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MS. A. Walker 181

MSS. A. Walker

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Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 254 + ii
Dimensions (binding): 27.6 × 16.5 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

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 181a

Contents

Kātyāyanīmāhātmya, A. D. 1709

History

Origin: f. 56v: saṃvat 1765 varṣe śāke 1630 ⟨1708⟩ pravarttamāne dakṣināyanagate śrīsūrye māsottamamārgaśīrṣavadi 10 gurau liṣitaṃ |

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 119, p. 16

MS. A. Walker 181b

Contents

Rāmacandracaritrasāra, A.D. 1702.

History

Origin: f. 78v: saṃvata 1758 ⟨1702⟩ varṣe vaiśāṣasudi 7 guruvāsare paṭhanārtham laṣitaṃ |

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 213, p. 27

MS. A. Walker 181c

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Kālajñāna, A.D. 1763.

Physical Description

Hand(s)

his name is erased on f. 89, but he is called śrīpārśvaprasādāt | and was therefore probably a Jaina. On f. 86v the name is given: śrīrupavardhana liṣītaṃ |

History

Origin: f. 89: saṃvat 1819 nā varṣe śāke 1684 ⟨1762⟩ pravarttamānye āśvanavadi 10 bhaume |

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 753, p. 94

MS. A. Walker 181d

Contents

Vaidyajīvana, A. D. 1708.

History

Origin: f. 109v: saṃvat 1764 ⟨1708⟩ varṣe śuklapakṣe saptamīdine śukre

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 754, p. 94

MS. A. Walker 181e

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Dhānvantarīya Nighaṇṭu, A. D. 1467.

Physical Description

Hand(s)

f. 139: liliṣtaṃ pustaka Nalha | Gaṇapatiprasādāt |

History

Origin: f. 139: saṃvat 1523 ⟨1467⟩ samaye phālgunaśudicaturthī ravivāsare |

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 451, p. 56

MS. A. Walker 181f

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Yogaśāta, A. D. 1711.

Physical Description

Hand(s)

f. 174: likhitaṃ Devacaṃdreṇa | śrīnavānagaramadhye |

History

Origin: f. 174: saṃvat 1767 ⟨1711⟩ varṣe magasiravadi 13 dine |

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 752, p. 94

MS. A. Walker 181g

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Nyāyasiddhāntamañarī, 17th cent.?

Physical Description

Hand(s)

f. 174: likhitaṃ Devacaṃdreṇa | śrīnavānagaramadhye |

History

Origin: 17th cent.?

Record Sources

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 581, p. 73

MS. A. Walker 181(h/9)

Contents

Gṛhya Sūtra of Pāraskara, being the Gṛhya of the White Yajur-veda.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Physical Description

Hand(s)

f. 254v: adyeha Maphalīpuravāstavyaṃābh-yaṃtaranāgarajñātīya-| tr-| kāṃhāṃnuāsutaśavaji likhitam idaṃ | davepītāṃbarasutadavenarasiṃhasutadaveka-lyāṇapaṭhanārtham | There are written on ff. 216, 254v, various names, perhaps those of owners:(1) davebhadra (= davekalyāṇā?), (2) Kṛṣṇajī, (3) Gopāla, (4) Vāsudeva; at least they can hardly be all invocations of Rāma.

History

Origin: A. D. 1612.

f. 234v: saṃvat 1668 ⟨1612⟩ varṣe bhādravāśudi 15 budhe | A later hand has written on f. 254: saṃvat 1675 ⟨1619⟩ varṣe phāguvadi 6 budhe | Possibly this denotes the date when some one owned it. Cf. f. 254v: saṃvata 1675 varṣe jeṭhavadya 2 |

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 119, p. 16; no. 213, p. 27; no. 213, p. 27; no. 753, p. 94; no. 754, p. 94; no. 451, p. 56; no. 752, p. 94; no. 581, p. 73
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1046 (9), p. 91

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