MS. Fraser Sansk. 41
MSS. Fraser Sansk.
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Physical Description
Condition
Complete.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink. ‘[The MS.] is written in a most painful minute hand.’
Decoration
An illuminated headpiece decorated with red flowers and green foliage.
An illuminated border on both sides of the scroll.
A miniature of four-armed Gaṇeśa seated on a lotus flower. Framed by a red border, and set within an illuminated headpiece decorated with red flowers and green foliage.
A miniature of four-headed and four-armed Brahma, seated on a lotus flower. Framed by a red border, and set within an illuminated headpiece decorated with red flowers and green foliage.
A miniature of four-armed Viṣṇu embracing Lakṣmī, both seated on a lotus flower. Framed by a red border, and set within an illuminated headpiece decorated with red flowers and green foliage.
A miniature of Śiva, facing Pārvatī, both seated.Framed by a red border, and set within an illuminated headpiece decorated with red flowers and green foliage.
A miniature of Durgā with twelve hands, seated on a tiger. Framed by a red border, and set within an illuminated headpiece decorated with red flowers and green foliage.
A miniature of Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna on a chariot drawn by two white horses. Framed by a red border, and set within an illuminated headpiece decorated with red flowers and green foliage.
Set within the text are smaller miniatures without a decorative border, depicting various themes: Durgā with twelve hands, seated on a lotus flower; Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna on a chariot drawn by two white horses; Viṣṇu as vāraha; Viṣṇu as matsya; and various seated divine and royal figures.
Binding
Kept in a glass case inside a wooden box.
History
‘There is nothing to aid in determining the date. Possibly it may belong to the end of the 18th cent. At any rate it cannot be much—if at all—older, and may be later.’
Provenance and Acquisition
The collection of James Fraser was transferred to the Bodleian Library from the Radcliffe Library in May 1872.
Record Sources
Availability
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Bibliography
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Funding of Cataloguing
The cataloguing of this item was made possible through a benefaction from the late John P. Clay, founder and benefactor of the Clay Sanskrit Library.