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MS. Ind. Inst. Sansk. 61 (vii)

MSS. Ind. Inst. Sansk.

Contents

Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript of the Ṛk ca vā, a collection of fifteen sentences from the Aitareya Brāhmaṇa.
ff. 1v-6v
Ṛk ca vā
Incipit: [1v] śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | oṃ | ṛk ca vā idam agre sāma cāstāṃ | saiva nāma ṛg āsīd amo nāma sāvā | ṛk sāmopāvadan mithunaṃ saṃbhavāvan | prajātyā itt nety abravīt | sāma jyāyān vā | ato mama mahi meti | te dve bhūtvopāvadatāṃ | tena prati cana samavadata | tās tisro bhūtvopāvadāṃs | tat tisṛbhiḥ samabhavad | yat tisṛbhiḥ samabhavat tasmāt tisṛbhiḥ stuvanti |
Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.

10 × 18.6 cm.

Extent: 6 ff.

Condition

Complete, in good condition.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink, with daṇḍas 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. 3, p. 2-3.)

Funding of Cataloguing

Balliol-Bodley Scholarship