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MS. A. Walker 202

MSS. A. Walker

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Āśvamedhikaparvan, A. D. 1791.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper
Extent: ii + 220 + ii. In the original foliation there are 221 leaves, f. 65 being passed over.
Dimensions (binding): 26.7 × 19.7 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, with some Jaina characteristics.

the patron is given on f. 220: lakhāvitaṃ metāśrī 5 veṇirāmasutaputreṇa Kuberajīcaraṇajivi | See no. 25.

History

Origin: 1791

f. 220: saṃvat 1847 ⟨1791⟩ nā varṣe phālgunamāse kṛṣṇapakṣe dvitīyāyāṃ tithau somavāsarena |

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of Alexander Walker was presented to the Bodleian Library by his son, William Walker, in 1845.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 31, pp. 4-5

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions). Contact specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library: Appendix to Vol. I (Oxford, 1909), no. 31, pp. 4-5
    Theodor Aufrecht, Codices Sanscriticos complectens, vol. 1. (Oxford, 1864), no. 31, p. 4

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