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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107 Hasta-sanjivana. A treatise on palmistry and divination. Author unknown. Beginning. srisankhesvaraparsvam pranaman dhyayamstameva drjinadrsabham | End. hastaprasnasya laksanapariksane daksatam vaksye || 1 || srinabheyah prabhurjiyat sarvajno jagadisvarah | yena laksaniki vidya nirdista bhuvanasriyai || 2 || srivarddhamano jayatu sarvajnanisiromanih | pancahaptottare| virah siddharthatapanandanah || 3 || cankavidya nimittanamastanamapi giyate | mukhya subhasubhajnane naradadinivedita || 4 || karasparsat sparsadiva parinatam kancanamaha- rasaprenkhan siddhim saguruvacasa me'dya vijayat | viditva prcchanam ya iha kurate nirnayamaha mahabhistasya syadbhuvanabhavanavasanavidhih || 54 || Colophon. iti hastasanjivane siddhajnane hastasparsanadhikarah sampurnah | visayah | 1 prathamadhikare, hastaprasamsa | haste tirthadidhyanena punyasadhanam | hastangulya- dinamani | hastavalokanavidhih | tithyanayanam | varanayanam | naksatranayanam | rasyuparigrahadarsanam | varsadarsanam | masadarsanam | pacadarsanam | dinadarsanam | dina- lagnacakram | drekkanah | yogadarsanam | dikcakradarsanam | dehacakradarsanam | pratha- madhikarah | 2 adhikare, karangulisparsa|nusarena prasnagananadih| candrasvaryadikharajnanadih| No. 1515. parasarahe|ra uttarabhagah | Substance, country-made paper, 112 * 5 inches. Folia, 22. Lines, 13 on a page. Extent, 770 slokas. Character, Nagara. Date, Sm. 1931, SK. 1796. Place of deposit, Calcutta, Government of India. Appearance, new. Verse. Incorrect. Parasara-hora. On the division of time into horas or hours, and directions for the preparation of horoscopes. Parasara explains the subject in reply to queries by Maitreya; but the work in its present form is obviously of a later date and due to a compiler. P 2