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MS. Sansk. c. 42 (R)

MSS. Sansk. c.

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Taittirīya and Mahānārāyaṇa Upaniṣads, 18th cent.?

Contents

Fragments of the Taittirīya Upaniṣad

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: oṃ | aṃbhasy apāre bhuvanasya madhye nākasya pṛṣṭhe mahato mahīyān | śukreṇa jyotīṃ samanupraviṣṭaḥ Prajāpatiś carati garbhe aṃtaḥ | &c.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: palm leaves held together by two boards (string, two holes).
Extent: 42
Dimensions (binding): × cm.

Condition

a piece of f. 27 is broken off, and the margin of f. 41 is damaged.

Hand(s)

Telugu.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

about the beginning of the 18th cent.?

Provenance and Acquisition

MS. Sansk. c. 42 (R)(2) [fols 14v-41v]

Contents

Fragments of the Mahānārāyaṇa Upaniṣad

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Sansk. c. 42 (R)(3) [fols 42]

Contents

a fragment of some Ātharvaṇa Upaniṣad.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: vam ekam ekam aśītiḥ ‖ oṃ ‖ Gaṇādhipataye namaḥ ‖ ‖ ‖ śubham astu avighnam astu śrīgurubhyo namaḥ | Hariḥ oṃ | bhadraṃ karṇṇebhiḥ śṛṇuyāma devāḥ | bhadraṃ paśyemākṣabhir yajatrāḥ |

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 991 (1–3), pp. 65-66

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. 991 (1–3), pp. 65-66

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