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MS. Max Müller Memorial e. 4

MSS. Max Müller Memorial

Contents

Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript of the Taittirīya Prātiśākhya, sūtras only. Divided into two praśnas, at the end of each of which is given a list of the first sūtras of each adhyāya. The sūtras are not separately numbered but, where possible, are numbered in sections of 10 sūtra each.
ff. 1r-19v
Taittirīya Prātiśākhya
Colophon: f. 19v: idaṃ pustakaṃ ātmakārārtham paropakārarthaṃ śrīmad anaṃtātmaja konerīneṃ likhitam |
Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Indian paper.

11.4 × 17.7 cm.

Extent: 19 ff.
Foliation: Devanāgarī numerals, mid-right margin, verso.

Condition

Complete.

Occassional bookworm damage resulting in loss of akṣaras.

Infrequent marginal corrections in different hand.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink. Verse numbers highlighted in red.

History

Origin: Not dated, but about 1700 CE.

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchased by Macdonell, Arthur Anthony Arthur Anthony Macdonell in 1907.

Record Sources

Description by Barbora Sojkova, based on observation of the manuscript and existing descriptions.

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card, for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Libraries' Admissions Office.

Bibliography

    Descriptions of the manuscript

    A Catalogue of the Sanskrit Manuscripts Purchased for the Administrators of the Max Müller Memorial Fund, Gambier-Parry, T. R. (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1922, no. 22, p. 14-15.)

Funding of Cataloguing

Balliol-Bodley Scholarship