MS. Sansk. c. 62

MSS. Sansk. c.

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Kālidāsa’s Meghadūta with Commentary (Kathambhūtī), A.D. 1853.

Summary of Contents: The Meghadūta, by Kālidāsa, with an anonymous commentary called Kathambhūtī, on account of the constant use of the interrogative pronouns

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: ii + 32

Dimensions (binding): 35.9 × 15.2 cm.

Condition

the text is damaged on ff. 9, 12, 14, 16; the injuries were caused by the separation of leaves which were sticking together.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

Pandit Sukhadeva.

History

Origin: A. D. 1853.

saṃvat 1909 ⟨1853⟩ mārgaśukladvitīyā candravāsaraṃ |

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 73).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1255, p. 178

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. 1255, p. 178

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