MS. Wilson 167

MSS. Wilson

A composite manuscript containing two nāṭakas: a commentary to the Mṛcchakaṭikā and the Hanumannāṭaka

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: ii + 200 + ii. The two parts have 136 + 63 leaves.

Dimensions (folio): 14 × 33 cm.

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

Foliation: Arabic numerals in pencil, top-right margin, verso.

Condition

Complete.

In good condition.

Binding

Late 19th-century dark red textile binding over pasteboard, with shelfmark and description tooled in gold on the spine. Cardboard cover box.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

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

MS. Wilson 167a

Mṛcchakaṭiprakaraṇa, a commentary to the Mṛcchakaṭikā.

Ff. 1^v-137^v.

Mṛcchakaṭiprakaraṇa Lalladīkṣita

A commentary to Mṛcchakaṭikā written by Śūdraka.

Rubric: F. 1^v. śrī mahāgaṇapataye namaḥ

Incipit: F. 1^v. bāṃdhavakaropanāmā sa mahārāṣṭro guruṃrvūdelānāṃ śāstre kāvye 'dhītī gaurīcaṇāraviṃdarolaṃbaḥ 1 mṛcchakaṭiprakaraṇe prākṛtaratnākarormisaṃcaraṇe setuṃ karoti vivṛtiṃ dīkṣitalallābhidhaḥ svakṛtiṃ 2

Colophon: F. 136^v. iti śrīmṛcchakaṭiprakaraṇavyākhyāyāṃ suvarṇā 'traṃ karaṇākhyāyaṃ saṃhāronāmadaśamoṃ 'kaḥ samāpti 'mamajñat saṃpṭarṇaṃ cedaṃ mṛcchakaṭikaprakaraṇavivaraṇaṃ savarṇālaṃkaraṇaṃnāma śubhaṃ bhūyāt savat [sic] 1878 miti āsvinakṛṣṇa 10

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

Additions:

Abbreviated marginal title, top-left and bottom-right margins, verso.

History

Origin: saṃvat 1878 / 1822 CE

‘F. 136^v: savat 1878 ⟨1822⟩ miti āsvinakṛṣṇa 10 (apparently corrected from āsvīna) |’

Record Sources

Description by Barbora Sojkova, based on observation of the manuscript and the following sources:

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 250, pp. 32-33

MS. Wilson 167a, 1

Summary of Contents: Manuscript note in pen reading "Commentary on the Mrichchakati", together with the title in Devanāgarī, written on a single paper leaf inserted between the two manuscript parts.

F. 137^v.

Language(s): English with Sanskrit.

Library note.

Physical Description

Support: 12 × 28 cm.

Record Sources

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

MS. Wilson 167b

Hanumannāṭaka, 18th cent.?

Ff. 1^v-63^r [ff. 138^v-200^r in library foliation].

Hanumannāṭaka

Keith labels this MS as Mahānāṭaka, but the colophon reads ‘hanumannāṭake’.

Rubric: F. 1^v [f. 138^v in library foliation]. || śrī gaṇeśāya namaḥ || || śrī sarasvatyai namaḥ ||

Incipit: F. 1^v [f. 138^v in library foliation]. || kalpāṇānāṃ nidhānaṃ kalimalamathanaṃ pācanaṃ pāvanānāṃ pātheyaṃ yanmumukṣoḥ sapadiparapadaprāptaye prasthitasya ||

Colophon: F. 63^r [f. 200^r in library foliation]. iti śrīhanumannāṭake caturdṛśoṃ kaḥ rāmavijayo nāma ||

Final rubric: F. 63^r [f. 200^r in library foliation]. || śrīr astu ||

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

Additions:

Abbreviated marginal title, top-left and bottom-right margins, verso.

Occassionally marginal corrections in the same hand.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

Record Sources

Description by Barbora Sojkova, based on observation of the manuscript and the following sources:

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 294, p. 38

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description by Barbora Sojkova, based on observation of the manuscript and the following sources:

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 294, p. 38

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions). Contact specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.

Bibliography

Printed descriptions:

Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library: Appendix to Vol. I (Oxford, 1909), no. 250, pp. 32-33; no. 294, p. 38

Theodor Aufrecht, Codices Sanscriticos complectens, vol. 1. (Oxford, 1864), no. 250, p. 134; no. 294, p. 143

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