MS. Wilson 474
MSS. Wilson
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Yāska’s Nirukta, A. D. 1781.
Contents
The Nirukta of Yāska, adhyāyas 7–13
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 180 + ii. In the original foliation f. 175 is repeated, so that there appear to be only 179 leaves.
Dimensions (binding): 19.1 × 13.0 cm.
Condition
ff. 176, 178–180 have been supplied by a more modern hand. F. 1 seems to be a restoration by a third hand.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī.
f. 180: imāni gatapatrāṇi dvivedīśyāmadevasūno Śaṃkarajīkena likhitaṃ | i. e. ff. 176, 178–180.
History
Origin: A. D. 1781.
f. 180: saṃvat 1837 ⟨1781⟩ kārttikakṛṣṇa 13 budhe śubheṃ | The older leaves must be dated about a. d. 1700.
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. 1083, 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. 1083, p. 107
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