MS. Wilson 197
MSS. Wilson
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Laghuśabdenduśekhara, 18th cent.?
Contents
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink.
Scribe:
(1) f. 246v: likhitam idaṃ Gaṇeśamiśreṇa |
(2) f. 393: mayā Kāśmīrī (blank) likhitaṃ | These notices present difficulties; from the handwriting one would distinguish three main scribes: (1) ff. 1–95 (excluding 61–75); (2) ff. 96–319; (3) ff.319v–393. 1 and 3 are distinctly Kaśmīrī hands, while 2 (Gaṇeśamiśra’s) is ordinary Devanāgarī. But all three pieces look as if they were of the same date, though it is perhaps possible that 3 is as late as 1793 A. D.
History
Date:
(1) ff. 246v: saṃvat 1818 ⟨1762⟩ āṣāḍhauklapūrṇamāsyāṃ bhrguvārānvitāyāṃ |
(2) f. 393: saṃvat 69 mārgaśuti | mārgaśiṣaramāse śuklapakṣe daśamyāṃ guruvāsarānvitāyāṃ | There can be little or no doubt that this is a Saptarsi date, and therefore = (17)93 A. D. The only other possibility is to make it 1669 śaka = A. D. 1747.
Provenance and Acquisition
The collection of Horace Hayman Wilson was purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1842.
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