MS. Wilson 471
MSS. Wilson
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Āśvalāyana Gṛhya and Śrauta Sūtras, Somaprayoga, A. D. 1783, 1821, 18th cent.?
Contents
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 246 + ii. In the original the MSS. have 42 + 92 + 110 leaves.
Dimensions (binding): 22.9 × 11.7 cm.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī.
History
Origin: A. D. 1783, 1821, 18th cent.?
that of 1 is given on f. 42v: saṃvat 1839 (= a. d. 1783) miti śrāvaṇaśuddhatrayodaśī guruvāra | That of 2 is given on f. 136v: saṃ 1877 (= a. d. 1821) | That of 3 is not given, but the MS. must be intermediate in its date between 1 and 2, probably nearer 1.
Provenance and Acquisition
The collection of Horace Hayman Wilson was purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1842.
MS. Wilson 471(1) [fols 1v-42v]
Contents
The Āśvalāyana Gṛhya Sūtra
Language(s): Sanskrit
MS. Wilson 471(2)
Contents
The Āśvalāyana Śrauta Sūtra, pūrvaṣaṭka.
Language(s): Sanskrit
MS. Wilson 471(3) [fols 137v-246.]
Contents
The Somaprayoga, an account of the Soma rites.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Additional Information
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1018 (1–3), p. 80
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. 1018 (1–3), p. 80
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