MS. Ind. Inst. Sansk. 4

MSS. Ind. Inst. Sansk.

Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript of the Chāndogyopaniṣad with the Chāndogyopaniṣadbhāṣya, a commentary by Śaṅkara. Complete in eight prapāṭhakas which are here, as often, reckoned as 3-10 of the Chāndogya Brāhmaṇa.

Title: Chāndogyopaniṣad

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Class: mūla

Śaṅkara ,

Title: Chāndogyopaniṣadbhāṣya

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Class: commentary

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

17 × 39 cm.

Extent: 130 ff.

Foliation: Devanāgarī numerals, top left and mid-right margin, verso.

Condition

Complete.

In good condition.

Layout

Description of the commentary layout: tripāṭha, mūla cited in full.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

History

Origin: Probably early 19th cent.

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented by Law, J. S. Major J. S. Law in August 1885.

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. 1, p. 1.)

Funding of Cataloguing

Balliol-Bodley Scholarship