MS. Sansk. b. 31 (R)
MSS. Sansk. b.
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Vādirāja’s Sārāvalī, 18th cent.?
Contents
The Sārāvalī, an elementary Sanskrit grammar, by Vādirāja
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Incipit: oṃ namo Ganeśāya ǁ mudrāṃ (?) sudhāṃ pustakam akṣamālāṃ tuṅgastanau candrakalāṃ vahantīṃ | pranamya vidyāṃ viśadāṃ trinetrāṃ Sārāvalīm āha sa Vādirājaḥ ǁ akṣare caturddaśa svarāḥ ǁ a ā i ī u ū ṛ ṛ ḷ l e ai o au ǁ &c.+ ḥ ǁ daśa samānāḥ ǁ a ā i ī u ū ṛ ṛ ḷ l ǁ dvau dvau savarṇau ǁ a ā i ī u ū ṛ ṛ ḷ l pūrvvo hrasvaḥ ǁ &c.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Palm-leaves, held together by a string going through one central hole.
Extent: ii + 26
Dimensions (leaf): 14 × 3.8 cm.
Condition
Many letters have become illegible, or nearly so, on ff. 1–4, 7–10, 24v, 26.
Hand(s)
Bengālī.
History
Origin: 18th cent.?
appears to be modern, probably of the 18th century.
Provenance and Acquisition
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1148, p. 136
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. 1148, p. 136
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