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MS. Wilson 426

MSS. Wilson

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Physical Description

Form: pothi
Support: paper
Extent: ii + 108 + ii. The ten parts in the original foliation have 10 + 13 + 5 (numbered 1, 2, 1–3) + 7 + 13 + 17 + 3 + 2 + 3 + (1–3, 2–35) leaves.
Dimensions (folio): 31.1 × 15.9 cm.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

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

MS. Wilson 426a

Vākyasudhā, A.D. 1790.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

History

Origin: 1790

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 551, p. 69

MS. Wilson 426b

Fragment of Commentary on Bādarāyaṇasūtra, 18th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 539, p. 68

MS. Wilson 426c and d

Fragments, after A. D. 1820.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Hand(s)

cf. 484.

History

Origin: after 1820

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 737, p. 92

MS. Wilson 426e

Devīsūkta, Rātrīsūkta, and Lakṣmīsūkta, 19th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Hand(s)

possibly identical with that of 737, but written earlier, 1810—1820.

History

Origin: 19th cent.?

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 725, p. 91

MS. Wilson 426f

Sāṃkhyasūtra, 19th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

History

Origin: 19th cent.?

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 574, p. 72

MS. Wilson 426g

Gītagirīśa, A. D. 1787.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

History

Origin: 1787

f. 64: the colophon continues vaiśākhamāśe kṛṣṇapakṣe | somadine likhi |

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 234, p. 30

MS. Wilson 426h

Śakunyupākhyāna and Śakaṭāropākhyāna, 18th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 341, p. 44

MS. Wilson 426i

Fragment relating to Paramāra’s descendants, 19th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

History

Origin: 19th cent.?

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 317, p. 41

MS. Wilson 420k

Puṣpa Sūtra, 18th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

Record Sources

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1028, p. 84

MS. Wilson 420l

Prauḍhamanoramā (1st part), 18th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 357, p. 46

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