MS. Wilson 105

MSS. Wilson

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Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa, A. D. 1801.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Adhyātmarāmāyaṇa, from Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper

Extent: ii + 223 + ii. Originally each kānḍa was foliated separately, having 22 + 34 + 26 + 28 + 17 + 54 + 42 leaves.

Dimensions (binding): 33.3 × 16.5 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

that of all but ff. 195v–208 is named on f. 223: likhitaṃ Matirāmavidyārathī (?) (date as above) samāpte maṇikarṇikāyāṃ samīpe vrahmanālehanumatacaurāyāṃ aṃtare Mahādevapāṭhakakī havolaume graṃthasaṃkhyā 53 | 1 |

History

Origin: 1801

f. 208: saṃvat 1857 17 (= A. D. 1801 apparently, but what is the 17?) | This, however, only applies to ff. 195v–208, and the rest must be somewhat later. Only the month, &c., are given on f. 223: caitravadī śudī paṃcamī ravivāśare kṛtikānakṣatre prītināmayoge sāyaṃvelāyaṃ |

Provenance and Acquisition

The collection of Horace Hayman Wilson was purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1842.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 73, pp. 9-10

Availability

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Bibliography

Printed descriptions:

Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library: Appendix to Vol. I (Oxford, 1909), no. 73, pp. 9-10

Theodor Aufrecht, Codices Sanscriticos complectens, vol. 1. (Oxford, 1864), no. 73, p. 29

Funding of Cataloguing

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A catalogue of South Asian Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries