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Jyotiņa
235
in both margins; red ink used for dandas ; red pigment used
for marking; complete. Age - Not very old. Author - Not mentioned. Begins - fol. 10
॥ श्रीगणेशाय नमः॥
अथ बृहत्पाराशरी प्रारंभ्यते॥ लग्नफलं॥
मंदसौम्यसिताः पापाः शुभौ गुरुदिकारौ ।
न शुभ योगमात्रेणप्रभवेच्छनिजीवयोः॥१॥ etc. Ends - fol. 110
महिषहयगजतैलवस्त्रशृंगारप्रयाणसर्वराज्यदायी आयुधगृहयुधसंचारशुद्धनीलमणीविघ्नकेशनाशशल्यशूलरोगदासदासीजनायुष्यकारकः शनिः। प्रयाण. शर्मसर्परात्रिसफला सुतार्थपूजार्थकर्मकारको राहः ॥ श्रवणरोगचर्म भतिशूलस्फोटक्षुत्पित्तातिकारकः केतु ।।
॥ इति श्रीवृद्धपाराशरी समाप्ता बृहत्पाराशरी ॥
॥ श्रीशुभं भवतु ।। Reference - Mss. - Aufrecht's Catalogus Catalogorum :- i. 335a; ii,
740. Aufrecht mentions only 3 Mss. of Všddhapāraśarlhorā.
वृद्धयवनस्त्रीजातक
VỊddhayavanastrijātaka
999 No. 1120
1886-92 Size - 87 in. by 4 in. Extent - 142 leaves ; 6 lines to a page ; 13 letters to a line. Description - Country paper; Devanāgari characters; not very old in
appearance; handwriting very bold, clear, legible and uni. form; borders ruled in triple red lines and edges in double ; yellow pigment and white chalk occasionally used for correc
tions ; folios numbered in both margins ; complete Age-Samvat 1881. Author - Not mentioned.