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MS. Wilson 23

MSS. Wilson

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Physical Description

Form: pothi
Support: country paper, usually yellow.
Extent: ii + 269 + ii. The four parts in the original foliation have 80 + 109 + 41 + 39 leaves.
Dimensions (folio): 50.2 × 12.7 cm.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

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

MS. Wilson 23a

Prāyaścittatattva, A. D. 1832.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Hand(s)

f. 80v: śrīcandraśekharadevaśarmmaṇā pustakam idaṃ likhite |

History

Origin: 1832

f. 80v: śakābdāḥ 1754 | sana 1239 | This fixes the year as A. D. 1832. Cf. 675.

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 690, p. 86

MS. Wilson 23b

Jyotistattva, after A. D. 1810.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Hand(s)

perhaps Devanātha, scribe of 671.

History

Origin: after 1810

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 677, p. 85

MS. Wilson 23c

Vivāhatattva, A. D. 1826.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

History

Origin: 1826

f. 230v: śubham astu śakābdāḥ 1748 ⟨1826⟩ |

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 696, p. 87

MS. Wilson 23d

Vyavahāratattva, A.D. 1824.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

History

Origin: 1824

f. 269v: śakābdāḥ 1746 ⟨1824⟩ |

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 699, p. 87

Additional Information

Availability

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