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MS. Ind. Inst. Sansk. 38

Sanskrit, Monier-Williams Collection

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Ratnaśekhara ,
Title: Kṣetrasamāsa
Language(s): Prakrit.
Class: mūla
Ratnaśekhara ,
Title: Kṣetrasamāsāvacūri
Language(s): Old Gujarātī.
Class: commentary

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.

10 × 25.5 cm.

Extent: 42 ff.

Condition

Complete, in good condition.

Layout

Hand(s)

Jainanāgarī in black ink.

Additions:

Marginalia

  • invocationsInvocation (śrī) immediately before the foliation, mid right margin, verso.
  • annotationsNumerous annotations on all margins throughout the manuscript; the first set in black ink was probably written by the scribe of the main text, while the second set in red ink might have been added later.

Binding

Cardboard box, library binding.

History

Origin: 16-17th century. Gujarat.

Provenance and Acquisition

Collected by Bühler, Georg Georg Bühler in 1877-78.

Donated to the Indian Institute by Monier-Williams, Monier M. Monier-Williams.

Availability

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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. 58, p. 29)

Funding of Cataloguing

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation