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MS. Mill 106

MSS. Mill

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Kaṭha and Kena Upaniṣads, 17th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 22 + ii. The two pieces have 16 + 6 leaves in the original foliation.
Dimensions (binding): 17.1 × 11.7 cm.

Condition

Injuries:1 has had its leaves somewhat torn, but they have been carefully mended with transparent paper.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 17th cent.?

probably the end of the 17th cent. but possibly more recent.

Provenance and Acquisition

perhaps one Raṅganātha, judging from f. 16v.

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

MS. Mill 106(1) [fols 1v]

Contents

The Kaṭha Upaniṣad

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 106(2) [fols 17v-22v]

Contents

The Kena Upaniṣad

Language(s): Sanskrit

Explicit: iti Keneṣitopaniṣa samāptā | śubham astu | Rāma |

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 987 (1, 2), p. 64

Availability

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Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 987 (1, 2), p. 64

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