MS. Sansk. a. 3
MSS. Sansk. a.
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Facsimiles of the Kairiuwōzi Palm-leaf MS., A.D. 1880.
Contents
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Support: ff. 1 and 3, 4, Japanese transparent paper; the rest, ordinary English paper.
Extent: i + 4 + xxx
Dimensions (leaf): 51.8 × 19.4 cm.
History
Origin: A. D. 1880.
Provenance and Acquisition
MS. Sansk. a. 3(1) [fols 1]
Contents
Summary of Contents: a facsimile of the palm-leaf MS. of the monastery of Kairiuwōzi at Nara, in the province of Yamato, Japan, made from the original by two Japanese Buddhist students, K. Kanematsu and Y. Ōta, in April, 1880. It contains a fragment (one leaf, six lines on each side).
Language(s): Sanskrit
Incipit: katham iṣāṃ samavasaraṇataḥ pratisaraṇaṃ vaktavyaṃ ǁ suddhendrīyād atyaṣṭo (or ºṣṭeḥ)1 kusalapakṣe samavasaraṃti cakṣurindriyādini srīpuruṣajīvinaindriyāntāni navasavyākṛtapakṣeḥ sukhendriyād2 atyupekṣendriyāntāni paṃcaprayo (vyo?) gataḥ | &c.
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Similar to the alphabet of the Hōriuzi palm-leaf MSS.
MS. Sansk. a. 3(2) [fols 2]
Contents
A transcript of the above leaf in Devanāgarī characters, by Bunyiu Nanjio.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī .
MS. Sansk. a. 3(3) [fols 3-4]
Contents
Summary of Contents: a facsimile of the above leaf, made by Mr. Kaishin Kurehito, in September, 1880, from an old copy by Ziun. In this copy the text has been corrected.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Incipit: katham eṣāṃ samavasaraṇataḥ pratisaraṇaṃ vaktavyaṃ ǁ suddhendriyād atyaṣṭo kuśalapakṣe samavasaraṃti cakṣurindriyādini stu (?) pujaṣajīviśendriyāntāni navasavyadṛtayakṣeḥ sukhendriyādīty upentāni kṣendriyāntāni paṃcaprayogātaḥ | &c.
Additional Information
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1419 (1–8), p. 246
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. 1419 (1–8), p. 246
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