MS. Sansk. c. 56

MSS. Sansk. c.

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Śaṅkarācārya’s Viṣṇusahasranāmabhāṣya, 18th cent.?

Summary of Contents: Saṅkarācārya’s Viṣṇusahasranāmabhāṣya, or commentary on the Viṣṇusahasranāmastotra, imperfect, beginning with f. 2 and ending with f. 53.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: + +

Dimensions (binding): 31.8 × 15.9 cm.

Condition

half of ff. 6 and 8 is lost; f. 20 is damaged in one place.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

probably the middle of the 18th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 47).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1223, p. 165

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. 1223, p. 165

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