MS. Wilson 522
MSS. Wilson
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Calendars, A.D. 1815, 1817, 1818, 1819, 1821.
Contents
Five Calendars of the Hindu year
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: + +
Dimensions (binding): 17.5 × 25.4 cm.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī, for both Sanskrit and vernacular.
History
Origin: A. D. 1815, 1817, 1818, 1819, 1821.
each was doubtless written for its own year, i. e. a. d. 1815, 1817, 1818, 1819, 1821.
Provenance and Acquisition
The collection of Horace Hayman Wilson was purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1842.
MS. Wilson 522(1)
Contents
A Calendar for a. d. 1815. There is a diagram on f. 3. On ff. 3v-4v follows an astrological piece in Sanskrit, beginning:
Language(s): Sanskrit
Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ǁ 1 ǁ aciṃtyāvyaktarūpāya nirguṇāya mahātmane | samastajagadādharamūrtaye brahmaṇe namaḥ ǁ 1 ǁ
MS. Wilson 522(2)
Contents
A Calendar for a. d. 1817.
Language(s): Sanskrit
MS. Wilson 522(3)
Contents
A Calendar for a. d. 1818.
Language(s): Sanskrit
MS. Wilson 522(4)
Contents
A Calendar for a. d. 1819. There is no diagram, and the beginning of the introduction is missing.
Language(s): Sanskrit
MS. Wilson 522(5)
Contents
A Calendar for a. d. 1821.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Additional Information
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1538 (1–5), pp. 294-295
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. 1538 (1–5), pp. 294-295
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