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MS. Wilson 375

MSS. Wilson

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Sāma-veda treatises, A.D. 1582 & 18th cent.?

Physical Description

Sixteen treatises, concerned with the Sāma-veda. Of these 1–14 are by the same scribe, while 15 and 16 are probably by a second, much later hand.
Form: pothi
Support: paper
Extent: ii + 104 + ii
Dimensions (folio): 26 × 15.6 cm.

MS Wilson 375 (1-14) - fols 1-85v

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

1. fols. 1v-13v

The Anukramaṇī of the Sāma-veda in the Naigeyaśākhā.

Anukramaṇī
2. fols. 14-19v

The Pañcavidhasūtra in two prapāṭhakas.

Pañcavidhasūtra
3. fols. 20v-32v

The Kalpānupadasūtra in two prapāṭhakas.

Kalpānupadasūtra
4. fols. 33-35v

The Saṃhitopaniṣad Brāhmaṇa, part of the Talavakāra Brāhmaṇa.

Saṃhitopaniṣad Brāhmaṇa
5. fols. 36v-54

The Kṣaudrasūtra in three prapāṭhakas.

Kṣaudrasūtra
6. fol. 55

The Avagrahaśaka, a pariśiṣṭa. It consists of two short aentences.

Avagrahaśaka
Incipit: athāvagṛhyam aticaturakṣaraṃ padaṃ | vibhāgo ca |
7. fols. 55-55v

The Ādhānavidhi, a pariśiṣṭa. It is about twice the size of 6.

Ādhānavidhi
8. fols. 56-56v

The Āvasathyādhāna, a pariśiṣṭa.

Āvasathyādhāna
Incipit: ādhānaṃ tu pravakṣyāmi yathoktaṃ munibhāṣitaṃ | niḥśreyasārthino hy atra pravadaṃti manīṣiṇaḥ ǁ 1 ǁ
9. fol. 57

The Anavagraha, a pariśiṣṭa. Merely a fragment, consisting of the end of a section marked 8, and sections 9, 10, of a piece entitled on f. 57

Anavagraha
10. fol. 57

The Sāmasaṃkhyā, a pariśiṣṭa. A short piece counting twenty sections, only fifteen of which are legible.

Sāmasaṃkhyā
Incipit: atha tu chalā | rathaṃ hu gī dau pe ḍho ju ghū dū ǁ 1 ǁ
Explicit: iti sāmmasaṃkhyā ǁ 205 (?) ǁ jahachalā samāptaḥ |
11. fols. 58v-67

The Amṛtāharaṇa, a pariśiṣṭa.

Amṛtāharaṇa
Incipit: oṃ namaḥ śrisāmavedāya | yasyāṃḍā sphoṭaśabdād daśa diśo bhuvanakaṃpitāḥ saptalokāḥ pātāle pannagālaye vanagajasahitaṃ kachapaṃ bhakṣayitvā tu sukruddho vajratuṃḍaḥ surāsuravinirjitāstām prajāpatis taṃ vaṃde kaśyaye yo ‘tulahalaḥ pātu vo vainateyāḥ ǁ
12. fols. 68-71

The Ṛktantravyākaraṇa, a pariśiṣṭa, attributed to Śakaṭāyana

Ṛktantravyākaraṇa
13. fols. 72v-77

The Stobhānusaṃhāra, a pariśiṣṭa.

Stobhānusaṃhāra
14. fols. 78v-85

The Gītakaṇḍikā, a pariśiṣṭa.

Gītakaṇḍikā
Incipit: bṛhad Bhāradvājam Agniṃ dūtaṃ |

History

Origin: 1582 f. 19v: saṃvat 1638 ⟨= A.D. 1582⟩varṣe śrāvaṇaśudi 4 bhome | f. 55v: saṃvat 1638 varṣe śrāvaṇaśudi 2 ravau | f. 56v: saṃvat 1638 varṣe śrāvaṇaśudi 3 some | f. 56v: saṃvat 1638 varṣe śrāvaṇaśudi 3 some | f. 67: saṃvat 1638 varṣe āṣāḍhavadi 14 guru | f. 71: saṃvat 1638 varṣe śrāvaṇaśudi | sanau | f. 77: saṃvat 1638 varṣe śrāvaṇaśudi 4 bhome | f. 85: saṃvat 1638 varṣe ākhāḍhavadi 12 bhome |

Provenance

Pītāmbara

Raghunātha

MS Wilson 375 (15-16) - fols 86-104

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

15. fols. 86-88
15a. fols. 86-86v

The Praṇata, a pariśiṣṭa.

Praṇata
15b. fols. 87-88

The Śrāvaṇavidhi, a pariśiṣṭa.

Śrāvaṇavidhi
Incipit: athātaḥ sarveṣāṃ vratānāṃ śrāvaṇavidhiṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ
Explicit: iti śrāvaṇavidhi samāptaḥ |
15c. fol. 88

The Mahānāmnī, a pariśiṣṭa on the Mahānāmnī verses.

Mahānāmnī
Incipit: mahānāmnyas trayodaśa padāś caturdaśottamā tāsāṃ vivekaḥ pūrve pade dvipadā gāyatrī prathamā viṣṭārapaṅktiḥ, &c. |
16. fols. 89-104

The Naigeyārcikānukrama, being an Anukramaṇī of the Sāma-veda, Naigeyaśākhā, of Ananta, son of Bhīma.

Naigeyārcikānukrama

History

Origin: probably the 18th century

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 855 (1–6), pp. 1-2

Availability

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Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 855 (1–6), pp. 1-2