MS. A. Walker 153
MSS. A. Walker
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Viṣṇuśarman’s Pañcatantra, A. D. 1810.
Contents
The Pañcatantra, by Viṣṇuśarman, rendered freely into Gujarātī, the verses being, as a rule, given both in Sanskrit and Gujarātī
Language(s): Sanskrit and Gujarātī.
Incipit: [1v] śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | sakalārthaśāstrasāraṃ | jagati samālokya Viṣṇuśarmedaṃ | tatra paṃcabhir etac | cakāra sumanoharaṃ śāstraṃ ǁ 1 ǁ arthaḥ |
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 177 + ii
Dimensions (binding): 25.1 × 17.5 cm.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī, Jaina style.
f. 171: śrīkachadeśe śrībhujanagaramadhye likhataṃ travāḍīchaganajīsutaṣīmajī tenedaṃ pustakaṃ |
History
Origin: A. D. 1810.
f. 176: saṃvat 1866 ⟨1810⟩ nā varṣe āśvinamāse śuklapakṣe tṛtīyāyāṃ tithau budhavāsare |
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Alexander Walker was presented to the Bodleian Library by his son, William Walker, in 1845.
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1273, p. 183
Availability
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Bibliography
Printed descriptions:
Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1273, p. 183
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