MS. Wilson 261
MSS. Wilson
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Gāthās, 19th cent.?
Contents
A collection of gāthās, setting forth especially the metaphysical and moral tenets of the Jaina system
Language(s): Sanskrit, Persian and Prākrit
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper, glazed.
Extent: iv + 216 + iii
Dimensions (binding): 25.4 × 17.5 cm.
Hand(s)
the Prākrit and Sanskrit are in Devanāgarī, the Persian in Nasta’lîq. The former shows some Jaina characteristics.
History
Origin: 19th cent.?
probably about the beginning of the 19th century.
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. 1371, pp. 219-220
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. 1371, pp. 219-220
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