Manuscripts from Indian Collection

Author(s): National Museum New Delhi
Publisher: National Museum New Delhi

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notes dated A.D. 1381. This seems to refute the theory of Bopadeva's authorship of the Bhagavata, for Bopadeva was born after the date of this manuscript.
Lent by the Sarasvati Bhavan, Sanskrit University, Varanasi.
ŚRĪBHOJADEVASANGRAHA (A miscellaneous collection of social rites and ceremonies)
Foll. 89; size 28.6x5 cm; palm-leaf; Newari script; 5 to 6 lines to a page; Sanskrit; dated Newari Samvat 309 (A.D. 1189). Begins : ओं नमो गणपतये । वर्ग (भर्ग) उदाच ।। कस्मिन्काले तु कर्तव्या प्रतिष्ठा भृगुनन्दन ।
कस्मिन्काले कृते काले तथा भवति कीदृशी ॥ मार्कण्डेय उवाच । शृणु कालं प्रवक्ष्यामि
प्रतिष्ठाकरणेन च । यस्मिन् यस्मिन् कृते काले यथा भवति यावद् ॥ Ends: श्री भोजदेवसंग्रह (:) समाप्त: संवत् ३०६ मावा (घे) कृष्ण-अष्टमी बुधवासरे। विशाख
नक्षत्र (त्रे) लिखित मिति ।। 33 illustrations of the Pāla-Nepal school and painted covers. Lent by the National Museum, New Delhi.
YUDDHAJAYĀRŅAVATANTRA
(An astrological work) Foll. 82; size 20x4 cm; palm-leaf; Newari script; Sanskrit; dated Newari Samvat 390 (A.D. 1270). Author : Bhattotpala (c.10th century); scribe : Daivajñaja Sarvabala (?). Begins : मोहान्धकारमग्नानां जनानां ज्ञानरश्मिभिः ।
कृतमुद्धरणं येन तं नौमि शिवभास्करम् ॥ कैलासशिखरासीनं देवदेवमहेश्वरं। गणसिद्धसमाकीणं मुनिसंघनिषेवितन् ।
अपृच्छज्जगतो देवी पार्वती पतिबल्लभाEnds : दातव्यमेव देवेशि शास्त्रं परमदुर्लभं ।
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