Praśnabhairava, [1750-1850].

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Hindu astrology.

Tantrism.

Genre:

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (19 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 24 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1815

Place of Publication:

[1750-1850].

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).

Notes:

Title from cover folio (1r; reads: atha praśnabhairavaḥ prāraṁbhaḥ śrīr astu ), obverse of last folio (19v; reads: iti praśnabhairavaḥ samāptaḥ), f. 1v, colophon, and title abbreviations (Pra. Bhai.) in upper left of verso folios. Cf. UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1782 and Item 2863 (Bhairavapraśna and Praśnabhairava, respectively).

Written 7-9 lines per leaf.

Good condition. Ff. 11 and 14 colored yellow. Mistakes crossed through, blocked out, or scribbled over. Several marginal corrections.

Begins (f. 1v): śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ atha praśnabhairava prāraṁbhaḥ nāḍī tu vāmā himadīdhiteḥ syātsyādbhāskarī dakṣiṇanāḍīkā ca caṁdrasya nāḍyām athavārkanāḍyām antaḥ samīraḥ praviśaty avaśyaṁ 1 caṁdrasya nāḍī vahatī yadā ca tadā raveḥ sā praviśaty avaśyaṁ yaśaḥ samṛddhiṁ kuśalaṁ jayaṁ ca nirgachati syāt kila vai parītyaṁ 2

Text ends (f. 19r): rāśidvayādhipatye tu viṣamā varṇe viṣamo rāśiḥ samavarṇe samo rāśiḥ kujādīnāṁ jñeyaḥ evaṁ vahupraśne rātrau kālasaṁdehe lagnaṁ niścitya pravadet

Colophon (f. 19r): śrīr astu iti praśnabhairavaḥ samāptaḥ

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 5141 (UP 1815).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1815

OCLC:

419552679