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MS. Wilson 378

MSS. Wilson

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Sama-veda, Ūhya-and Āraṇyakagānas, A. D. 1661, 1740.

Contents

The Ūhyagāna, the Āraṇyakagāna, and the Mahānāmnī verses of the Sāma-veda, with accents.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 167 + ii
Dimensions (binding): 24.4 × 13.7 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

for 1 on f. 86: likhita Rāvalaparamā-naṃdasutagadādhareṇa |

For 2 on f. 165v: Manasārāmaraṇachoḍa |

For 3 on f, 167; Moḍhajñātitraº manasārāmaraṇachoḍa |

History

Origin: A. D. 1661, 1740.

for 1 it is giyen on f. 86: saṃvat 1707 ⟨1651⟩ varṣe māghasudi 2 dvitīyāgām tithau some |

For 2 it is given on f. 165v: saṃvat 1807 (= a. d. 1751) śāke 1662 (= a. d. 1740) aśvavadi 5 ravau | In both cases the reading is uncertain, but the śāka date is probable.

For 3 none is given: it is a part of 2.

Provenance and Acquisition

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

MS. Wilson 378(1) [fols 1v-86]

Contents

The Ūhyagāna

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Wilson 378(2) [fols 87v-165v]

Contents

The Āraṇyakagāna .

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Wilson 378(3) [fols 165v-167]

Contents

The Mahānāmnī

Language(s): Sanskrit

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 912 (1–3), p. 29

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. 912 (1–3), p. 29

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