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MS. Sansk. c. 72

MSS. Sansk. c.

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Kālidāsa’s Śrutabodha with Vāsudeva’s Commentary, 18th cent.?

Contents

The Śrutabodha, ascribcd to Kālidāsa, with the Śrutabodhaprabodhinī, a commentary by Vāsudeva

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: oṃ chaṃdasāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ yena śrutamātreṇa vudhyate tam ahaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi Śrutabodham avistaraṃ

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 7 + xli
Dimensions (binding): 31.1 × 17.8 cm.

Condition

f. 1 is slightly damaged, and protected with transparent paper.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

probably early 18th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 182). Memorandum on original wrapper (f. ii), ‘K 25.’

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1152, p. 137

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. 1152, p. 137

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