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MS. Wilson 195

MSS. Wilson

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Laghuśabdenduśekhara, 18th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper
Extent: ii + 230 + ii. In the original foliation 85 + 68 + 61 (really 51, as ff. 42–51 are lost) + 26 leaves.
Dimensions (binding): 33.7 × 16.8 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

probably three hands were employed: (1) ff. 26–85; (2) ff. 154–204; (3) ff. 1–25, 86–153, 205–230 are perhaps by one hand, which shows marked traces of Kaśmīrī influence.

History

Origin: 18th 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. 366, p. 47

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. 366, p. 47
    Theodor Aufrecht, Codices Sanscriticos complectens, vol. 1. (Oxford, 1864), no. 366, p. 165

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