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MS Sansk. c. 25(R)

Sanskrit, Hoernle Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: A fragmentary 12th or 13th century palm-leaf manuscript of the Bhikṣuṇīkarmavācanā.
‏Unknown. , Bhikṣuṇīkarmavācanā
Incipit: [3r1] mātṛgrāmasya caturthasya śrāmaṇyaphala\syā 1/dhigamāya la◎bhate mātṛgrāmaḥ svākhyāte dharmmavi\na 1/ye pravrajyām upasampadaṃ bhikṣuṇībhāvañ caret_ mātṛgrāmo bhagavato ntike bra⟨-1-⟩
[3r2]caryam ity evam ukte bhagavān mahāprajāpatīṃ gautamī¦◎m idam avocat_ |
Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Palm leaf (Corypha).

30 × 5.4 cm.

Extent: 25 ff.

Condition

Incomplete, damaged.

Hand(s)

Pāla script in black ink.

History

Origin: 12th–13th century. Bengal.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought from A. F. R. Hoernle in 1887.

Availability

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Bibliography

    Descriptions of the manuscript

    [unpublished manuscript], , (, )

Funding of Cataloguing

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation