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MS. Wilson 196

MSS. Wilson

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Viṭṭhala on the Prakriyākaumudī, 17th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper
Extent: ii + 128 + ii. The original foliation makes 211, but ff. 44–126 are now lost.
Dimensions (binding): 31.8 × 14.0 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

f. 128v: sthitvā Vārāṇasīpuryyāṃ snātvā pañcanade ’niśaṃ | Prasādo ’yaṃ subantasyānantena likhitaḥ śīvam ǁ It is very probable that Ananta was one of Rāmacandra’s family, cf. Bhandarkar, l. c. The date may be about A. D. 1650.

History

Origin: 17th cent.?

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. 355, pp. 45-46

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. 355, pp. 45-46
    Theodor Aufrecht, Codices Sanscriticos complectens, vol. 1. (Oxford, 1864), no. 355, p. 161

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