MS. Wilson 478
MSS. Wilson
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Aṣṭakāpūrvaka Śrāddha, Tribhāṣyaratna, 18th & 17th cent.?
Contents
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: i + 116 + i
Dimensions (binding): 23.8 × 15.2 cm.
Condition
ff. 1–10 or ff. 1–12 of 3 are lost.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī.
History
Origin: 18th & 17th cent.?
1 is modern in appearance and cannot be much earlier than 1800 a. d.
3 looks older and may be earlier than 1700 a. d.
Provenance and Acquisition
The collection of Horace Hayman Wilson was purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1842.
MS. Wilson 478(1) [fols 1v-37v]
Contents
The Aṣṭakāpūrvaka Srāddha, a treatise upon śrāddhas, more especially the important āṣṭakā śrāddhas.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Incipit: oṃ namaḥ | oṃ devinām ekeṃdrāgnī varuṇāny āgnāyīnāṃ dyāvāpṛthivyau |
Explicit: iti aṣṭakāpūrvakaṃ śrāddhaṃ samāptaṃ | śubham astu sarvajagatāṃ |
MS. Wilson 478(3)
Contents
The Tribhāṣyaratna, a commentary on the Taittirīyaprātiśākhya.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Additional Information
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 867 (1–3), pp. 9-10
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. 867 (1–3), pp. 9-10
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