MS. Sansk. a. 5
MSS. Sansk. a.
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Facsimile of the Kōkizi Palm-leaf MS., A.D. 1880.
Contents
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Support: f.1, Japanese transparent paper; the rest, ordinary English paper.
Extent: ii + 2 + xix
Dimensions (binding): 52.4 × 17.1 cm.
History
Origin: A. D. 1880.
Date and Scribe: the facsimile was made from the original by Mr. Kaishin Kurehito of the monastery of Kōkizi, in August, 1880, at the request of Mr. E. Satow.
Provenance and Acquisition
MS. Sansk. a. 5(1) [fol 1]
Contents
Summary of Contents: a facsimile of the palm-leaf MS. of the monastery of Kōkizi, in the province of Kawaki, Japan. It contains a fragment (one leaf, four lines on each side) in corrupt and almost unintelligible Sanskrit
Language(s): Sanskrit
Incipit: daśāpi dārū (or ru?) vāhāṃ pratitya viṃśataṃ catvāriṃśataṃ paṃcāśataṃ dārū (or ru?) vāhaśataṃ dārū (or ru?) vāhasahasraṃ dārū (or ru?) vāhaśatasahasrāṇi pratītyam agniskaṃdhodhyālot (lot doubtful) evam eva saptamaśya āryamaṇḍa (ºmañjuº, Bunyiu Nanjio) lasya loke | &c.
MS. Sansk. a. 5(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. 1421 (1, 2), 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. 1421 (1, 2), p. 247
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