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MS. A. Walker 205

MSS. A. Walker

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Hari’s Karpūraprakara, 18th cent.?

Contents

The Karpūraprakara of Hari, pupil of Vajrasena, a subhāṣitakośa

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1v] śrīgoḍīpārśvanāthāya namaḥ | Karpūraprakaraḥ śamāmṛtarase vaktreṃducaṃdrātapaḥ | śukladhyānatantapraśūnanicayaḥ puṇyābdhiphenodayaḥ | muktiśrīkarapīḍanāc chasicayo vākkāmadhenoḥ payoḥ | vyākhyālakṣyajineśapeśalaradojjotiścayaḥ pātu vaḥ ǁ 1 ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 211 + ii. This part has 9.
Dimensions (binding): 25.7 × 16.5 cm.

Condition

the MS. has been considerably damaged by water, many letters being quite illegible.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, Jaina style.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

probably the beginning of the 18th century.

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. 1414, p. 244

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. 1414, p. 244

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