University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Coll 390, Item 1782

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DS ID:

DS6804

Shelfmark:

Ms. Coll 390, Item 1782

Title:

Bhairavapraśna

Praśnabhairava

Date:

1866.

nineteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Sanskrit (Devanāgarī)

Sanskrit WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 paper ; 12 x 28 cm

Note:

Copied by Veṅkaṭeśa.
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.
Written 10 lines per leaf.
Good condition. Mistakes crossed through or blotched out with black. Marginal corrections.
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
Text ends, f. 7v: sthānasthitaṁ bhaved eko dvābhyāṁ sīmāgataṁ vadet tribhiś caiva gataṁ grāme kaṁṭakaṁ bhayakārakaṁ 38 iti yuddhaprakāraśatrukaṁṭakaḥ samāptaḥ
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

Keyword:

Manuscripts

Manuscripts, Sanskrit

Hindu astrology

Tantrism

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9934307193503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3b864/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania