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MS. Mill 120

MSS. Mill

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Commentaries on Upaniṣads, 18th cent.?

Contents

Four commentaries on Upaniṣads, written by different hands.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 126 + ii. In the original each piece has its own foliation, 40 + 22 + 48 + 15 leaves.
Dimensions (binding): 27.6 × 15.2 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

no name is given for the writers of 1 and 3. For 2 see f. 63v: jagatyām ativikhyātayaśosūnur ya tena vai | Kaṭhabhāṣyaṃm alekhīdaṃ Rāmakṛṣṇena dharmataḥ ‖ 2 ‖ In a later hand is written the name of an owner: śrīrāghavānaṃdasvāmināṃ | For 4 see f. 120v: likhitaṃ śrīmādhavarāmānaṃdasarasvatīpūjya-pādaśiṣyasya Śivānaṃdena | If this means, as the Bodl. catal., l. c., saya, Ś. pupil of M., the construction is extraordinary.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

Date:1 has none, but is probably of the 18th cent. 2 is dated on f. 63v: bāṇāṃkaśarabhūśāke pramāthīnāmavatsare | māsīṣe śitapakṣe tv amāvāsyām ahni 2 caṃdre ǁ 1 ǁ The latter words are a correction. The Bodl. catal., p. 395b, takes the date to be śāke 1595 (= a. d. 1673). 3 is dated on f. 111v: saṃvat 1674 (= a. d. 1618) samaye bhādrasudi 2 sukravāsare | 4 is dated on f. 126v: saṃvat 1733 (= a. d. 1677) nā poṣaśudi 2 some |

Provenance and Acquisition

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

MS. Mill 120(1)

Contents

Summary of Contents: The Aitareyopaniṣadbhāṣya of Śaṅkaracārya, being a commentary on the Aitareya Upaniṣad. In this MS. the commentary extends to three adhyāyas, ending on ff. 18v, 24, 39, and part of the 4th, the text breaking off abruptly on f. 40v.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 120(2)

Contents

The Kāṭhakopaniṣadbhāṣya of Śaṅkarācārya, being a commentary on the Kaṭhavallī Upaniṣad, complete.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 120(3) [fols 64v-111v]

Contents

The Taittirīyopaniṣadbhāṣya of Śaṅkarācārya, being a commentary on the Taittirīya Upaniṣad.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 120(4) [fols 112v-120v]

Contents

The Commentary of Śaṅkarācārya on the Māṇḍūkya Upaniṣad and Gauḍapāda’s Kārikās thereon, complete.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Explicit: iti śrīgoviṃdabhagavatpūjyapādaśiṣyasya pāramahaṃsaparivrājakācāryasya Saṃkarabhagavataḥ kṛtāv Āgamaśāstravīvaraṇe prathamaprakaraṇaṃ Māṃḍukyākhyānaṃ samāptaṃ |

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1014 (1–4), p. 79

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. 1014 (1–4), p. 79

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