MS. Wilson 398

MSS. Wilson

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Rudraskanda’s Audgātrasārasaṃgraha, Nīlāsura’s Navakaṇḍikābhāṣya, A.D. 1658 & 17th cent.?

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: i + 90 + i

Dimensions (binding): 29.2 × 15.2 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

that of 1 is given on f. 41: adyeha śrīviśālanagarajñātīyatripāṭhīśrī 5 dikṣitaveṇīdāsātmajatripāṭhīśrī 5 dīkṣitagovarddhanātmajatripāṭhīśrī 5 dīkṣitaharihareṇa likhitaṃ | Vīreśvaraviśvanāthasomeśvara-śukadevāḍiputrāṇām avalokanārthaṃ | paropakārārthaṃ ca | Cf. MS. Wilson 376.

History

Origin: A. D. 1658 & 17th cent.?

for 1 the date is given on f. 41: svasti śrīsaṃvat 1709 ⟨1653⟩ nā miti pauṣaśūdi | caṃdravāsare | No dates are given for 3 and 4, but they must be both of about the same date as 1. For 2 see f. 43: saṃvat 1660 ⟨1604⟩ samaye mārgaśīrṣaśudi | budhau |

2 must have been written about 1700 a. d.

Provenance and Acquisition

f.41 mentions Viśvanātha as one of those for whom 1 was written. It descended to his sons Rāmadeva and Śivadatta.

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

MS. Wilson 398(1)

Summary of Contents: Drāhyāyana Śrauta Sūtra of the Sāma-veda, incorporated in Rudraskanda’s Audgātrasārasaṃgraha, being a supplement to Makhasvāmin’s commentary thereon.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Explicit: iti bhagavatā bhāṣyakāreṇa Maghasvāminā Drāhyāyaṇasūtre prathamādhyayasya prathamād ārabhya paṃcaviṃśatikhaṃḍasya uktārthamātram eva svamatena vivṛttaṃ prayogakramo darśitaḥ |

MS. Wilson 398(2) [fols 42v-90v]

The Navakaṇḍikābhāṣya of Nīlasura, being a commentary on a śrāddhasūtra attributed to Kātyāyana.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Explicit: Saṃkarṣaṇe vitidittaḥ prathitorukirttimudyottapanasukṛttināṃ prathamāvatāraḥ | tasyātmajaḥ sakalaśāstraparāyaṇo ’pi yaḥ pakṣapātam adhikaṃ kṛtavān kṛttīṃdraḥ | anvijñikīṃ rahasitena vinirmittāyām āstāṃ tamopanayane pitṛkarmadīpaḥ | śrāddhadīpaḥ kṛttīṃdrāṇāṃ tanotu mudam uttamāṃ ǁ Nīlāsurasya iti Navakaṃḍikābhāṣyaṃ samāptaṃ |

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 859 (1, 2), pp. 4-5

Availability

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Bibliography

Printed descriptions:

Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 859 (1, 2), pp. 4-5

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