MS. Fraser Sansk. 19

MSS. Fraser Sansk.

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Rugviniścaya, A. D. 1529.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper

Extent: ii + 74 + ii. In the original foliation there are 96, but ff. 1–23 are lost, and f. 42 is double.

Dimensions (binding): 28.3 × 14.9 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

f. 74: ’dyeha śrimahītate (two akṣaras obliterated) āthatavāstavyaüdicyajñātīyatrº lahüāsutatrº mahīdharapaṭhanārthaṃ tathā putrapautrapaṭhanarthoṃ vāpīṭale Kaḍudraº Bhārgavajñātīyakāhnakena li (rest lost) | Cf. 848. The two aksaras lost were probably khaṃbhº.

History

Origin: 1529

f. 74: saṃvat 1585 varṣe śā 1449 ⟨1527⟩ pravarttamāne durmukhanāmni saṃvatsare dakṣiṇānagave śrisurye varṣāṛtau mahā(?)māṃgatyaprade śrāvaṇamāse kṛṣṇapakṣe 9 tithau śanidine |

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. 851, pp. 107-108

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. 851, pp. 107-108

Theodor Aufrecht, Codices Sanscriticos complectens, vol. 1. (Oxford, 1864), no. 851, p. 359

Funding of Cataloguing

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A catalogue of South Asian Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries