Ms. Ind. Inst. Sansk. 30
MSS. Ind. Inst. Sansk.
Contents
Summary of Contents: A 17th-century paper manuscript of the Antarakathāsaṃgraha, a collection of moral tales by Rājaśekhara of Maladhāra Gaccha. This work is a collection of moral stories in prose. It is also called Vinodakathāsaṃgraha.
, Antarakathāsaṅgraha Incipit: [1r1] yan naikām api kāminīṃ pariṇayasy abhyarthamāno'py alaṃ tan nūnaṃ gṛha-bhāra kātara-tayā mukto-dhyamo-devara mā tsakasva haris trikhaṇḍa vijayī bhrātā sti te sarvado bhāmādyābhir iti ritaḥ smita-mukho Nemir vaśī pātu vaḥ || 1 || jayanti guravo-smākaṃ vadyā-valli-mahīruhāṃ Maladhāri-Gaṇādhīśā śrīTilakasūrayaḥ || 2 || mano-vinoda-hetūnāṃ sabhārhāṇāṃ yathā -śrutaṃ mayā kathānāṃ hṛsvānāṃ kriyate saṅgraho budhāḥ || 3 || tan nāsti kiñcij jagati yad vācyaṃ na yathāsabhaṃ ato Vinoda-kathikā saṅgraho'yaṃ na niṣphalaḥ || 4 ||
Explicit: [36r?] pariṣadi rasa śriyāyāṃ rasāvatāraurthamantara kathodhyaṃ Mali(a)dhāra gacchanāthaḥ sūriḥ śrīRājaśekharaḥ kṛtavān || 1 || dvipūrvārdha gītiḥ ṣaṣṭir mātrā vyākhyā su munīndrāṇāṃ cātur vidyā'vatā-rasa'rāsu pūjā suvrṇṇa puṣpa-straja iva phalinī bhavaṃ tvetāḥ || 2 || sumaṅgalaṃ na varaṃ kevalaṃ etā iti Antarakathā prakramāyā tta--svān
Final rubric: [36v?] Antarakathā-saṅgraho'ayaṃ nāma granthaḥ || cha || śubhaṃ bhūyāt || cha ||
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
10.5 × 29.5 cm.
Extent: 36 ff.
Condition
Folio 36 is torn by edges but text is not damaged. From folio 20 - 31 at right part of folio is eaten by worms and slightly torn but text is not damaged.
Layout
15 lines per page, approximately 60-65 akṣaras per line.
Double marginal frame lines in black ink. Red pigment is used for titles and sub-titles.
A blank space is left in the center of the folio.
Hand(s)
Jainanāgarī in black ink (main text).
Jainanāgarī in black ink (corrections).
Additions:
Marginalia
- correctionsOften corrections by other hand.
Binding
Cardboard box, library binding.
History
Origin: 17th century.
Provenance and Acquisition
Collected by Bühler, Georg Georg Bühler in 1877-78.
Donated to the Indian Institute by Monier-Williams, Monier M. Monier-Williams.
Record Sources
Description created by Camillo Formigatti and revised by Barbora Sojkova, based on observation of the manuscript.
Availability
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Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Bibliography
Descriptions of the manuscript
A Catalogue of the Sanskrit and Prākrit mss. in the Indian Institute Library, Oxford, Keith, Arthur Berriedale (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1903, no. 62, p. 31)Funding of Cataloguing
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation