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MS. Mill 74

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Jayatīrtha’s Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣyavyākhyā and Yājñīyamantravyākhyānavivaraṇa, 17th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 112 + ii. The four parts in the original have 8 + 25 + 16 + 63 leaves.
Dimensions (binding): 26.7 × 12.7 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 17th cent.?

probably end of 17th cent.

Provenance and Acquisition

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

MS. Mill 74(2) [fols 9]

Contents

Summary of Contents: The Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣyavyākhyā of Jayatīrtha, being a commentary on the Praśnopaniṣadbhāṣya, a commentary on the Praśna Upaniṣad by Ānandatīrtha (a. d. 1118–1198).

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: śrīvedavyāsāya namaḥ | pāṃtu naḥ padmanābhasya śrīpadāṃbujareṇavaḥ | kamalākabarīpsārasurabhīkaraṇodyatāḥ ‖ 1 ‖ iha khalu saṃsārapārāvāre vinipatitam aghikāriṇaṃ jananī tanayam iva paramātmata-tvajñānaplavenoddidhīrṣur Ātharvaṇī brāhmaṇopaniṣad itikartavyatām aṃtareṇa na tatvajñānakāraṇatām āpadyate ’tas tad itikartavyatārūpaṃ nyāyagarbhabhāṣyaṃ kariṣyann ācāryavaryaḥ prāripsitaparisamāptyādiprayojanam etadupaniṣatpratipādyadevatāpraṇatirūpaṃ maṃgalam ādau nibadhnāti | nama iti |

MS. Mill 74(3) [fols 34-49v]

Contents

Summary of Contents: The Yājñīyamantravyākhyānavivaraṇa of Jayatīrtha, being a commentary on Ānandatīrtha’s Iśāvāsyopaniṣadbhāṣya, a commentary on the Īśāvāsya Upaniṣad (to be distinguished from his gloss on Śaṅkara’s bhāṣya).

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: Vedavyāsāya namaḥ | śrīmachrīvadanāṃbhojagatasauṃdaryasaurabhaṃ | lihadbhyāṃ locanālibhyāṃ bhagavān pātu no Hariḥ ‖ 1 ‖ Kāṭhvīṃ maṃtropaniṣadaṃ thāvat (see in marg.) vyākariṣyan bhagavān ācāryaś cikīrṣitāvighnaparisamāptyādiprayojane tatpratipādyadevatāstutinatī prathamaṃ nībadhnāti | nityeti |
Explicit: iti śrīmadānaṃdatīrthabha-gavatpādaviracitasya Yājñīyamaṃtravyākhyānasya vivaraṇaṃ Jayatīrthabhikṣuviracitaṃ samāptaṃ | śrīkṛṣṇārpaṇam astu | cha |

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1013 (1–4), p. 78

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. 1013 (1–4), p. 78

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