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MSS. Mill 155–158

MSS. Mill

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Ṛg-veda, Padapāṭha, about A. D. 1670.

Contents

The Pada text of the Ṛg-veda, accentuated, complete in eight aṣṭakas

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: + +
Dimensions (binding): × cm.

Condition

the MS. has been repaired by transparent and other paper in many places. In 155, ff. 203 and 204, in 156, ff. 8 and 9, in 157, ff. 14, 110, 137, and in 158, ff. 95 and 96, some words of the text have become illegible or are lost.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

Max Müller, l. c., concludes from the handwriting of the MS. and from the half-legible colophon at the end of aṣṭaka VII, that it was written by Damodara Sadāśiva. To judge from the colophon at the end of aṣṭaka I (idaṃ pustakaṃ Vāde-Lakṣmaṇabhaṭṭasya) the MS. was written for Vāde Lakṣmaṇa.

History

Origin: A. D. 1670.

the first aṣṭaka is dated saṃvat 1727, śake 1592 = a. d. 1670. The fourth aṣṭaka also bears the date saṃvat 1727. The second aṣṭaka is dated saṃvat 1728 = a. d. 1672. At the end of aṣṭaka VII Max Müller (l. c.) reads the date saṃvat 1672 = a. d. 1616. The modern portion of the eighth aṣṭaka is dated saṃvat 1857, śake 1722 = a. d. 1800.

Provenance and Acquisition

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

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 879, p. 15

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:

    Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 879, p. 15

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