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MS. Wilson 473

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Sundaraśukla’s Maunamantrāvabodha, Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, A. D. 1529, 1698.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 88 + ii
Dimensions (binding): 20.3 × 12.1 cm.

Condition

f. 7 is misaing.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

that of 1 is given on f. 37v: vācitā Vijayībhava | yat kṛtaṃ Sudaraśuklena saṃhitāmantrāvabodhanaṃ | likhitā caiva Gārgyeṇa Janārdanena sūnunā |

That of 2 is given on f. 88: pustaka Viṭhalabhaṭṭasya sutena Raghunāthabhaṭṭaṭīkena likhitaṃ |

History

Origin: A. D. 1529, 1698.

that of 1 is given on f. 37v: svasti śrīśake 1451 ⟨1529⟩ virodhīsaṃvatsare vaiśāṣamāse sitapakṣe | maṃdadine taddinī maunasvāra likhitaṃ | Then again: śāke virodhīvatsare śubhegamāsi rādhe sitapakṣe daśamyāṃ ca śanau dine | rādhe vaiśāṣe ity Amaraḥ |

That of 2 is given on f. 88: śake 1620 ⟨1698⟩ variṣe bahudhānyanāmasaṃvatsare tītha adhikavadyanavami taddine |

In Bodl. catal., p. 384a, these are wrongly given as Vikrama dates.

Provenance and Acquisition

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

MS. Wilson 473(1) [fols 1v-36v]

Contents

Summary of Contents: The Maunamantrāvabodha, being an explanation of the Mauna mantras of the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, Mādhyandinaśākhā, by Sundaraśukla.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Wilson 473(2) [fols 38v-88]

Contents

The Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, pañcikā 5.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 866 (1, 2), p. 9

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. 866 (1, 2), p. 9

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