Bhairavapraśna, 1866.

Format:

Manuscript

Standardized Title:

Praśnabhairava.

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hindu astrology.

Tantrism.

Genre:

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (7 leaves) : paper ; 12 x 28 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1782

Place of Publication:

1866.

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).

Notes:

Title from colophon, f. 1r, and upper left margins of verso folios. Colophon and f. 7v provide a variant title, Praśnabhairava, which seems to be the more common name for this text. Cf. UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1815 and Item 2863, both Prasńabhairava.

Copied by Veṅkaṭeśa.

Written 10 lines per leaf.

Good condition. Mistakes crossed through or blotched out with black. Marginal corrections.

Begins, f. 1r: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ atha bhairavapraśnaprārabhoyaṁ atha svarapraśnaṁ vāmā tu nāḍī himadīdhateḥ syātsyādbhāskarī dakṣiṇanāḍikā ca caṁdrasya nāḍyām athavārkanāḍyām antaḥ samīraḥ praviśaty avaśyaṁ 1 caṁdrasya nāḍī vahatī yadā ca tadā raveḥ sā praviśaty avaśyaṁ yaśaḥ samṛddhiṁ hi kulaṁ jayaṁ ca nirgachatī syāt pha[?] vaiparītyaṁ 2 iti svarapraśnaḥ atha bhūtapraśnaṁ

Text ends, f. 7v: sthānasthitaṁ bhaved eko dvābhyāṁ sīmāgataṁ vadet tribhiś caiva gataṁ grāme kaṁṭakaṁ bhayakārakaṁ 38 iti yuddhaprakāraśatrukaṁṭakaḥ samāptaḥ

Colophon, f. 7v: praśnabhairavanāmo yaṁ graṁtho vidvatsukhāvahāḥ likhitaṁ veṁkaṭeśena paropakṛtaye llaghuḥ 39 śake 1788 saṁvat 1923 āṣāḍe kṛṣạpakṣe ca tridaśe saumyavāsare āradrāṁ mithune caṁdre likhitaṁ pustakaṁ śubhaṁ 140 iti praśnabhairavaḥ samāptaḥ śubhaṁ bhavatu

Cited in:

Listed in H.I. Poleman, Census of Indic Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (New Haven, Conn.: American Oriental Society, 1938), Poleman 4516 (UP 1782).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1782

OCLC:

419552653