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Guṇaviṣṇu’s Chāndogyamantrabhāṣya, 18th cent.?

Contents

The Chāndogyamantrabhāṣya of Guṇaviṣṇu

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1v] oṃ namaḥ Sarasvatyai | Śaṃkarāya namas tasmai bhaktānāṃ yat prasādataḥ | sūkṣmāntarhitadūrasthā bhāvā bhānti yathāgrataḥ ‖ sthānur iva bhārahāraḥ kilābhūd adhītya vedaṃ na vijānāti yo ’rthaṃ | arthavit sakalaṃ bhadram aśnute nākam eti jñānabidhūtapāpmā ‖
Explicit: [53] iti bhaṭṭaśrīguṇaviṣṇukṛte Chāndogyamantrabhāṣye dvitīyaṃ kāṇḍaṃ samāptaṃ |

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper, rough, yellow, country-made, as in MS. Mill 14 (1034).
Extent: i + 53
Dimensions (binding): 37.8 × 12.7 cm.

Hand(s)

Bengālī.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

probably late 18th century.

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. 1035, p. 87

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. 1035, p. 87

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