Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts
by Rajendralala Mitra | 1871 | 921,688 words
These pages represent a detailed description of Sanskrit manuscripts housed in various libraries and collections around the world. Each notice typically includes the physical characteristics, provenance, script, and sometimes even summaries of the content of the Sanskrit manuscripts. The collection helps preserve and make accessible the vast herit...
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348 End. visayah | ( khanditam ) | mahapatakopapatakadiprayascittakathanam | No. 1358. caturmasyasutram, va caturmasyaprasnah | Folia, 12. Substance, country-made paper, 9 x 3 inches. Folia, 12. Lines, 9-10-11 on a page. Extent, 270 slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, ? Place of deposit, Calcutta, Government of India. Appearance, old. Corrected. Prose. Apastamba Sutra alias Chaturmasya Sutra. The Sutras of Apastamba treating of the quadrimensial rite noticed under No. 1332. Vide ante, p. 335.. Beginning. aksayyam ha vai caturmasyayajinah sukrtam bhavati | phalgunyam paurnamasyam caitryam va vaisvadevena yajate purvasmin parvani panca hotaram manasanudrutyahavaniye sa graham hutvanvarambhaniyamistim nirvapati | End. ityetadvacano'bhyasah pancabhamvatsarikesu vaisvanaraparjanya pancahota ca nabhya- varttatenaikopakramatvadyathanvarambhaniyayanvarambhaniyaya || 22 || Colophon iti caturmasyaprasnah | visayah | anvarambhaniyavarunapraghasadicatu masya karttavyakarma vidhivacanam | No. 1854, tajikasaratika | Folia, 32. Substance, country-made paper, 122 x 52 inches. Lines, 14 on a page. Extent, 1,113 slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, SM. 1762. Place of deposit, Calcutta, Government of India, Appearance, old. Prose. Incorrect. Tajika-sara-tika. A commentary on the Tajikasara, a treatise on horoscopy. By Samanta. The work was completed on the 10 th of the waxing moon in the month of Phalguna of the Saka year 1617, under the auspices of a prince named Sripati-Vishnudasa, who is said to have reigned in a country whose name reads something like Svekara purvara, but the letters are indistinct, and I cannot rely on the reading, nor guess what the names refer to.