MS. Sansk. c. 39 (R)

MSS. Sansk. c.

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Hautrī Dīkṣāvicārapaddhati, 16th cent.?

The Hautrī Dīkṣāvicārapaddhati, being a manual of rules for the hotr priest at the dīkṣā ceremony

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Palm-leaves, held together by a string passing through a central hole.

Extent: 8 + 5

Dimensions (binding): × cm.

Hand(s)

Bengālī.

History

Origin: 16th cent.?

possibly 16th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1900 from Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1057, pp. 95-96

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. 1057, pp. 95-96

Funding of Cataloguing

We Are Our History

A catalogue of South Asian Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries