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MS. Wilson 376

MSS. Wilson

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Sāma-veda, A. D. 1644, 1760–1762.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 182 + ii
Dimensions (binding): 26.0 × 14.6 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

the writer of 1 is given on f. 42v: śrīviśā-lanāgarajñāñyatrīpāṭhīgovarddhanasutatriº- harihareṇa likhitaṃ | Vīreśvaraviśvanāthasomeśvaraśukadevādiputrāṇāṃ Ratneśvararāmadevādipautrāṇāṃ cādhyayanārthaṃ paropakārārthaṃ ca | The Bodl. catal., l. c., omits Vīreśvara probably by an oversight.

For 2 the scribe is given on f. 174v | likhitaṃ Gamoḍhajñātīyatripāṭhidhaneśvarapuruṣottama | This, in conjunction with MS. Wilson 380, disproves the emendation proposed in the Bodl. catal., p. 378b.

For 3 we have on f. 182v: Dhaneśvarapuruṣottama idaṃ |

History

Origin: A. D. 1644, 1760–1762.

for 1 the date is given on f. 42v: saṃvat 1700 (= a. d. 1644, Bodl. catal., p. 378a, gives 1654 by an oversight) 15 mārgaśukla 12 bhṛgau | What 15 refers to is not clear. Perhaps it is 1715 = a. d. 1659.

For 2 the date of writing is given on f. 174v: saṃvat 1816 (= a. d. 1760) varṣe vaiśākhamāse kṛṣṇapakṣe amāvāsyā bhomavāsare | The date of accentuating is given on f. 174: saṃº 1818 (= a. d. 1762) varṣe pauṣamāse kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśi caṃdravāsare svaritaṃ |

3 is by the same hand, and doubtless of much the same date as 2.

Provenance and Acquisition

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

MS. Wilson 376(1) [fols 1v-43v]

Contents

The first ārcika of the Sāma-veda in the Saṃhïtā text, with accents.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Wilson 376(2) [fols 44v-174v]

Contents

The second ārcika of the Sāma-veda in the Saṃhitā text, with accents.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Wilson 376(3)

Contents

The Āraṇyaka and the Mahānāmnī verses in the Saṃhitāpāṭha, with accents.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 898 (1–8), pp. 24-25

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Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 898 (1–8), pp. 24-25

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