Ms. Ind. Inst. Sansk. 53

Sanskrit, miscellaneous

Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript of Bandhuṣena's Bhairavapadmāvatīkalpaṭīkā, a commentary to Malliṣeṇa's Bhairavapadmāvatīkalpa, a stotra in praise of 23rd Lord Pārśvanātha and the goddess Padmāvatī.

Malliṣeṇa ,

Title: Bhairavapadmāvatīkalpa

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Class: mūla

Bandhuṣena ,

Title: Bhairavapadmāvatīkalpaṭīkā

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Class: commentary

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

11 × 23 cm.

Extent: 45 ff.

Condition

Complete, in good condition.

Layout

Commentary layout: tripāṭha; mūla cited in full.

13 lines per page, approximately 40-45 akṣaras per line.

Two double marginal frame lines in red ink.

Hand(s)

Jainanāgarī in black ink.

Binding

Cardboard cover, original binding.

History

Origin: 17th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Collected by Bühler, Georg Georg Bühler in 1878.

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. 88, p. 49-50)

Funding of Cataloguing

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation