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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