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Dvādaśīnirṇaya

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The manuscript is on Dvādaśīnirṇaya by Raghunāthabhaṭṭa son of Mādhavabhaṭṭa. Dvādaśī means the twelfth tithi (day) in the Hindu calendar, which occurs twice in every lunar month. The text describes Dvādaśī will decided on the basis of auspicious and inauspicious combination of the date, constellation and other astrological calculations. If Vijayā Mahādvādaśī is celebrated when the śravaṇa nakṣtra falls on śukla pakṣa Dvādaśī , Jayanti Mahādvādaśī is celebrated on Rohini nakṣtra and Papanashini Mahādvādaśī is celebrated on Pushya nakṣtra. In the manusript the Matsya and Skanda purāṇa(2a) are mentioned. Title is taken from colophon (f. 5b). It is written in 13 lines per leaf.; 5 leaves are foliated 1–5, upper left and lower right verso.

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