A 1340-5 Bṛhatsaṃhitā

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: A 1340/5
Title: Bṛhatsaṃhitā
Dimensions: 32 x 11.5 cm x 43 folios
Material: paper?
Condition: damaged
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Jyotiṣa
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 5/6156
Remarks:

Reel No. A 1340-5 Inventory No. 92061

Title Bṛhatsaṃhitā

Remarks alternative title is Varāhasaṃhitā

Subject Jyotiṣa

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material indian paper

State incomplete

Size 32.0 x 11.5 cm

Folios 43

Lines per Folio 10

Foliation figures on the verso, in the upper left-hand margin under the marginal title vā.sa and in the lower right-hand margin under the word rāma

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 5/6156

Manuscript Features

22v–23r is left blnk and 23v–24r is not available.

MS seems copied from another MS, text available up to fols. 44r; 42th capter and 44v is left blank and text is not continued.

Excerpts

Beginning

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || namo varadamūrttaye || namaḥ | sūryāya ||

oṃ jayati jagataḥ prasutir

viśvātmā sahajabhūṣaṇaṃ nabhasaḥ |

drutakanakasadṛ(2)śaṃ

śatamayūkhamālārcitaḥ savitā || 1 ||

prathamamunikathitamavitatham

avalokya graṃthavistārasyārthe ||

nātilaghuvipularacanābhir

u(3)dyataḥ spaṣṭam avidhātum || 2 || (fol. 1v1–3)

End

savitṛsahitaḥ saṃpūrṇo vāśubhair yutavīkṣitaḥ

śiśirakiraṇaḥ sadyo(9)r yasya prabṛddhikaraḥ smṛtaḥ |

aśubhasahitaḥ saṃdṛṣṭo vā hinasyathavā raviḥ ||

pratigṛhagatān bhāvān abudhyā vadet (!) sadṛśatphalaṃ (!) || (!) (fols. 44r8–9)

«Sub-colophon:»

iti varāhasaṃhi(10)tāyām aghakāṇḍaṃ dvicatvāriṃśaṃ || 42 ||

athedudhvajalakṣaṇaṃ ||

brahmāṇam ucur amarā bhagavat śaktās mannā surān samare pratiyodhyayitum ata- (fol. 44r10)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. A 1340/5

Date of Filming 20-09-1988

Exposures 47

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Remarks two exposures of fols. 31v–32r,

Catalogued by MS

Date 28-12-2006

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