MS. Fraser Sansk. 7

MSS. Fraser Sansk.

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Bhagavadgītā, A. D. 1739.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Paper

Extent: iii + 54 + v. Arranged like a European book.

Dimensions (binding): 14.3 × 8.9 cm.

Hand(s)

Jainanāgarī

he wrote also 808, 828, 847, and MS. Fraser 34 (f. 21: saṃvata 1795 varṣe śāke 1660 [ = A. D. 1738] pravarttamāne mārgaśirṣamāse śuklapakṣe 9 tithau bhṛguvāsare). MS. Fraser 35 was written by his pupil Vādyajī, as were also MSS. Fraser 36 and 38. The last (f. 8v) gives the spiritual genealogy in the Malluṃpākhyagacha as Śivajī, Sūryamallajī, Rājadharajī. He was of course a Jaina, and all his MSS. show the Jaina style of letters.

History

Origin: 1739

f. 54: saṃvat 1795 (=A. D. 1739) varṣe pauṣamāse śuklapakṣe saptamītithau bhṛguvāsare |

Provenance and Acquisition

The collection of James Fraser was transferred to the Bodleian Library from the Radcliffe Library in May 1872.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 802, pp. 100-101

Availability

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Bibliography

Printed descriptions:

Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library: Appendix to Vol. I (Oxford, 1909), no. 802, pp. 100-101

Theodor Aufrecht, Codices Sanscriticos complectens, vol. 1. (Oxford, 1864), no. 802, p. 345

Funding of Cataloguing

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