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MS. A. Walker 131

MSS. A. Walker

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Physical Description

Form: pothi
Support: paper
Extent: ii + 209 + ii. The two parts in the original foliation have 154(10 + 50 + 66 + 28) +56 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 131a

Anubhūtisvarūpa on the Sarasvatīsūtra, 18th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Hand(s)

Scribe:

(1) f. 10v: paṭhanārthaṃ Vyāsaśrī 5 bhūdeva |

(2) f. 60v: agnihotrīvyāsatulaśī tasyatmajabhu-devanāmnā vilikhivāsti | So f. 126v with śrī 5 after vyāsaº; and f. 154 (ātmajena).

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

Date:

(1) f. 10v: saṃvata 1829 (= A. D. 1773 jeṭhasuda 7 gurau |

(2) f. 60v: saṃvat 1832 ⟨1776⟩ mārgaśīrṣavadi 13 budhe |

(3) f. 126v: saṃvat 1831 (A. D. 1775) varṣe vaiśāṣaśudi 15 some |

(4) f. 154v has the date of the original; on f. 154 appears: saṃvat 1831 jyeṣṭaśudi 2 śrīcāṃdravāsare |

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 382, p. 49

MS. A. Walker 131b

Bhaktiratnāvalī, 18th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 90, p. 12

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