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MS. Wilson 503

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Vedāṅgas, A. D. 1793 and 19th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 70 + i
Dimensions (binding): 22.9 × 11.4 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: A. D. 1793 and 19th cent.?

that of 1–3 is given on f. 15: śrīsaṃvat 1849 ⟨1793⟩ miti phālgunaśuddhapaṃcamyāṃ bhṛguvāsare tadinaṃ pustakaṃ samāptaṃ | That of 4 is given on f. 33: saṃvat 1849 phālgunaśuddhadvādaśyāṃ bhṛguvāsare tadinaṃ pustakaṃ samāptaṃ | For 5 no date is given. It appears to be a few years more recent than 1–4.

Provenance and Acquisition

The collection of Horace Hayman Wilson was purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1842.

MS. Wilson 603(1) [fols 1v-6]

Contents

The Śikṣā, attributed to Pāṇini, in the Ṛk recension, in sixty verses and eleven sections.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Wilson 603(2) [fols 6-8v]

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The Jyotiṣa, attributed to Lagadha, in the Ṛk recension, in thirty-six verses and seven sections.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Wilson 603(3) [fols 8v]

Contents

Summary of Contents: The Chandas, attributed to Piṅgala, in the Ṛk recension, in eight adhyāyas and eighteen kaṇḍikās. The adhyāyas end on ff. 9, 9v, 11, 11v, 12v, 13, 14, 14v, The MS. begins on f. 8v.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Wilson 603(4) [fols 17v-33v]

Contents

The Nighaṇṭu: its five sections end on ff. 21v, 26, 29v, 31v, 33v.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Wilson 603(5)

Contents

Summary of Contents: Kātyāyaṇa’s Sarvānukramaṇī: the paribhāṣā ends on f. 38: only the 8 aṣṭakas are marked, which end on ff. 42, 46v, 50, 54, 58, 61v, 64v, 70. The MS. appears to be by a different hand from the former. It was not used for A. A. Macdonell’s ed. On ff. 34, 70v are vignettes. The text is bounded on either side by two double red lines. Neatly written.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1078 (1–5), pp. 103-105

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. 1078 (1–5), pp. 103-105

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