MS. Wilson 388
MSS. Wilson
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Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa, Drāhyāyaṇa Sūtra, Snānadīpikā, A. D. 1454, 17th cent., 1796.
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Language(s): Sanskrit.
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Devanāgarī.
that of 1 is given on f. 62v: adyeha śṛīsūryapure ābhyaṃtaranāgarajñātīyabhaṭṭagovardhanasuta-putrapautraparaṃparayā paṭhanārthāṃ paropakārāya ca vyavasomanāthasya sutena vyavaviśvarūpeṇa Kauṣitakibrāhmaṇam lekhito | The name of the owner, bhaṭṭagovardhana, has been altered to Goviṃda, and finally erased. The letters are rather rubbed here, so the above reading is partly uncertain.
None is mentioned for 2.
For 3 the owner only is mentioned on f. 132v: idaṃ vustakaṃ Tryambaka dṛpāyatotasya (?) |
History
that of 1 is given on f. 62v: saṃvat 1510 ⟨1454⟩ varṣe mārgasīrṣavadi 2 ravau | No date is given for 2, but it is probably not later than 1650 a. d.
That of 3 is given on f. 132v: saṃvat 1851 ⟨1795⟩ mītīkā |
Provenance and Acquisition
The collection of Horace Hayman Wilson was purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1842.
MS. Wilson 388(1) [fols 1v-62v]
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Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa, adhyāyas I to XV.
Language(s): Sanskrit
MS. Wilson 388(2) [fols 63-68v]
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Drāhyāyaṇa Sūtra of the Sama-veda, with the commentary of Dhanvin.
Language(s): Sanskrit
MS. Wilson 388(3) [fols 81v-132]
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The Snānadīpikā of Gopīnātha, son of Mādhava, a commentary on Kātyāyana’s Snānasūtra.
Language(s): Sanskrit
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