MS. Sansk. a. 4
MSS. Sansk. a.
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Facsimile of the Kigenzi Palm-leaf MS., A. D. 1880.
Contents
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Support: f. 1, Japanese transparent paper; the rest, ordinary Engliah paper.
Extent: ii + 2 + xxi
Dimensions (binding): 51.4 × 16.5 cm.
History
Origin: A. D. 1880.
Date and Scribe: the facsimile was made from the original by K. Kanematsu and Y. ōta, in April, 1880. The original MS. is said to have been brought from China to Japan by Kishio Daishi in 858.
Provenance and Acquisition
MS. Sansk. a. 4(1) [fol 1]
Contents
Summary of Contents: A facsimile of the palm-leaf MS. of the monastery of Kigenzi, at Ōsaka, in the province of Settsu, Japan. It contains a fragment (one leaf, four lines on each side), treating of hell
Language(s): Sanskrit
Incipit: ame (or ami?) s sālmalīvavaḥ nadī vaitaraṇī me (?) thā pūrveṇa evaṃ dakṣiṇena paścimottareṇa me (?) thāvitīr mahānarakasya evaṃ yāvat saṃjīvasya tenāha pratyekaddho (or ṣo?) ta sotsaṃdā iti catuskaṃdhā iti caturdvārā iti āha avīcer mahānarakasya | &c.
MS. Sansk. a. 4(2) [fol 2]
Contents
A transcript of the above facsimile in Devanāgarī characters, by Bunyiu Nanjio.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Additional Information
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1420 (1, 2), 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. 1420 (1, 2), p. 246
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