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Vaidyaka
[13.
अर्कप्रकाश
Arkaprakāśa No.13
85.
... 1901-15. Size.- 12 in. by 4 in. Extent.-- 30 leaves ; 11 lines to a page ; 45-46 letters to a line. Description.- Country paper; Devanāgari characters; hand-writ
ing good and clean ; names of speakers as well as the colophons at the end of each chapter tinged with tint; paper is old and musty and at places touched by worms. It is complete and almost correct. The name of the owner of Ms. is दिनकरज्योतिष: name of scribe is नारायण धुंडीराज केळकर.
It has got a charm-table on fol. 4. Age.- Bears Śaka 1735 ( = 1869 A. D.); Vaišākha-śuddha 2 ;
Ravivāra. Author.-- (Rāvaņa ), the Lord of Lankā. Begins.- folio 10
श्रीमन्महागणपतये नमः॥
औषधीपतिनेत्राय पद्मिनीपतिमूर्तये ॥ कालकालाय नीलाय पार्वतीपतये नमः ॥१। etc.
Same as in No. 12. Ends.- fol. 30°
एवमुक्त्वा तु भैषजरहस्यं स दशाननः । सायं संध्याविधि कर्तुमुत्थितो मंदिरे ययौ ॥१०॥ इति लंकनाथकृतार्कप्रकाशे शुद्धिशतकं दशमं समाप्तं ॥ग्रंथ ॥१०००॥
शके १७३५ श्रीमुखनामसंवत्सरे वैशाखशुद्ध २ रविवासरे समाप्त पुस्तकं । इति श्रीमल्लकानाथकृतं अर्कप्रकाशं समाप्त ॥ इदं ज्योतिषोपनामक
दिनकरस्येदं पुस्तकं ।. केळकरोपनामधुंडीराजात्मजनारायणेन लिखितं ॥ References.- See No. I2.