MS. Wilson 266
MSS. Wilson
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Laghuśāntipurāṇa, Laghulalitavistara, Gurupaṭṭāvalī, 19th cent.?
Contents
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper of European make.
Extent: + +
Dimensions (binding): 31.8 × 24.1 cm.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī.
History
Origin: 19th cent.?
doubtless the beginning of the 19th or the end of the 18th century.
Provenance and Acquisition
it is clear that these MSS. were written for Colebrooke, who must have given them to H. H. Wilson.
The collection of Horace Hayman Wilson was purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1842.
MS. Wilson 266(1)
Contents
The Laghuśāntipurāṇa, described in Colebrooke’s handwriting on f. 1v as abridged from the original, the Śantipurāṇa of Aśaga. T
Language(s): Sanskrit
MS. Wilson 266(2) [fols 55v]
Contents
Summary of Contents: The Laghulalitavistara, abridged for Colebrooke by one of his paṇḍits, according to a note on f. 1. It contains a legendary account of Buddha’s life, current among the so-called Northern Buddhists. The work is compressed so as to be merely a table of contents.
Language(s): Sanskrit
MS. Wilson 266(3) [fols 70v]
Contents
The Gurupaṭṭāvalī, a list of the heads of the Tapāgaccha of the Jains.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | athātra śrīparyūṣaṇāparvaṇi samāgate caturmāsakasthā munayo māṃgalikaṃ paryūṣaṇākalpanāmādhyayanaṃ paṃcadināni vācayaṃti | tadvācanād anu ca sarvaṃ hi kāryaṃ mukhamadhyātakṛtamaṃgalaṃ sat sukhāya bhavati |
Additional Information
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1406 (1–3), pp. 240-241
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. 1406 (1–3), pp. 240-241
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