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1651
Dharmaśāstra
135
No.
1891-95
माह्निक
Ahnika from
from विधानपारिजात
Vidhānapārijāta No. 165
409 Size.— 13in. by 54 in. Extent.-58 leaves; 14 lines to a page%; 46 letters to a line. Description.-Country paper; Devanagari characters%3 handwriting
legible; two rows, each of one line and three lines in black ink on either border ; paper old, worn out and slightly worm-eaten.
The codex dealing with daily duties is a part of the 3rd Stabaka of Vidhānaparijata (pp. 147 ff. of the printed edn. referred to below). The Vidhāna pārijāta contains 5 stabakas on Svastivācana, Santikarman, vivāha, ähnika, etc., prakirņa and marana. The author Anantabhatta was the son of Nāgadeva and composed his work at Benares in
1625 A.D. Age.- Sam. 1821. Author.-Anantabhatta. Begins.- fol. 1b.
श्रीगणेशाय नमः॥ वंदे श्रीमदनंतसंज्ञगिरियं लक्ष्मीनिवासं हरि विघaia विघ्नध्वांन( त )दिवाकरं सुरगुरुं सर्वार्थसिद्धिप्रदं । ब्रह्माशर्व सुरेंद्रपूर्वकसुराग्रस्य प्रसादात् सदा प्रारब्धस्यमाप्तिमीयुरमलं मद्वंशदेवं परम् ॥१॥
........................ अनंतभट्टनामाहं कण्वशाखा सतां मुदे आह्निकं रचनिबंधोस्मिन्संगृहामि यथामति ॥६॥ यस्य स्मरणमात्रेण कर्मसंपूर्णतामियात् ।
तं प्रणम्य महाविष्णुमाह्निकं कथयेधुना ॥७॥
तत्र ॥ ब्राह्म मुहूर्ते चोस्थाय चिंतयेदात्मनो हितमिति । etc. Ends.-fol. 584.
अपास्य कर्म कुर्वतु निर्भया ज्ञानिनः सदा। वचनप्रसूनमालेयं वासुदेवे समर्पिता ॥ भट्टानंतेन विदुषा नानानिर्णयचित्रिता ।
