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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts

by Rajendralala Mitra | 1871 | 921,688 words

These pages represent a detailed description of Sanskrit manuscripts housed in various libraries and collections around the world. Each notice typically includes the physical characteristics, provenance, script, and sometimes even summaries of the content of the Sanskrit manuscripts. The collection helps preserve and make accessible the vast herit...

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74 Jyotih-sangraha-sara. Calculation of the prospects of one's life from the presiding zodiacal signs at his birth. By Nandikes 'vara. Beginning. dinanatham pranamyadau nandikesvaradhimata | jyotihsangrahasaro'yam bhasaya likhyate maya || End. nidanam yagrahayanasya sasthadine gate mangalavasare arddharatrau gatayam karkata lagne krsnapakse navamyam krttikanaksatre sirahsularogena mrtyuh || Colophon. iti srinandikesvaraviracito jyotihsangrahasarah samaptah || visayah | sanksepena mesadirasimatam manujanam samanyatah yavadayuh phalaphalanirnayah | No. 1114. sakunadipakah | Substance, country-made yellow paper, 13 x 22 inches. Folia, 95. Lines, 4 on a page. Extent, 926 s 'lokas. Character, Bengali. Date, ? Place of deposit, Navadvipa, Vrajanatha Vidyaratna. Appearance, old. Verse. Generally correct. Sakuna-dipaka. On divination of various kinds and the means of averting impending evils. By Ganes / a. The work is divided into eight chapters, thus : I, Anthropomancy in its widest sense, applying to appearances of persons of different ages, sexes, and conditions, and not, as among the Greeks and the Romans, to the appearance of the entrails of human sacrifice. II, Nomancy, Geloscopy, Gyroscopy, &c. referring to the voluntary actions of human beings. III, Divination from the involuntary actions of men and animals, such as, dreams (oneiromancy), sneezing, twitchings of muscles, &c. IV, Do. by jackals. V, Do. by quadrupeds (other than jackals,) and reptiles, including hares, horses, elephants, cats, dogs, camels, buffaloes, mice (myomancy) tigers, goats, sheep, rhinoceroses, musk-rats, civets, bulls, lizards, and serpents. VI, Ornithomanoy. VII, Miscellaneous divination. VIII, acoustomancy. Beginning. vanchakalpatarum nrnam samsarambhodhiparadam | lambodarapadambhojadvandvam vandamahe vayam || 1 || ajnanatimiradhvamsakarako 'drstadarsakah | tanyate sriganesena mudda sakunadipakah || 2 ||

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