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MS. Mill 131

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Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript of the Udyogaparvan of the Mahābhārata with the commentary of Nārāyaṇa, called Bhāratārthaprakāṣa.
F. 1r
A modern hand-written description of the item in black ink

Paper note glued onto the original page.

Language(s): Sanskrit.
Ff. 1v-309r
Mahābhārata Udyogaparvan
Rubric: F. 1v: śrī guru gopāla gaurī gaṇapatityaḥ ||
Incipit: F. 1v: lakṣmībhartruḥ prasarpyatapadakamalabhuvaḥ kepiromānārāyaṇaṃ namastuyua naravaivanarottamaṃ ||
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Class: mūla
Nārāyaṇa , Bhāratārthaprakāṣa
Incipit: F. 1v: nārāyaṇasya viśadāḥ sarvajñasyātra bhāratavyākhyāḥ | ākalayannastu jano bhāratatatvārthasarvajñaḥ || gurupadaśasaśuddhapāṭhavyākhyānusārataḥ | bhāratarthaprakāśo 'yamujosminnirūpyate ||
Colophon: F. 308v-309r: iti śrīmahābhārateṛtasādasprāṃsaṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāsikyāmuvogaparvasamālam iti || avaparvaṇyamīnvatrātāḥ || rājñāṃdhataprasvā || [...] || śrī rāmāyanaḥ || ||
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Class: commentary

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 309 + ii
Dimensions (binding): 42 × 23 cm.
Dimensions (leaf): 41 × 17 cm.
Foliation: Devanāgarī numerals in black ink, top-left and bottom-right margin, verso.
Foliation: Library foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil, top-right margin, verso.

Condition

Complete.

In good condition.

Layout

Description of the commentary layout: tripāṭha, mūla cited in full.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink. Vertical ruling in red ink.

Additions:

Abbreviated marginal title on top-left and bottom-right margin.

Binding

Late 19th-century red textile binding over pasteboard, with title tooled in gold on the spine. Number 131 tooled and painted in white on the spine. Cardboard cover box.

History

Origin: Not dated. ‘18th and 19th cent.?’

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of William Hodge Mill were purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1849 and 1858.

Record Sources

Description by Barbora Sojkova, based on observation of the manuscript and the following sources:
Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 14, 15, pp. 2-3

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions). Contact specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library: Appendix to Vol. I (Oxford, 1909), no. 14, 15, pp. 2-3
    Theodor Aufrecht, Codices Sanscriticos complectens, vol. 1. (Oxford, 1864), no. 14, 15, p. 2

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.