MS. Wilson 401
MSS. Wilson
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Śaṅkara’s Commentaries on the Kena and Chāndogya Upaniṣads, Viśveśvaratīrtha’s Commentary on Ānandatīrtha’s Commentary on the Aitareya Āraṇyaka, 18th, 17th, 16th cent.?
Contents
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 191 + ii. Each MS. in the original has its own foliation.
Dimensions (binding): 25.7 × 14.3 cm.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī.
History
Origin: 18th, 17th, 16th cent.?
Date:1 probably about a. d. 1750; 2 probably about a. d. 1650; 3 is probably at least as old as a. d. 1600.
Provenance and Acquisition
The collection of Horace Hayman Wilson was purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1842.
MS. Wilson 401(1) [fols 1v-11v]
Contents
Śaṅkara’s Commentary on the Kena Upaniṣad
Language(s): Sanskrit
Explicit: Talavakāropaniṣatkṣudragaṇe vākyavivaraṇaṃ samāptaṃ |
MS. Wilson 401(2) [fols 12v-130v]
Contents
Śaṅkara’s Commentary on the Chāndogya Upaniṣad.
Language(s): Sanskrit
MS. Wilson 401(3) [fols 131-191v]
Contents
Summary of Contents: Viśveśvaratīrtha’s Commentary on Ānandatīrtha’s Commentary on Śaṅkara’s Commentary on the second and third Āraṇyakas of the Aitareya Āraṇyaka, not as the Bodl. catal., p. 310, on Śaṅkara’s commentary on the Aitareya Upaniṣad. In verse 3 of the introduction, f. 131, he says: Aitareyopaniṣado vyākurmo bhāṣyam uttamaṃ | śrīmadānaṃdatīrthāryān natvā tatprītikāmukāḥ ‖ 3 ‖
Language(s): Sanskrit
Additional Information
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1011 (1–3), p. 77
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. 1011 (1–3), p. 77
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