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MS. Wilson 390

MSS. Wilson

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Gautamapṛcchā, &c., A. D. 1701, &c.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 75 + ii. In the original each MS. has a separate foliation.
Dimensions (binding): 26.7 × 14.0 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, Jaina style.

Scribes: for that of 1 see f. 31v: śrīrayamallajīta-śiṣyapūjyakaśrīmanoharajītaśiṣya lipīkṛtaṃ munijagarāma ātmāarthe | śubhaṃ bhavatu kalyāṇaṃ astu śrīr astu | śrīdilīnagre śrīḥ | The name is very curious. Is he the same as the Jagarāma (so the MS.) who composed a Śatacaṇḍīvidhānapaddhati (Weber, Catal., II, 1193, end)? If so, the date of the latter work can be determined.

For that of 2 see f. 41v: Padmasāgareṇālekhi ci ºdayāsāgaraciº mahā-- pāṭhāya |

No name is given for 3.

For 4, the name of the man for whom it was written is given, on f. 64, as Āṇaṃdasāgara (muº Āṇaṃdasāgarakṛte) |

History

Origin: A. D. 1701, &c.

for that of 1, see f. 31v: saṃº ⟨1701⟩ varṣe posavadi 9 dine iṃduvāsare liº |

For that of 2, see f. 41v: saṃvat 1785 ⟨1729⟩ vaisāṣasuditrayodaśyāṃ tithau |

3 is undated, but it clearly must belong to the end of the 15th or beginning of the 16th century.

4 is dated, on f. 64: saṃvat 1658 ⟨1602⟩ varṣe śrāvaṇavadi 1 dine laṣitaṃ | After the 1 a figure which looks like a 4 has been deleted.

7 is of about the middle of the 18th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

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

MS. Wilson 390(1) [fols 1-31v]

Contents

Summary of Contents: The Gautamapṛoohā, a Jaina work in 64 Prākrit āryās, with on elaborate commentary by Mativardhana, who cites at considerable length illustrative stories to enforce the teaching of the verses.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: aiṃ nama | vīraṃ jinaṃ praṇamyādau balānāṃ suṣabodhakaṃ śrīmadgotamapṛcchayaḥ kriyate vṛttim adbhūtāṃ ǁ 1 ǁ

MS. Wilson 390(2) [fols 32-41v]

Contents

Summary of Contents: The Navatattva, a Prākrit poem, in 30 āryās, treating of the nine tattvas enumerated in the first verse, together with the Sanskrit commentary of Sādhuratnasūri.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: jayati śrīmahāvīraḥ śreyaḥśrīśreṇisaṃśrayaḥ | samyag jīvāditatvānām avabodhanibaṃdhanaṃ ǁ 1 ǁ Navatatva-sūtrasya parimitaparimāṃṇasya prabhūtatarārthasyā-tīvagaṃbhīrasya mugdhajanāvabodhāya vicāraḥ kiṃcid ucyate |
Explicit: aṃtar muhūrttamātram api kālaṃ yaiḥ śamyaktvaṃ spaṣṭaṃ bhavati teṣām apy ardho api gatārddho ’rddhapudgalāvarttarūpaḥ saṃsāro bhavati āsātanā ladulānām api nādhikasaṃsāraḥ syāt | śuddhasamyaktvarādhanena kecana tenaiva bhavena sidhyaṃti kecana tṛtīye saptāṣṭabhavān nātikrāmaṃti kiṃ tu siddhatvaṃ śīghraṃ prāpnuvaṃti | Navatatvavivararaṇaṃ bālābavodharūpaṃ śrīsādhuratnasūribhiḥ -- taṃ |

MS. Wilson 390(3) [fols 42v-60]

Contents

The Navatattvabālāvabodha, being a commentary on the Navatattva, by Somasundara, of the Tapā family.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: namaḥ śrījinapravacanāya | Navatattvagāthābālāvabodho likhyate |
Explicit: iti Navatatvabālāvabodhaḥ sarvabhavyajīvahitārthaṃ śrītapāgacchānāyakaprabhusomasuṃdarasūripādair viracitaḥ | śrī |

MS. Wilson 390(4) [fols 61-64]

Contents

Summary of Contents: The Navatattva, text in 49 verses, not 30 as above, with an interlinear gloss in Sanskrit extending only over f. 61, and with Sanskrit notes on the various topics.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: jīvatattvaṃ | ajīvatattvaṃ 2 puṇyatattvaṃ 3 pāpatattvaṃ 4 āśravatattvaṃ 5 saṃvaratattvaṃ 6 nijjarātattvaṃ 7 baṃdhatattvaṃ 8 mokṣatattvaṃ 9 tathā etāni nava tattvāni bhavaṃti |
Explicit: iti śrīnavatatvaprakaraṇaṃ samattaṃ | śrī |

MS. Wilson 390(5, 6) [fols 64-72v]

Contents

Śrāvakavrata, and Karmagranthaprathamavicāra, described on f. 72v as Pārasnāthastavanam, are in Hindī.

Language(s): Sanskrit and Hindī.

MS. Wilson 390(7) [fols 73-75]

Contents

Summary of Contents: Kriyāsthānakavicāra, a Prākrit treatise on the subject of Aṅga II, 2, 2, with an interlinear commentary in bhāṣā, and a few glosses in Sanskrit

Language(s): Sanskrit and Hindī.

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1360 (1–7), pp. 214-215

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. 1360 (1–7), pp. 214-215

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