MS. Wilson 455
MSS. Wilson
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Ṛg-veda, Saṃhitāpāṭha, Aṣṭaka II, A. D. 1794.
Contents
The second aṣṭaka of the Ṛg-veda in the Saṃhitā text, with accents
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 71 + ii
Dimensions (binding): 23.2 × 12.7 cm.
Condition
f. 55 is omitted because the corresponding page of the original has been lost, but its contents have been preserved. Some letters are illegible on f. 66v.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī.
f. 71: lekhaḥ svārthaṃ parārthaṃ ca likhitam idam Bāpayopanāmakakāśīnāthabhaṭṭātmajavaija-nāthabhaṭṭena |
History
Origin: A. D. 1794.
f. 71: saṃvat 1850 (= a. d. 1794, not 1796 as in Bodl. catal., p. 382b) rakākṣīsaṃvatsare mārgaśīrṣaśukla 3 tṛtīyā bhrgau |
Provenance and Acquisition
The collection of Horace Hayman Wilson was purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1842.
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 876, pp. 14-15
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. 876, pp. 14-15
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