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Dharmaśāstra
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713] निर्णयतरणि
No. 713 Size-11 in. by51 in.
Nirņayataraņi
152 Vibrāma (1)
Extent - 28 leaves; 9 lines to a page: 48 letters to a line.
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Description - Modern water-marked paper; Devanāgari ch
several handwritings, all legible; two lines in red ink on either border; topics, benedictory phrase and colophons are tinged with red pigment.
The work also called Nirnayasindhutarani is not a com mentary on Kamalakarabhatta's Nirnayasindhu, as the name suggests. It is in two chapters (1) Kālanirnayavarnana and Samvatsarakrtyavarnana. The author, named Bhagiratha,(cf. the 1st verse of 2nd ch. fol. 16a -
मैलारं माधवं भानुं गणेशं जगदंबिकां ।
नत्वा भागीरथः कुर्वे तरणिं निर्णयाम्बुधः॥१॥) . was the son of Bhānusūri, a paurāṇika of Dambal ( in Gadal Taluka of Dharwar Districk, Karnatak), and grandson of
Govindabhārati. Age-Appears to be modern. Autor - Bhāgiratha. Subject — Dharma. Begins — fol. 10
श्रीगणेशाय नमः ॥ मैलारमेशभानुद्विपाननांबामुखान्नत्वा । कुरुते निर्णयतरणिं लघु विचिन्वनिबंधसारांशं ॥१॥ तरणिं निर्णयसिंधोनिर्णयनिचयावलोकने तरणिं ।
निजगुरुनामविभासकमथवा बालावबोधाय ।। २ ।। etc. Ends - fol. 284
अत्रैव चूतकुसुमप्राशनं फाल्गुनामावास्यायांभोध सावर्णिमन्वादिः। सा पूर्वाह्वव्यापिनी प्राया। कृष्णपक्षस्थत्वात् । फाल्गुने मलमासेतु मन्वादि. . श्राद्धं मासद्वयेपि कार्यमिति प्रागेवोक्तमिति संक्षेपः ।।
