MS. Wilson 74

MSS. Wilson

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Sāyaṇa’s Vedārthaprākāśa, Aṣṭāka II, about A. D. 1827.

The Vedārthaprakāśa of Sāyaṇa, a commentary on aṣṭaka II of the Ṛg-veda

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: English paper, water-marked ‘V. E. I. C. E. Wise 1827.’

Extent: iii + 176 + iii

Dimensions (binding): 33.3 × 26.4 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

though the date on the paper is different (here 1827, in MSS. Wilson 57–60 1825), though the style of the work varies somewhat (in this MS. the text is only given in part), yet the similarity in writing is sufficient to render it probable that this and MSS. Wilson 57–60 are by one hand.

History

Origin: A. D. 1827.

the date of the manufacture of the paper shows that the MS. must have been written either in or shortly after 1827, doubtless for H. H. Wilson, before he left India.

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. 889, pp. 20-21

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions). Contact specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.

Bibliography

Printed descriptions:

Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 889, pp. 20-21

Funding of Cataloguing

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A catalogue of South Asian Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries