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MS. A. Walker 129

MSS. A. Walker

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Physical Description

Form: pothi
Support: paper
Extent: ii + 237 + ii. The nine parts in the original foliation have 150+15 + 9 + 20+15 + 1 + 4 + 11 + 12 leaves.
Dimensions (folio): 27.9 × 16.2 cm.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

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

MS. A. Walker 129a

Caṇḍikāmāhātmya, A. D. 1782.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Hand(s)

f. 150: agnihotrīvyāsatulasīsutabhudevanāmnā likhitam asti | śrīmahāmāyā āśāpurājī satyache | Usual style of this scribe’s MSS.

History

Origin: 1782

f. 150: saṃvat 1838 ⟨1782⟩ varṣe mārgaśīrṣaśudi 3 ravau likhitaṃ |

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 98, p. 13

MS. A. Walker 129b

Mahimnaḥstava, A. D. 1776.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Hand(s)

f. 165: vyalikhat avaitānopāsanavyāsatulasīcirajīviśrībhudeva paṭhanārtham | śrī |

History

Origin: 1776

f. 165: saṃvat aṣṭādaśaśatadvātrimśatame | śāke ṣoḍaśaptāṃkarmīne (?) śrāvaṇamāse śuklapakse paṃcamyāṃ kuje dine |

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 237, pp. 30-31

MS. A. Walker 129c

Draupadīvastrāharaṇa, A. D. 1780.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Hand(s)

f. 174: agnihotrītulasībhūdevapaº | Usual style of this scribe’s MSS.

History

Origin: 1780

f. 174: saṃvat 1836 ⟨1780⟩ āṣāḍhavada 11 bhṛgau liº |

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 211, p. 27

MS. A. Walker 129d

Rāmakṛṣṇakāvya, A.D. 1779.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Hand(s)

f. 194v: agnihotrīvyāsatulaśī tasyātmajena Bhudevanāmnā likhitaṃ asti | svātmārthe parārthe ca | Usual style of this scribe’s MSS.

History

Origin: A.D. 1779

f. 194v: saṃvat 1835 ⟨1779⟩ phālgunaśudi 15 bhaume likhitaṃ |

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 240, p. 31

MS. A. Walker 129e

Karmavipāka, A.D. 1772.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Hand(s)

f. 209v: agnihotrīvyāsaśrī 5 tulaśī tasyātmajabhudevanāmnā vilikhitaṃ asti | Usual style with some Jaina characteristics.

History

Origin: A.D. 1772

f. 209v: saṃvat 1828 ⟨1772⟩ pauṣavadi 9 some likhitaṃ |

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 641, p. 80

MS. A. Walker 129f

Vakratuṇḍāṣṭaka, 18th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 243, p. 31

MS. A. Walker 129g

Bhairavastotra (taken from Rudrayāmala), 18th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 729, p. 91

MS. A. Walker 129h

Gaṇeśastavarāja, 18th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Hand(s)

by the same hand as 243, 730, and perhaps 729.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 78, p. 10

MS. A. Walker 129i

Gaṇapatistotrāṇi, &c., 18th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Hand(s)

as in 78.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 730, p. 91

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