MS. Sansk. c. 52

MSS. Sansk. c.

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Nāsiketopākhyāna, A. D. 1829.

The Nāsiketopākhyāna, or the legend of Nāsiketa (or Nāsiketu), in 18 adhyāyas

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ǁ o namaḥ paramātmane śrīpurāṇapuruṣotamāyaḥ ǁ Nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narotamaṃ devīṃ Sarasvatīṃ Vyāsaṃ tato jayam udīrayet ǁ 1 ǁ

Explicit: dharmārthim apnuyād dharmo dhanarthī dhanam āpnuyāt Nāsiketasya māhātmyaṃ ye śṛṇvaṃti paṭhaṃti ca ǁ 57 ǁ sarvapāpavinirmukto yāṃti Viṣṇor paraṃ padaṃ ǁ 58 ǁ iti śrīnāsiketopākhyāne śubhāśubhakṛtaṃ janmamaraṇayo nāma aṣṭādaśo ’dhyāyaḥ ǁ 18 ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iv + 22 + iii

Dimensions (binding): 33.7 × 17.1 cm.

Condition

f. 2 is protected by tranaparent paper, and part of the text is lost.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: A. D. 1829.

Date; saṃvat 1885 ⟨1829⟩ āṣāḍhaśudi 8 ravau ghaṭī |

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 38).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1229, pp. 167-168

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. 1229, pp. 167-168

Funding of Cataloguing

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