MSS. Wilson 64–66

MSS. Wilson

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Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, with the commentary of Mahīdhara, about A. D. 1828.

Summary of Contents: The Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā in the Saṃhitā text, without accents, with the commentary, called Vedadīpa, of Mahīdhara (circa 16th century)

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: European paper, water-marked ‘V. E. I. C.E. Wise 1828,’ and ‘J. Whatman Balston & Co. 1828.’

Extent: + +

Dimensions (binding): 35.2 × 19.7 cm.

Condition

the most important is the loss of 65, f. 228 (of the original foliation).

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: A. D. 1828.

because of the water-mark the MS. cannot have been written before 1828. Doubtless it was written in or soon after this year for H. H. Wilson, before he left India.

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. 931, p. 36

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. 931, p. 36

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