MS. Sansk. b. 2

MSS. Sansk. b.

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Māgha’s Śiśupālavadha with Vallabhadeva’s Commentary, 17th cent.?

Summary of Contents: Fragments of the Saṃdehaviṣauṣadhi, or Śiśupālavadhasāraṭīkā, a commentary on Māgha’s Śiśupālavadha, by Vallabhadeva, son of Ānandadeva, giving also the text of Māgha’s poem in full.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ǁ yasya bhraṃgāvalikaṃthe ǁ dānāṃbhorāji rājate ǁ bhāti rudrākṣamāleva ǁ sa naḥ pāyād guṇādhipaḥ ǁ 1 ǁ abhīṣṭaphalasaṃpattihetu smṛtvā Sarasvatīm ǁ Śiśupālavadhe kāvye sāraṭīkā vidhīyate ǁ 2 ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iii + 138

Dimensions (binding): 38.7 × 21.9 cm.

Condition

part of f. 6 lost; ff.89b and 136 are slightly damaged.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 17th cent.?

probably about 1700.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 86).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1236, pp. 170-171

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. 1236, pp. 170-171

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