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MS. Mill 118

MSS. Mill

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Karka’s Kātyāyanasūtrabhāṣya, 17th and 16th cent.?

Contents

Two MSS., written at different times, of parts of Karka’s work.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 196 + ii. The originals have 35 (not 45 as Weber) and 161 leaves.
Dimensions (binding): 31.8 × 14.0 cm.

Condition

as noted above 1 is a fragment; of 2 the first leaf and one at the end are lost. Ff. 192–196 are very badly mutilated, fully a half of f. 192 being lost.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 17th and 16th cent.?

Date:1 is fairly old, about a. d. 1650–1700; 2 looks fully as old as a. d. 1500.

Provenance and Acquisition

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

MS. Mill 118(1)

Contents

Summary of Contents: The fourth adhyāya of Karka’s Kātyāyanasūtrabhāṣya, being a commentary on Kātyāyana’s Śrauta Sūtra, nearly complete, ending abruptly on f. 35v with 4, xv, 30.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Mill 118(2)

Contents

The uttarārddha, adhyāyas 12–26 of the commentary.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1042 (1, 2), pp. 89-90

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. 1042 (1, 2), pp. 89-90

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