MS. Wilson 379

MSS. Wilson

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Ṣaḍguruśiṣya’s Sarvānukramaṇīvṛtti, and Nighaṇṭu, A. D. 1600 & 19th cent.?

Two parts

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: i + 84 + i

Dimensions (binding): 27.6 × 16.8 cm.

Condition

ff. 55–57 are damaged by ink.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

for 1 the scribe is given on f. 74: Viśālanāgarajñātīyavyāsaśrīharināthasutavyāsapuruṣottamena likhitaṃ paropakārārthaṃ | For 2 no name is given.

History

Origin: A. D. 1600 & 19th cent.?

for 1 the date is given on f. 74: saṃvat 1656 ⟨1600⟩ varṣe jyeṣṭavadi saptamī ravivāsare | No date is given for 2, but its appearance is quite modern.

Provenance and Acquisition

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

MS. Wilson 379(1)

Summary of Contents: Ṣaḍguruśiṣya’s Sarvānukramaṇīvṛtti, a commentary on the Sarvānukramaṇī, written on March 24, 1184. It is preceded by a commentary by the same author on the Anuvākānukramaṇī, which begins on f. 1v and ends on f. 5. The commentary on the Sarvānukramaṇī begins on f. 5 and ends on f. 74. In both cases the actual text precedes the commentary.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Wilson 379(2) [fols 74v-84]

The Nighaṇṭu, a collection of Vedic terms.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 892 (1, 2), p. 22

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. 892 (1, 2), p. 22

Funding of Cataloguing

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