MS. Ind. Inst. Sansk. 61(vi)
MSS. Ind. Inst. Sansk.
Contents
Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript of the Dvijasūkta, a collection of verses from the Ṛgveda concerning Aryan women.
ff. 1v-6v
Dvijasūkta Incipit: [1v] śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | atha dvijāsūkta likhyate | hariḥ oṃ | satyenottabhitā bhūmiḥ sūryaṇotrabhitā dyauḥ |
Explicit: [6v] mayā patyā prajāvatī saṃjīva śaradaḥ śataṃ || iti dvijāsūktaṃ ||
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
10 × 18.5 cm.
Extent: 6 ff.
Foliation: Devanāgarī numerals, top right and bottom left margin, verso.
Condition
Complete, in good condition.
Layout
Written in a single column.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink, accented in red ink.
History
Origin: Middle of 19th century CE.
Provenance and Acquisition
Purchased in 1886.
Record Sources
Description by Barbora Sojkova, based on observation of the manuscript and existing descriptions.
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. 4, p. 2-3.)Funding of Cataloguing
Balliol-Bodley Scholarship