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MS. Wilson 267

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Kṛṣṇadāsa’s Vimalanāthapurāṇa, Aśaga’s Śāntipurāṇa, A.D. 1816.

Contents

Two Jaina Purāṇas

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 148 + ii. In the original the two MSS. are foliated separately, having 1–73 and 1–74 (f. 45 being repeated) leaves respectively.
Dimensions (binding): 31.8 × 19.1 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, with some Jaina characteristics.

f. 73v: lipyakṛtaṃ mahātmāsaṃbhurāmasarvāï Jayapuramadhye | śubham astu |

History

Origin: A. D. 1816.

f. 73v: saṃvat 1872 ⟨1816⟩ kāmāhamāse śuklapakṣe 5 śanivāsare | This applies to both MSS., as they are obviously written by the same hand.

Provenance and Acquisition

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

MS. Wilson 267(1) [fols 1v-19v]

Contents

The Vimalanāthapurāṇa, treating of the life of Vimalanātha, by Brahmakṛṣṇadāsa, son of Harṣa and Vārikā.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: oṃ nama | siddhebhya | śrīsarasvatyai nma | atha Vimalanāthapurāṇa liṣyate | sārveśaṃ Saṃkaraṃ siddhaṃ | varṣiyāṃsaṃ prajāpatim l samūḍakehakaṃ siddhyai | lekheśādīḍitaṃ Jinaṃ ǁ 1 ǁ śeṣāṃs tīrthakṛto naumi | sādaraṃ jñānabhāskarān | karmārātīn samunmūlya | śivasāmrājyabhūmipān ǁ 2 ǁ Vimalaṃ Vimalaṃ staumi | vīmalajñānaśālinaṃ | durbodharajasā kīrṇa- | bhūtale vāridāyitaṃ ǁ 3 ǁ

MS. Wilson 267(2)

Contents

The Śāntipurāṇa, a legendary account of Santinātha, by Aśaga.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1405 (1, 2), pp. 239-240

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. 1405 (1, 2), pp. 239-240

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