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Vodangas
Author - Yavanācārya. Subject - The work deals with the differentiating characteristics of
several zodiacal asterisms according to Indian astrology. Begins -fol. 10
श्रीगणेशाय नमः॥ हस्स्यश्वबंधरथयानपुरप्रवेशभैषज्यमंत्रगृहहय॑सुरप्रतिष्ठा।
यात्राविवाहमखदीक्षणचौलभौजी कुर्वति शांतिकविधानमथाश्विनीषु । ॥ Ends - fol. 30a
अंतर्दशाविंशतिमासा । सप्त ।... विंशतिदिनानि । नक्षत्रांते द्विधपटिका भभुक्तर्गतः । जन्मादिदिने पंचमा सेवा अपमृत्युः । द्वितीयंवर्षे ज्वरादि शबभयं। चत्वारिंशद्वर्षे पंचाशद्वर्षे वा अपमृत्युः। अष्टषष्टिवर्षे महाकंटकः । बत्परिहते चतुरशीतिवर्षाणि परमायुः ॥२७॥
इति यवनाचार्यकृतं नक्षत्रचूडामणि सप्तमः ॥ शुभमस्तु । कृष्णापरमस्तु ।। Rokerence – Mss. - A-Aufrecht's Catalogus Catalogorum:- i, 273Q;
___ii,59. B-Descriptive Catalogues :- This work is deacribed in Madras Triennial Cat. of Mss. Vol. I Part-I. B No.371 and also in Madr. Des. Cat. Nos. 1379-94. There the work is accompanied by a Telugu comm.
नक्षत्रजातक
Naksatrajātaka
330 No. 656
1882-83 Size - 94 in. by 44 in. Extent - 9 leaves ; 9-10 lines to a page; 32-35 letters to a line. Description -Country paper; Devanagari characters: old in appear
ance; bandwriting clear. legible and uniform; borders ruled in double red lines ; red pigment used for verse numbers and topical headings; incomplete.
The Ms is written by one Ratnešvara, son of Divakara.