MSS. Mill 116, 117
MSS. Mill
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Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa, A. D. 1839, 1595.
Contents
Books I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, X, XII, XIV, XV, XVII of the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa in the Kāṇva recension
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī.
Scribes: only one name is given, viz. that of the writer of Books II, VI, VII, X, XV, XVII; see 116, f. 159: likhitaṃ Govīṃdarāmabrāhmaṇa | 117, f. 65, in identical terms. Of the writer of Books IV and V it is said on f. 291: likhitaṃ Bhavānīśaṃkarādisakaladevatānāṃ saṃnidhāṃne ca |
History
(1) no date is given for Book I, but it may very probably be assigned to the beginning of the 19th century.
(2) Book II is dated on f. 159v: śrīsāṃvat 1895 ⟨1839⟩ | neyāmarvarttaneº māsānāṃ māsottame māse vaiśākhamāse kṛṣṇapakṣe paṃcamīvāra guruvāsare | Weber, l. c., p. ix, says saṃvat 1875, but this is a slip.
(3) Book IV is not dated, but must be of the same date as Book V.
(4) Book V is dated on f. 291: saṃvat 1651 ⟨1595⟩ varṣe bhādre kṛṣṇadvitīyāṃ śukre |
(5) Book VI is undated. It is of the same period as Book VII.
(6) Book VII is dated on f. 40v: saṃvat 1895 mītī vaiśākhaśukla 3 vārasukara |
(7) Book X is undated. It is of the same date as (2), (5), (6).
(8) Book XII is undated. Probably about a. d. 1820–1840.
(9) Book XIV is undated. The first hand is probably about a. d. 1500, the second 100 years later, the third about a. d. 1850.
(10) Books XV and XVII are undated, but are of the same age as (2), (5), (6), (7).
Provenance and Acquisition
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