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MS. A. Walker 200

MSS. A. Walker

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Physical Description

Form: pothi
Support: paper
Extent: ii + 239 + ii. The seven parts have 35 + (5 + 12) +35 + 28 + 34+ 12 + 76 leaves.
Dimensions (folio): 27.9 × 16.8 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 200c

Kumārasambhava, A. D. 1774.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Hand(s)

f. 87: agnihotrīvyāsatulaśī tasyātmajena Bhudevanāmnā vilikhitaṃ asti | Cf. 605. Usual style of this scribe’s MSS.

History

Origin: 1774

f. 87: saṃvat 1830 ⟨1774⟩ āṣāḍhavadi 8 somavāsare |

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 186, p. 24

MS. A. Walker 200d

Khaṇḍapraśasti, A. D. 1776.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Hand(s)

f. 115v: agnihotrīvyāsatulatatsutena Bhudevanāmnā likhitā Khaṃḍapraśastiḥ | svārthe paropakārāirthe |

History

Origin: 1776

f. 115v: saṃvat 1832 ⟨1776⟩ māghaśudi 12 gurau |

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 232, p. 30

MS. A. Walker 200f

Dūtāṅgada (plot of), A.D. 1772.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Hand(s)

f. 161: agnihotrīvyāsaśrī 5 tulaśītatputra Bhudevanāmnā vilikhitam asti | Usual style of this scribe’s MSS.

History

Origin: A.D. 1772

f. 161: saṃvat 1828 (A. D. 1772) caitraśudi | śanau likhitaṃ |

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 278, p. 36

MS. A. Walker 200g

Nāmaliṅgānuśāsana, A. D. 1775.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Hand(s)

f. 239: likhitam agnihotrīvyāsatulasīsutabhudevapalhanārtham |

History

Origin: 1775

f. 239 (apparently in a later hand): saṃvat 1832 śāke 1697 ⟨1775⟩ praº jyeṣṭhamāse śuklapakṣe 7 saptamī caṃdradine |

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 420, p. 53

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