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Jyotiga
317
Extent -45 leaves%3; 8 lines to a page; 25-26 letters to a line.
Description - Modern paper with watermarks; Devanāgari characters;
new in appearance; handwriting clear, legible and uniform; red pigment used for marking; borders not ruled; folios numbered in both margins; edges of some folios slightly worn out foll. 1 and 2 missing; incomplete.
A work called Vivāha patala, being a section of Sārangisárasamuccaya, is attributed to one Śárngapāņi lo I. O. Cat. No. 30:6. It is however, difficult to say whether the present work is identical with the Sārangasa muccaya of Sārngapāņi.
Age - A modern copy
Author - Sārngapāņi ? Begins abruptly - fol. 3a
... गृहमैत्रिगुणा: पंच द्वौ शुभौ द्वावनिष्टदौ ॥
सम एको बुधैज्ञेयो बलाबल विचारकैः ॥ १९॥ भायुष्यं प्रथमा प्रिति द्वितियेन्यत्समे समं ।।
चतुर्थे मानसं वैरं मायुक्षरति पंचमे ॥ २०॥ etc. fol. 9b इति सारंगिसमुच्चये राशिकूटाध्यायः ॥ १ ॥ Ends — fol. 47a
नवेति यो जातककर्मपद्धति न ब्रह्मसिद्धांतभवानपि ग्रहात् ।। यात्राविवाहोदिषु कालसूचको ज्ञेयोत्र मृत्युः स तु रूपधारी । ३४ ॥ परिद्वाहिकं शास्त्रं निमित्तशकुनादिषु ॥ दद्यात्केन्याय आदत्ते त्रिवर्ग स्यात्ततः परः॥३५॥ इति श्रीसारंगिसमुच्चये विवाहपटले विवाहनिर्णयाध्यायः॥ १४ ॥ कृष्णंभटभागवतस्य इदं पुस्तकं ।। वास्तव्यं कल्याणग्रामाः
References - Mss. - Aufrecht's Catalogus Catalogorum :- i, 580a;
ii,1370.