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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)

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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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