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MS. A. Walker 171

MSS. A. Walker

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Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper
Extent: ii + 144 + ii. In the original foliation the two parts have 20+123 leaves.
Dimensions (binding): 31.4 × 16.5 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

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 171a

Nalodaya, A.D. 1613.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit.

History

Origin: 1613

f. 20: saṃvat 1670 varṣe śāke 1535 ⟨1613⟩ pravarttamāne mārgaśīrṣamāse śuklapakṣe dvitīyāyāṃ tithau bhṛguvāsare |

MS. A. Walker 171b

Hemacandra's Grammar, A.D. 1518

Contents

Language(s): Prakrit

History

Origin: 1518

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 220, p. 28
Keith, Catalogue of Prākrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, no. 410, p. 47

Availability

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Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library: Appendix to Vol. I (Oxford, 1909), no. 220, p. 28
    Theodor Aufrecht, Codices Sanscriticos complectens, vol. 1. (Oxford, 1864), no. 220, p. 126
    Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Prākrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1911), no. 410, p. 47

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