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MS. Wilson 236

MSS. Wilson

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Bhāminīvilāsa, A. D. 1815.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: iii + 114 + iii. Originally 113, but a blank leaf (f. 62) is inserted. Leaves arranged as in a European book.
Dimensions (binding): 35.6 × 25.7 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

History

Origin: 1815

f. 1: ‘Copied from a MS. belonging to Mr. Colebrooke and partially translated by him. H. H. W. 1815.’

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. 236, p. 30

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. 236, p. 30
    Theodor Aufrecht, Codices Sanscriticos complectens, vol. 1. (Oxford, 1864), no. 236, pp. 130-131

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