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MS. Wilson 231

MSS. Wilson

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Physical Description

Form: pothi
Support: paper
Extent: ii + 182 (really 183, f. 96 being repeated) + ii. The four parts in the original foliation have 62 + 36 + 36 + 48 leaves.
Dimensions (folio): 35.6 × 17.1 cm.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

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

MS. Wilson 231a

Pradyumnavijaya, 19th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Hand(s)

in this volume parts 3 and 4 are by one hand. Parts 1 and 2 are by different hands.

History

Origin: 19th cent.?

f. 62: samāso ’yaṃ graṃthas tena śrīkṛṣṇaḥ prīyatāṃ rasāṃkavājividhumirmite ’bde sāmi mādhava saṃvat 1877 ⟨1730⟩.

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 285, p. 37

MS. Wilson 231b

Kaṃsavadha, A. D. 1821.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

History

Origin: 1821

f. 97: saṃmvata 1877 śāke 1743 ⟨1821⟩ mītī āśvana śuklaṣaṣtīāṃ guruvāsare graṃtha samāptakamaḥ |

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 271, p. 35

MS. Wilson 231c

Dāmacarita, 19th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

History

Origin: 19th cent.?

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 273, p. 36

MS. Wilson 231d

Anargharāghava, A.D. 1821.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

History

Origin: 1821

there is no authority for the date 1821, though it is probable enough.

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 267, p. 35

Additional Information

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