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MS. Wilson 488

MSS. Wilson

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Yāska’s Nirukta, A. D. 1768.

Contents

Summary of Contents: The Nirukta of Yāska, in the shorter recension, containing thirteen adhyāyas, the two pariśiṣṭas being treated as one, see Roth, Nirukta, p

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 183 + ii. In the original foliation the parts have 79, 83, 21 leaves.
Dimensions (binding): 26.7 × 14.3 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

f. 183: likhitaṃ Gamoḍhacāturvedijñātīya-tripāṭhīpuruṣottamājadhaneśvara śubhaṃ bhuyāt | tripāṭhiamareśvarapaṭhanārthaṃ | śrīkāśīviśveśvarasatyache | Cf. MS. Wilson 380 (899).

History

Origin: A. D. 1768.

f. 183: saṃvat 1824 ⟨1768⟩ varṣe kārttikamāse śuklapakṣe 14 caturdaśī guruvāsare |

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. 1082, p. 107

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. 1082, p. 107

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