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Durgācārya’s Niruktavṛtti, A. D. 1839.

Contents

The Niruktavṛtti of Durgācārya, a commentary on Yāska’s Nirukta

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper. The Bodl. catal., p. 396b, says ‘Charta Europ.,’ but there is nothing to prove this, the paper being to all appearance of native manufacture.
Extent: ii + 355 + ii. In the original foliation the MS. consists of two parts, having 232 + 123 leaves.
Dimensions (binding): 35.6 × 17.1 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: A. D. 1839.

f. 232v: saṃvat 1895 ⟨1839⟩ |

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. 1086, pp. 108-109

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. 1086, pp. 108-109

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