Ekākṣaramālānighaṇṭu, [18--].

Format:

Manuscript

Language:

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Alphabet--Religious aspects--Hinduism.

Alphabet.

Sanskrit language--Etymology.

Sanskrit language.

Tantrism.

Genre:

Manuscripts, Sanskrit.

Manuscripts.

Physical Description:

1 item (2 leaves) : paper ; 11 x 31 cm

Contained In:

Collection of Indic Manuscripts. Item 1490

Other Title:

Mātṛkākośa

Mātṛkānighaṇṭu.

Place of Publication:

[18--].

Language Note:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī).

Notes:

Two texts, Ekākṣaramālānighaṇṭu (f. 1r) and Mātṛkākośa (f. 1v-2r). A third tract of text appears on f. 2v (five numbered verses in five lines, on the subject of Kṛṣṇa). Title Ekākṣaramālānighaṇṭu from colophon f. 1r. Title Mātṛkākośa from colophon f. 2r. F. 1v suggests that Mātṛkānighaṇṭu is an alternate title.

Scribe's name provided as Dīnānātha in colophon, f. 2r.

Written 21-22 lines per leaf.

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

Ekākṣaramālānighaṇṭu begins (f. 1r): śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ akāre vāsudevaḥ syād ākās tu pitāmahaḥ ikāra ucyate kāmo lakṣīr īkāra u* 1

Colophon (f. 1r): ity ekākṣaramālānighaṇṭuḥ samāptim agamat śrīsāmvasadāśivārpaṇam astu

Mātṛkākośa begins (f. 1v): hari om̐ śrīmanmahāgaṇādhipataye namaḥ nirvighnam astu śrīnṛsiṁhaṁ gaṇeśa[snaṁ?] bhāratīm īśvaraṁ śivāṁm natvā vakṣye mātṛkāyā nighaṇṭuṁ [---]la buddhaye 1

Colophon (f. 2r): iti mātṛkākośaḥ samāptaḥ śubham astu śrīgaṇādhipatiḥ prasannostu dīnānāthena likhitam idaṁ svārthaṁ parārthaṁ ca

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 4430 and 4529 (UP 1490).

Listed in Kunhan Raja, ed., New Catalogus Catalogorum, vol. 3 (Madras, India: University of Madras, 1967), p. 59.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Coll. 390, Item 1490

OCLC:

417804331