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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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