Manuscripts from Indian Collection

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

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VIDAGDHAMĀDHAVA (A drama on Krishna )
Foll. 64; size 35.7x4.4 cm; palm-leaf; Oriya script; 6 to 7 lines to a page; Sanskrit. Author: Rüpagoswami (16th centuryA.D.).
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ସୁଧମ-ବାଦ କପି ମଧୁବମାନ୍ମାଦ ଭବନୀ ଶୈମାସ। ଇତ୍ୟାତ ।
106 illustrations of the Orissan school.
Lent by the office of the Museum and Archaeology, Bhubaneswar (Orissa).
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UKARA
(An astronomical work )
Foll. 36; size 32x13 cm; paper; Devanagari script; Sanskrit; dated Samvat 1865 (A.D. 1808). Author: Nayanasukhopadhyāya.
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श्री गणेशाय नमः अथ उकराख्यो ग्रंथसावजूसकृतो लिख्यते । तत्रास्य त्रयोदशाध्याये एकोन षष्टितुल्यानि ५६ क्षेत्राणि संति । परं च क्वचित्पुस्तकेषु पंचाश ५० न्मितान्येव क्षेत्राणि संति । तत्र प्रयोजनद्वयस्यैकक्षेत्रमेव कृतंइदं युनानीभाषात: अरव भाषायां श्रबुल अच्चास
सहस्याज्ञया कुस्ता विविका याहीसंशेन तृतीयाध्यायस्य पंचमजेपर्यंत ति शेषमन्यतिंनरसीरसंज्ञेन टीका कृता । सेवं संस्कृतमुखोपाध्यायं निवध्यते ॥
अथ प्रथमाध्यायः
संवत् १८६५ मिति ज्येष्ठशुक्ल शनिवार श्रीरामचन्द्राय नमः श्री गंगादेव्यै नमः श्री विश्वेश्राय नमः श्री राम जी 1
Contains several geometrical diagrams.
The original of this Sanskrit text was in Greek. It was translated into Arabic by Kustabi-Biluka-valuvabi at the instance of Abul-AchchasaAhaska. Nayanasukhacharya translated it into Sanskrit with the help of Abida, an Arabic scholar.
Lent by the Oriental Manuscripts Library, University of Kerala, Trivandrum (Kerala ).
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