A catalogue of South Asian Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries

OR BROWSE BY

MS. Sansk. a. 5

MSS. Sansk. a.

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

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

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions). Contact specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.

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

Funding of Cataloguing

We Are Our History