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IO SAN 2621b

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032-003720332
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Reference (shelfmark):
IO SAN 2621b
Title:
Abhidhāna-ratnamālā
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
ff.16
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Sanskrit
Scripts:
Manchu
Start Date:
1783
End Date:
1820
Date Range:
1783-1820
Era:
CE
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IO SAN 2621b

Abhidhāna-ratnamālā

Contents

Language(s): sa

Title: Abhidhāna-ratnamālā (or Ṣaḍrasa-nighaṇṭu)

written in Telugu character.

A dictionary of materia medica in 6 chapters (skandha) corresponding to different rasas. With Telugu explanation.

For other copies of this treatise see Burnell, Ind Tanjore MSS., p.72, no. lii.

A leaf (paged 33 and 34) attached to the above Ms. contains Āyurvede Aṣṭadhātuparīkṣā (incipit quoted locus 33r).

Incipit: ṣaḍrasanighaṇṭuḥ || yena kenāpi yadyadvā yasya kasya cidīritaṃ | nāma tatra[t] tadīyaṃ syāttaṃnnamāmi jaganmayaṃ || sarvatantraprayuktāni nāmānyādāya sarvaśaḥ | rasabhedena ṣaṭskandho nighaṇṭurabhidhīyate || f. 16v
"athātaḥ sampravakṣyāmi saṃkṣiptaṃ sūkṣmamuttamaṃ | āyurvedopadeśesmiṃ aṣṭadhātu nigadyate || nāḍyāṣṭau pāṇivatkaṇṭhanāsopāntasamāśritaḥ (!) | pādayorhastayordhrāṇamūlayoḥ kaṇṭhamūlayoḥ || ॰ f. 33r "

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: ff.16
Dimensions (leaf): 25.5 × 19 cm.
Dimensions (written): 21 × 17.5 cm.
Foliation:

modern 16-32

Condition

Good

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 25

22-27 lines in a page.

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1783-1820

Provenance and Acquisition

Colin Mackenzie

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Surrogates

Microfilm IOL 202

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