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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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