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MS. Sansk. c. 57

MSS. Sansk. c.

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Śiva Purāṇa, 19th cent.?

Contents

Four different fragments of the Śiva Purāṇa

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: 224
Dimensions (binding): 34.9 × 18.4 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 19th cent.?

probably about a. d. 1850.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS.48).

MS. Sansk. c. 57(1) [fols 4v]

Contents

page containing the beginning (adhyāya 1 and two ślokas of adhyāya 2) of the Jñānasaṃhitā of the Śiva Purāna.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Sansk. c. 57(2) [fols 5-88]

Contents

adhyāyas 1–53, 80 of the Jñānasaṃhitā of the Śiva Purāṇa.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: devau jayati ǁ ǁ jagataḥ pitaraṃ Śaṃbhūṃ jagato mataraṃ Śivaṃ tata putraṃ ca Gaṇādhīśaṃ natvaitad varṇayāmy ahaṃ | vāgīśā yasya vadane Lakṣmīr yasya ca vakṣasi | yasmāsti hṛdaye samyak taṃ Nṛsihaṃm ahaṃ bhaje | &c.

MS. Sansk. c. 57(3) [fols 89-126v]

Contents

adhyāyas 15, 73 to 36, 17 of the Jñānasaṃhitā of the Śiva Purāṇa.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: vaṃ vacanam ākarṇya ṛṣayas te praharṣitāḥ |

MS. Sansk. c. 57(4) [fols 127-223]

Contents

adhyāyas 16, 12 to 64 (end) of the Dharmasaṃhitā of the Śiva Purāṇa.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: yas tu vāhyārthasaṃyogaḥ ktiyāyoga sa ucyate pradhānakāraṇaṃ yogo vimukter munisattama | &c.

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1189 (1–4), pp. 154-155

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. 1189 (1–4), pp. 154-155

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