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MSS. Mill 37–40

MSS. Mill

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Ānandatīrtha’s S āstraprakāśikā, 19 th cent.?

Contents

Summary of Contents: The Śāstraprakāśikā of Ānandatñtha ⟨1118–1198⟩, being a commentary on Sureśvara’s Bṛhadāraṇyakabhāṣyavārttika, which is a metrical paraphrase of Śankara’s commentary on the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad,

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1v] śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | satyaṃ satyasya yad brahma mūrttāmūrttavilakṣaṇaṃ | cidekatānaṃtad aham apūrvānaparātmakaṃ ‖ tṛtīye ’dhyāye sūtrītavidyāvidyayoravidyā prapaṃcitā saṃprati vidyāṃ prapaṃcayituṃ caturtham adhyāyam ārabhamāṇo vṛttaṃ (?) kīrttayati |

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper, of European manufacture, water-marked ‘Jardel Leroque père.’
Extent: + +
Dimensions (binding): 34.0 × 19.1 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 19 th cent.?

the paper appears not to be dated, but the MS. must have been written between a. d. 1830–1850.

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. 997, pp. 69-70

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. 997, pp. 69-70

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