MS. Wilson 505

MSS. Wilson

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Pañcasvastyayana, Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā, Book I, A. D. 1566.

The Maitrāyanī Saṃhitā, of which the first two leaves have been lost and are replaced by two other leaves

Language(s): Sanskrit.

1. [fols. 1v-2v]

Two leaves containing the beginning of the Pañcasvastyayana.

Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | Paṃcasvastyana liṣyate | svasti no mimītām Asvinā Bhagaḥ | svasti devy Aditir an (arṇ deleted) arvaṇaḥ ǁ svasti Pūṣā asuro dadhātu naḥ svasti Dyāvāpṛthivī sucetunā ǁ

2. [fol. 1v]

The Maitrāyaṇī Saṃhitā of the Black Yajurveda, Book I.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: ii + 180 + ii. The original has only 179 leaves, f. 97 being doubled.

Dimensions (binding): 26.0 × 14.3 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

f. 180v: Mājalapuravāstavyaṃ jā ºrāmasutajā ºgopālatatsutena Anaṃtakena likhiteyaṃ pustikā | aparaṃdī ºnaṃdākasya sutena - - likhāpitā | The name of the patron has been obliterated: pālatatsutena was also obliterated but is still legible.

History

Origin: A. D. 1566.

f. 180v: saṃvat 1622 ⟨1566⟩ varṣe bhādrapadamāse kṛṣṇe pakṣe tṛtīyāyāṃ puṇyatithau budhadine aśvinīnakṣatre vyāghātanāmni yoge vaṇijakaraṇe meṣarāśisthite caṃdre evamādipuṇyāhe sati |

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. 918 (1, 2), p. 31

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. 918 (1, 2), p. 31

Funding of Cataloguing

We Are Our History

A catalogue of South Asian Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries