MS. Wilson 510

MSS. Wilson

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Pariśiṣṭas, &c., AD. 1794, &c.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: i + 151 + i. In the original foliation 1 has 1–4 and 3–36 leaves; 2, 9 leaves; 3, 27 leaves; 4, 44 leaves; 5, 19 leaves; 6, 20 leaves.

Dimensions (binding): 24.1 × 12.4 cm.

Condition

of 1, ff. 1, 2 of the second numbering are lost and the last pages of the preceding set. Of 4, ff. 4, 23–26, 38, 42 are missing.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

For 5 see f. 131: tripāṭhīśrīraghunāthena likhitaṃ putrapautrāṇāṃ avalokanārthaṃ | F. 13 1v; tripaṭhiśrīraghunāthasya |

For 6 see f. 151v: likhitaṃ tripāṭhīraghunāthena | srīḥ |

These two parts differ so much in appearance that most probably the former is a copy (end of 18th cent.?) of Raghunātha’s MS.

History

Origin: A. D. 1794, &c.

Provenance and Acquisition

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

MS. Wilson 510(1)

Language(s): Sanskrit

1a. [fols 1v-2v]

The Yūpalakṣaṇa, the first of a body of eighteen pariśiṣṭas attributed to Kātyāyana.

Explicit: iti Yūpalakṣaṇaṃ |

1b. [fols 2v-8v]

The Chāgalakṣaṇa, another pariśiṣṭa.

Incipit: atha dvitīyaṃ chāgalakṣaṇaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ | athātaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi chāgānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ śubhaṃ | aśubham ced viparyyāṇāṃ yat pravakṣyāmy ataḥ paraṃ ǁ 1 ǁ

Explicit: tasmād evaṃ viditvā tu lakṣaṇaṃ paśuyūpayoḥ | yajñavid yajñakarmāṇi sādhvaryuḥ kartum arhati ǁ 16 ǁ iti chāgalakṣaṇaṃ pariśiṣṭadvitryaṃ |

1c. [fols 3v-4v]

The Pratijñāpariśiṣṭa; incomplete

Explicit: atha maṃtralakṣaṇam āśīs teṣāṃ nirdeśakriyā pratiśedha iti sūtralakṣaṇaṃ vidhinindāpraśaṃsādhyā. |

1d. [fols 5-18v]

The Pravarādhyāya

1e. [fols 18v-19v]

The Ukthaśāstra

1f. [fols 19v-23]

The Kratusaṃkhyā

Incipit: atha kratusaṃkhyā | athātaḥ karmaṇām prakṛty anukramiṣyāmo ’thātaḥ prakṛtayaḥ pūrṇāhutīr ājyāhutīnām, &c.

1g. [fols 23-37]

The Nigamapariśiṣṭa, in thirty-three kaṇḍikās

Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | atha nigamapariśiṣṭaṃ | sthānakṛtijātiguṇakriyārūpaviṣeṣebhyo ’nyatvaṃ |

Explicit: iti śrīnigamapariśiṣṭaṃ caturdaśamaṃ samāptaṃ |

Physical Description

Hand(s)

f. 38: lekhakahrāhmaṇaharagyāna Kāśīmadhye śrīviśveśvarasaṃnidhu | No name is given for 2 or 3. That of 4 is obliterated, only idaṃ pustakaṃ … bhaṭṭena likhitaṃ | being legible on f. 75.

History

Origin: 1794

that of 1 is given on f. 38: saṃvat 1850 ⟨1794⟩ miti vaiśākhaśudī 15 |

MS. Wilson 510(2) [fols 39v-47]

Summary of Contents: The Brāhmaṇācchaṃsiprayoga, a manual for the Brāhṃaṇācchaṃsin priest. This MS. contains only the portion relating to his duties at the agniṣṭoma.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Explicit: iti saṃsthāpaḥ | saṃtitate jyotiṣṭomaḥ | iti brāhmaṇāchaṃsiprayogaḥ samāptaḥ |

History

Origin:

2 is not dated; its appearance is old, perhaps the end of the 16th century.

MS. Wilson 510(3) [fols 48v-74v]

Summary of Contents: The Snānasūtrapaddhati of Harijīvanamiśra, an abridgement of his commentary on the Snāna Sūtra of Kātyāyana.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | atha maṃtrasnānavidhir likhyate | athāto nityasnānaṃ nadyādau mṛdgomayakuśatilasumanasa āhṛtyodakāntaṃ gatvā śucau deśe sthāpya tīraṃ prakṣālya tatra mṛdgomayādi sthāpayet | tataḥ prakṣālya pāṇipādaṃ | kuśopagrahaḥ baddhaśikhī yajñopavīty ācamya | saṃkalpaṃ kuryāt |

Explicit: iti śrīharojīvanamiśraviracitā svabhāṣyānusāriṇī snānasūtrapaddhatiḥ |

History

Origin:

3 is not dated; perhaps about 1700 a. d., but may be older.

MS. Wilson 510(4) [fols 75v]

The Āśvalāyāna Gṛhya Sūtra;

Language(s): Sanskrit

History

Origin:

4 is not dated; probably about 1650 a. d. or older.

MS. Wilson 510(5) [fols 113v-131]

The Sāmavedacohalā, a treatise referring to the mode of singing the Sāma-veda

Language(s): Sanskrit

Explicit: itobhachatā samāptā |

History

Origin:

5 is dated on f. 131; saṃvat 1681 ⟨1625⟩ kārttikaśukladaśamyāṃ |

MS. Wilson 510(6) [fols 132v-151]

The Viṣṭutayaḥ, apparently a portion of a commentary on a Sāma-veda Sūtra

Language(s): Sanskrit

Explicit: aṣṭācatvāriṃśasya prayogaḥ | dvādaśabhyo hiṃkaroti sa tisṛbhiḥ so ’ṣṭābhiḥ sa ekayā dvādaśabhyo hiṃkaroti sa ekayā sa tisṛbhiḥ so ’ṣṭābhir dvādaśabhyo hiṃkaroti sa ekayā sa tisṛbhiḥ so ’ṣṭābhir dvādaśabhyo hiṃkaroti so ’ṣṭābhiḥ sa kayā sa tisṛbhiḥ | etā viṣṭutayaḥ samāptaḥ | stomānāṃ pravināgajñaḥ stomasālokyam aśnute | anaṃtāṃ śrīyam āyuś ca kīrttiṃ ca labhate dhruvaṃ | srīḥ |

History

Origin: 1618

6 is dated on f. 151v; saṃvat 1674 ⟨1618⟩ bhādraśuklacaturdaśyāṃ |

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 868 (1–6), pp. 10-11

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. 868 (1–6), pp. 10-11

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