MS. Ind. Inst. Sansk. 39
Sanskrit, miscellaneous
Contents
Summary of Contents: A 17th-century paper manuscript of Bhāvacandrasūri's Śāntināthacaritra. This work describes the life of 16th Lord Śāntinātha in Sanskrit prose with his earlier twelve births.
, Śāntināthacaritra
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
10 × 25.5 cm.
Extent: 105 ff.
Layout
19 lines per page, approximately 65 akṣaras per line.
A blank space is left in the center part and filled with characters.
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: 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.
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. 64, p. 34-35)Funding of Cataloguing
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation