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श्रौतप्रायश्र्चित्तचन्द्रिका of विश्र्वनाथ.
| Resource Type | : | Manuscript |
| Subject | : | Vedic Ritual |
| Script | : | Devanagari Handwriting |
| Notes/Description | : | A Thale MS. It was bought by S’esabhatta Thale; it was written by Jati Labdhahansa. Not very old. S'rautaprayas’cittacandrika is a Work on the vedic Prayas'cittas composed by Vis’vanatha,son of Narasinha Diksita. The work is divided into three chapters. It follows the Baudhayana Sutra. For other MSS., compare I. O., No., 448 and Mitra, Notices, I. p. 88. Vis’vanatha quotes Kes’avasvami and is quoted by Raghunatha Navahasta (No. 610 above)and Divakara Kale (No. 745 below). His date thus falls between the 13th and the 17th century. I am however, inclined to believe that our Vis’vanatha is the same as the commentator of that name of the Paraskaragrhysutra. This commentary of Vis’vanatha who lived at Benaras,was it seems, lost after a time, only a portion of it being left with his descendants.In S’amvat 1692, however, one Laksmidhara,the great-grand-son of Ananta, the elder brother of Vis’vanatha’s father, went to Benares from Cambay, where evidently the family had settled, and procured the remaining portion of the commentary in spite of the ridicule and shame to which he was exposed (possibly for having negligently lost his own ancestor's work). I give below a. part of the quotation from this commentary given at Ulwar, Extract, No. 42:- Vis’vanatha thus must have flourished towards the close of the 16th or the beginning of the 17th century. Aufrect’s entry at C. C. II.p. 225b, regarding the date of this commentary is wrong. |
| Pages/Folios | : | Folios: 70 , Lines: 8 , Folio Size in Inches: 10 x 4.25 |
| Identifier | : | MS_00000621 |
| Digitization Sponsor | : | Government of Maharashtra |
