Dvādaśīnirṇaya
ms_coll_390item_271 · University of Pennsylvania
Introduction
About this Manuscript
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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Catalogue Metadata
| Title | Dvādaśīnirṇaya |
| Repository | University of Pennsylvania |
| Reference Number | ms_coll_390item_271 |
| Collection | Collection of Indic Manuscripts |
| Language | Sanskrit |
| Script | Devanāgarī |
| Subject Classification | Hindu Rituals, Hindu Code, Priest Manual, Hindu Saṃskāras, Hindu Astrology, Dharmaśāstra, Paurohityaśastra. |
| Date | 1700–1850 |
| Place of Origin | United States of America |
| IIIF Manifest | Public IIIF manifest available |