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MS. A. Walker 201

MSS. A. Walker

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Physical Description

Form: pothi
Support: paper
Extent: ii + 148 + ii. The nine parts in the original foliation have 35 + 8 + 8 + 8 + 14 + 17 (really 18, as f. 3 is double) + 27 + 13 + 9 leaves, and a blank leaf after each part.
Dimensions (folio): 26.4 × 14.6 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 201a

Dharmitāvacchedakatāpratyāsattivicāra, A.D. 1780.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

History

Origin: A.D. 1780

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 610, p. 77

MS. A. Walker 201b

Bālabhārata, 19th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

History

Origin: 19th cent.?

beginning of 19th century.

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 37, p. 5

MS. A. Walker 201c

Kumārasambhava, 17th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

History

Origin: 17th cent.?

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 188, p. 24

MS. A. Walker 201d

Bhāṣāpariccheda, 18th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 577 , p. 72

MS. A. Walker 201e

Abhijñānaśākuntala, 17th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

History

Origin: 17th cent.?

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 252, p. 33

MS. A. Walker 201f

Sarasvatīprakriyā, 17th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Hand(s)

on f. 79 appears: pāṭhakabāpurāma- - - (all erased) | Possibly this is an owner.

History

Origin: 17th cent.?

on f. 79, which apparently belongs to this part, appears: saṃvat 1835 (?) ⟨1779⟩ nā varaṣe phālguṇa vada 14 | This may be the date of an owner.

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 381, p. 49

MS. A. Walker 201g

Sataślokī with Candrakalā, 18th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 756, p. 94

MS. A. Walker 201h

Ātmatvajātivicāra, A. D. 1780.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Hand(s)

f. 138v: likhito ’yaṃ pāṭhakadurlabharāmeṇa |

History

Origin: 1780

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 608, p. 76

MS. A. Walker 201i

Laukikaviṣayavicāra, A. D. 1780.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Hand(s)

different from that of 608.

History

Origin: 1780

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 614, p. 77

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