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MSS. Mill 144.

MSS. Mill

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Yāska’s Nirukta, A. D. 1730.

Contents

The Nirukta of Yāska, complete in thirteen adhyāyas

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: iii + 164 + iii
Dimensions (binding): 25.4 × 12.1 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

the name of the second hand is given on f. 164: liṣitaṃ Amadāvādamadhye rājapuramāṃhe vaidyanīpolavāstavyam ity udicyasahasrajñātīmetārāma-caṃdrātmajakṛṣṇacaṃdena | ābhyaṃtaravṛddhanagarā-nāgarabrāhmaṇacīraṃjīvivohorāśrīharīrāmasutajoitā-rāṃmasya gṛhe putrapautrādipaṭhanārthaṃ vānyeṣāṃ paropakārāya paṭhanārtham idaṃ pustakaṃ likhitam iti | The owner, Harīrāma, has written his name in a very careless hand on f. 164v and on f. 1, in the latter case with the date: saṃvāt 1787 ⟨1731⟩ vaiśā. kṛ. di. 10 guru | On f. 164v are the usual remarks of the scribe, to which others have been added by a later hand. A yet later hand gives trº-veṇīrāma as owner.

History

Origin: A. D. 1730.

though written by different hands, there is no reason to suppose that the two parts are of different dates. The date in the handwriting of the second scribe is given on f. 164: svasti saṃvat 1786 ⟨1730⟩ varṣe vaiśāṣamāse kṛṣṇapakṣe pratīpadā budhavāre saṃpūrṇa |

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. 1081, pp. 106-107

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. 1081, pp. 106-107

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