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शान्तिमयूख of नीलकण्ठ.

Resource Type	:	Manuscript
Subject	:	Nibandhas
Script	:	Devanagari Handwriting
Notes/Description	:	S’antimayukha, the twelfth section of the Bhagavantabhaskara of Bhatta Nilakantha. It treats of S'antis i. e. rites to avert evil. See I.O., No. 1462; Bik., p. 456.Our MS. contains at the end two verses which apparently give the date on which the MS. was copied. But the second line of the first verse which gives the year is rather unsatisfactory. Judging from the writing itself the words should read ‘grantho maya rasa-kha-rsiku-sammitebde’,meaning ‘in the year (Samvat?) 1706'; but then the metre of the line becomes defective as it requires one more letter between maya and rasa. Nor should we run to the conclusion that a letter should be supplied and the date Samvat 1706 should be assumed for the MS., thus enabling ourselves to conclude that the S’antimayukha was composed before 1650 A. D. For if instead of rasa-kha-rsi, we read rasa-rava-rsi, the metre is right, though the date becomes 1776 instead of 1706 ( rava=7 ). I may however mention that a MS. dated 1650 A. D. is mentioned at C. C. I. p. 641a.Besides, Nilakantha is quoted in Pratapanarasinha (A. D. 1710; see above No. 700) and even before this, in Divakara’s Danacandrika. This Divakara was the sister's son of Kamalakarabhatta(see above No. 690) and hence must have flourished in the beginning of the latter half of the 17th century at the latest. Nilakantha’s activities therefore, may be safely ascribed to the close of the first half of the 17th century.
Pages/Folios	:	Folios: 145 , Lines: 9 or 10 , Folio Size in Inches: 11.5 x 5
Identifier	:	MS_00000727
Digitization Sponsor	:	Government of Maharashtra

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