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Dharmaśāstra
1983
मनुस्मृति or मानवधर्मशास्त्र
Manusmrti or Mānavadharmasastra
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No. 983
1881-82 Size-10g in. by4g in. Extent - 36 leaves; 11 lines to a page; 32 letters to a line. Description-Country paper; Devanagari characters with पृष्ठमात्राs;
handwriting legible; three lines in black ink on each border: benedictory phrase, border lines, marks of punctuation, verse numbers and colophons are tinged with red pigment; paper thick, old, completely worn out and musty; foll. 17, 36-48 missing.
A portion of Manusmrti. Age — Appoars to be very old. Author - Manu or Bhrgu. Begins — fol. 10
ॐ नमो गणपतये। ॐ नमः सरस्वत्यै ॥ ॐ नमः सद्गुरवे नमः॥
स्वयंभुवे नमस्कृत्य etc. as in No. 237/1879-80. fol. 310 इति भृगु.........संहितायां मानवधर्मशाने तृतीयोध्यायः ॥ ग्रंथसंख्या
३०८ छ. Ends — abruptly
भ-मात्राविनाशिन्यो दशार्दानां तु याः स्मृताः। ताभिः सार्द्धमिदं सर्व संभवत्यनुपूर्वशः ॥ २८ ॥ यं तु कर्मणि यस्मिन् सन्ययुक्त प्रथमं प्रभुः। सतदेव स्वयं भेजे सृज्यमाना पुनः पुनः ॥ २९ ॥
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मनुस्मृति
Manusmeti No.984
1883-84 Size - 6 in. by 8f in. Extent - 10+ 203 (=213) leaves; 15 lines to a page; 13 letters to a line.