate | Virabhadramahātaṃtre maṃtra likhyate | svayaṃpāṭhena | See for this scribe also nos. 71, 74, and 84.

History

Origin: 1776.

f. 7v: saṃvat 1832 (=A. D. 1776) varṣe āṣāḍhaśudīcaturdaśd 14 bhṛguvāsare ḣa |

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented by Sir M. Monier-Williams.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit and Prākrit MSS in the Indian Institute Library, no. 92, pp. 51-52

Availability

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Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Arthur Berriedale Keith, A Catalogue of the Sanskrit and Prākrit MSS. in the Indian Institute Library Oxford (Oxford, 1903), no. 92, pp. 51-52

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