MS. A. Walker 151

MSS. A. Walker

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Śaṅkarācārya’s Maṇiratnamālā, 18th cent.?

Summary of Contents: The Maṇiratnamālā, a philosophical tract, ascribed (but without sufficient grounds) to Śaṅkarācārya, with a commentary in Gujarātī

Language(s): Sanskrit and Gujarātī.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: ii + 216 + ii. The part containing the Maṇiratnamālā was originally foliated 1–110.

Dimensions (binding): 28.3 × 16.5 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

f. 216v: laṣa nārānuṃmoḍhumbhāgyajeṇe sadgurunām moḍhānokahyo nokṣamārgano graṃtha te teṇe laṣyo māthete sadgurunī kṛpāthī te hane paṇa gurumokṣa āpase |

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

probably the end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th century. Cf. f. 216v: śuklapakṣane saptamī | saṃvata solabāhotaropramāṇa | jeṣṭate māsa chethayo graṃthaprakāśa ǁ

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. 1285, p. 188

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. 1285, p. 188

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