MS. A. Walker 208
MSS. A. Walker
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Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Alexander Walker was presented to the Bodleian Library by his son, William Walker, in 1845.
MS. A. Walker 208a
Damayantīkathā, 15th cent.?
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Language(s): Sanskrit
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Hand(s)
f. 57v: Tapāpakṣe śrisomasuṃdaraśiṣyamukhyapaṃḍitasirovataṃsapūjyārādhyapaṃ o (4 akṣaras deleted by a later hand) gaṇiśiṣyeṇa (4 akṣaras deleted) munikṛte likhito ‘yaṃ graṃthaḥ śrimati Ahammadāvādanagare | As Somasundara was sūri in A. D. 1400, a śiṣya of his śiṣya would have lived about A. D. 1450 at latest.
History
either not given or lost, but certainly as old as the 16th, and probably the 15th century.
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MS. A. Walker 208b
Candrārkī, 18th cent.?
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Language(s): Sanskrit
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MS. A. Walker 208c
Jñāpakasamuccaya, 17th cent.?
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Language(s): Sanskrit
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MS. A. Walker 208d
Harilīlāviveka, A. D. 1766.
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Language(s): Sanskrit
History
f. 139: saṃvata 1822 ⟨1766⟩ varṣa pradviya – – – – | Apparently the date of the exemplar.
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