MS. A. Walker 168
MSS. A. Walker
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Śākuna, 17th cent.?
Contents
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 184 + ii.
Dimensions (binding): 28.9 × 16.5 cm.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī, Jaina style.
History
Origin: 17th cent.?
probably the earlier part of the 17th cent.
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Alexander Walker was presented to the Bodleian Library by his son, William Walker, in 1845.
MS. A. Walker 168(1)
Contents
Selections from the Jayacaryā of Narapati (composed in a. d. 1176 at Aṇahilapaṭṭana)
Language(s): Sanskrit
Incipit: kṣetraḥ balipadaṃ vṛkṣaṃ maṃḍalaṃ śrutidaivataṃ | ādeśakaṃ ca jalpanti ṣaṭvidhaṃ śukanaṃ hudhāḥ ǁ 1 ǁ
Explicit: iti śrīnarapatijayacāryāyāṃ śivārutaprakaraṇaṃ samāptaṃ |
MS. A. Walker 168(2) [fols 136-149v]
Contents
Nine chapters of the Śākunasāroddhāra of Māṇikyasūri.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Incipit: upāsmahe parī jotitāṃbhayaravigrahaṃ yad udyotata bharavigrahaṃ yad udyotā jagat kṛtsnaṃ pratyakṣam iva vīkṣate ǁ 1 ǁ
MS. A. Walker 168(3)
Contents
Summary of Contents: The Bālāvabodha, in eleven sections, being a summary of the eighteenth chapter of the Śākuna or Śakunārṇava of Vasantarāja, which treats of the omens derived from the movements of dogs, their barking, &c.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Additional Information
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1596 (1–8), p. 314
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. 1596 (1–8), p. 314
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