MS. Sansk. c. 48

MSS. Sansk. c.

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Yājñavalkya Śikṣā, 18th or 19th cent.?

The Yājñavalkya Śikṣā, a treatise on Vedic phonetics, in 209 ślokas

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: oṃ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ | athātas traisvaryyalakṣaṇaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ udāttasyānudāttasya svaritasya tathaiva ca lakṣaṇaṃ varṇayiṣyāmi daivataṃ sthānam eva ca |

Explicit: yuktiyuktaṃ vaco grāhyaṃ na grāhyaṃ gurugauruvāt sarvaśāstrarahasyaṃ tad Yājñavalkyena bhaṣitaṃ | 9 | iti Yājñavalkyaśikṣā samāptā ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iv + 14 + xi

Dimensions (binding): 35.9 × 16.8 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

History

Origin: 18th or 19th cent.?

probably quite modern, 19 th century?

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 19).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1089, pp. 109-110

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. 1089, pp. 109-110

Funding of Cataloguing

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A catalogue of South Asian Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries