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MS. Wilson 504

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Ṣaḍvimśa Brāhmaṇa, Sāmatantra, Gobhila Gṛhyasaṃgraha, Taittirīya Prātiśākhya, A. D. 1741, 1604, & 18th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: i + 74 + i
Dimensions (binding): 25.4 × 13.3 cm.

Condition

ff. 1–5 of the original in 4 are missing.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

that of 1 is given on f. 33v: trā ºsaraveśvarasunūtrā ºdayākukṣācaṃdakareṇa (?) likhitaṃm īdaṃ pust-akaṃ | śubhaṃ bhavatu | āpothi travāḍi-rūpacaṃdrajisūttravāḍigokulacaṃdajitravāḍijecaṃjine travāḍisaraveśvaratravāḍidayākaraṇaśevakacaṃḍakaraṇe kṛṣṇārpaṇe lakhiāpiche | That of 2 is given on f. 43: adyeha śrīkāśyāṃ vāstavyaābhyaṃtaranāgarajñātīyatripāṭhīśrīpitāṃharasutatripāṭhiśrīraghunāthena likhitaṃ | svapaṭhanārthaṃ | paropakārārthaṃ ca | That of 3 is given on f. 62: travāḍīsūrajīdebhāīyena likhītaṃ | None is given for 4.

History

Origin: A. D. 1741, 1604, & 18th cent.?

that of 1 is given on f. 33v: saṃvat 1797 ⟨1741⟩ 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 |

Provenance and Acquisition

f. 35: trivāḍīpītaṃbarasya | i. e. the scribe. Deleted by a later hand.

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

MS. Wilson 504(1) [fols 1v]

Contents

The Ṣaḍvimśa Brāhmaṇa of the Sāma-veda.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Wilson 504(2) [fols 35v]

Contents

The Sāmatantra Sūtra of the Sāma-veda.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Wilson 504(3) [fols 44v-62]

Contents

The Gṛhyasaṃgraha, a pariśiṣṭa to the Gobhilagṛhyasūtra of the Sāma-veda.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Wilson 504(4) [fols 63-74v]

Contents

The Taittirīya Prātiśākhya Sūtra.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 860 (1–4), pp. 5-6

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. 860 (1–4), pp. 5-6

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