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MS. Wilson 377

MSS. Wilson

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Sāma-veda, A. D. 1630, 1750.

Contents

Three parts of the Sāma-veda

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 158 + ii
Dimensions (binding): 25.4 × 14.3 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

for 1 the name is not given. A note in a probably later hand on f. 133 has: bhº mukaṃdasyedam | which possibly denotes an owner.

For 2 the scribe is not given. A note on f. 151 has: vedopaniṣadaḥ sarvā vedavedāntavedavit | Kavīndras tanmude cedaṃ likhitam śrīsarvavidyānidhānakavīn-drācāryasarasvatīnāṃ stobhapustakaṃ ǁ

For 3 the scribe is mentioned on f. 158: likhitaṃ tripāṭhiudekaraṇaputranedalālena ātmapaṭhanārthaṃ |

History

Origin: 1630, 1750.

for 1 the date is given on f. 133: saṃvat 1686 ⟨1630⟩ vṛkhe vaiśākhamāse kraṣṇapakṣe pratithau ravivāsare |

For 2 no date occurs. The writing is rather like that of MSS. Wilson 376, 380, and perhaps belongs, as they do, to about a. d. 1760.

For 3 the date is given on f. 158: saṃvat 1806 ⟨1750⟩ nāhiya bhādrapadamāse śuddhapakṣe trīitiyā ravīvāsare |

Provenance and Acquisition

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

MS. Wilson 377(1) [fols 1v-133]

Contents

The Uttarārcika of the Sāma-veda in the Saṃhitāpāṭha, with accents.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Wilson 377(2) [fols 134v-151]

Contents

The Stobhaprakṛti in the Padapāṭha.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Wilson 377(3) [fols 152v-158]

Contents

The Āraṇyaka Saṃhitā in the Saṃhitāpāṭha, including the Mahānāmnī verses.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 905 (1–8), p. 27

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. 905 (1–8), p. 27

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