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MS. Sansk. a. 6

MSS. Sansk. a.

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Facsimile of the Zuisenzi Palm-leaf MS., A.D. 1880.

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Support: ff. 2–4, Japanese transparent paper; the rest, English paper.
Extent: i + 5 + xxi
Dimensions (binding): 51.4 × 19.7 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

History

Origin: A. D. 1880.

Date and Scribe: the facsimile was made (perhaps from a copy of the original) by Mr. Kaishin Kurehito, in August, 1880, at the request of Mr. E. Satow.

Provenance and Acquisition

MS. Sansk. a. 6(1) [fols 4]

Contents

A facsimile of the palm-leaf MS. of the monastery of Zuisenzi, at Kioshi, in the province of Yamashiro.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Sansk. a. 6(2) [fols 5]

Contents

A transcript of the above facsimile in Devanāgarī characters, by Bunyiu Nanjio.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Sansk. a. 6(3)

Contents

Notes by Bunyiu Nanjio in Japanese and English, explaining the Japanese entries on ff. 2, 4v.

Language(s): Japanese and English

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1422 (1–3), p. 247

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. 1422 (1–3), p. 247

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