MS. Sansk. c. 24 (R)

MSS. Sansk. c.

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Kātantra and Dhātupāṭha, 13th cent. A. D.?

This MS. contains the greater part of the Kātantra grammar and a Dhātupāṭha.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

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

Extent: 32

Dimensions (binding): × cm.

Condition

several leaves at the beginning and end are missing.

Hand(s)

Nepalese.

History

Origin: 13th cent. A. D.?

probably 13th century (Dr. Hoernle).

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. 1130, pp. 128-129

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. 1130, pp. 128-129

Funding of Cataloguing

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A catalogue of South Asian Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries