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MS. Wilson 94

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Upaniṣads, A. D. 1801.

Contents

Six Upaniṣads, with Śaṅkara’s commentaries, and further commentaries on these

Language(s): Sanskrit.

1. [fols. 1v-16]

The Īśāvāsya, or Īśā Upaniṣad, with the comxnentary of Śaṅkara, and an anonymous ṭippaṇa, which is identical with that elsewhere attributed to Ānandatīrtha

2. [fols. 17v-42]

The Kena Upaniṣad, a part of the Talavakāra Brāhmaṇa, with Śaṅkara’s commentary, and an anonymous ṭippaṇa.

3. [fols. 43-98]

The Praśna Upaniṣad, with Śaṅkara’s commentary, and the vivaraṇa of Nārāyanendrasarasvati.

Explicit: iti śrīmatparamahaṃsa-parivrājakācāryaśrīmatkaivalyendraśiṣyajñānendraguru-caraṇasevinārāyaṇendrasarasvativiracitaṃ Praśnopani-ṣadbhāṣyavivaraṇaṃ samāptaṃ
4. [fol. 43]

The Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad, with the commentary of Śaṅkara, and a commentary thereon, which, though anonymous in the MS., is identical with that elsewhere attributed to Ānandatīrtha.

The Aitareya Upaniṣad, being sections 4–6 of the Aitareya Āraṇyaka, Book II, with the commentary of Śaṅkara, and a commentary thereon, which is identical with that elsewhere attributed to Ānandatīrtha.

6. [fols. 191v-256]

The Taittirīya Upaniṣad, with the commentary of Śaṅkara, and a commentary thereon by Ānandatīrtha, styled in the MS. f. 256 Ānandajñā, whence the Bodl. cātal., p. 366a, Anandajñāna.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper
Extent: ii + 256 + ii
Dimensions (binding): 34.3 × 21.0 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

f. 256: Vārāṇasyāṃ maddhye śrīmatpara-mahaṃsaparivrājakācāryaśrīmatpūrvāśramīnārāyaṇa-bhaṭṭaagnihotrimātāpūrakaraśrīmacchaṃkarāśramatrya-ṃbakeśvarasamīce pustaka Taittirīyakabhāṣyaṭippaṇaṃ sapūrṇaṃ | Acyutāśrameṇa likhyate | The name is clearly as given here, see ff. 42, 98, 191, and on MS.Wilson 87 (1009).

History

Origin: A. D. 1801.

Date:1, f. 98: yavanāmasaṃvatsare uttarāyaṇe gate sūrye mahāmāṃgalyapradamāsottamāse bhādrapadamāse paurṇamāyāṃ budhavāsare | 2, f. 256: saṃmat 1857 ⟨1801⟩ aṃgirābdisaṃvatsare phālgunaśuddha 10 bhaumyavāsare | Doubtless 1 means yuvanº, i. e. a. d. 1804–1805 by the Bṛhaspati cycle.

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. 1010 (1–6), p. 76

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. 1010 (1–6), p. 76

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