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394 Char nasastra
[455 जन्माष्टमीनिर्णय
Janmāsťaminirņaya
228 .. No. 455
No. 1879-80 Size.- 101 in. by 4 in. Extent. - 6 leaves ; 9 lines to a page ; 31 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper; Devanāgari characters; handwriting
legible; paper old, worn out and musty..
A work which fixes the time of performing worship on !! janmāstami-Sri Krşņa's birth-day. The author, Vitthala
dikşita or Vitthaleśvara was the son of Vallabhācārya and was born in 1515 A.D. He is said to have composed
several works (for their list, see Kane: Hist. Dh. I, p.739). Age.- Appears to be old.
Author.- Vitthaladiksita or Vitthalesvara. __Begins.- fol. 1b.
श्रीकृष्णाय नमः॥ प्रणम्य पितृपादाब्जयुगलन्विगलन्मथु।
..: जन्माष्टमीकाष्टमीति संशयानाशयाम्यहं ॥१॥ तत्र जन्माष्टमीव्रतनिस्यस्वं जन्माष्टमीजयंत्यो दश्च माधवाचार्यादिभिः
प्रपंचित एवास्तीति नास्माभिः प्रपंच्यते ।। etc., Ends.- fol. 60.
एकादश्या दशमीवेधे शुद्धद्वादशीवदिति वदति ॥ यथेतद्वचनं समूलक तदा तथैव ।। नो चेपूर्वोक्तरीतिरेवानुसतव्या।। इति श्रीगोकूलाधीशप्रादुर्भावदिनव्रतम् ॥ अस्माभिर्निरणारयेतत्पादाभोजप्रसादतः ॥१॥
इति श्रीविठ्ठलदीक्षितविरचिती जन्माष्टमीनिर्णयः समाप्तः ॥ ॥
शुभं भूयात् ॥ यादृशं etc. References.(1) Mss. — A-Aufrecht's Catalogus Catalogorum :
I, 198b. ___B-Descriptive Catalogues :Burnell's Cat. of Tanjore mss., p. 1404.