MS. Sansk. c. 64

MSS. Sansk. c.

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Bhartṛhari’s Śṛṅgāraśataka, 18th cent.?

Summary of Contents: The Śṛṅgāraśata, no doubt meant for Bhartrhari’s Śṛṅgāraśataka, though the name of the author is not mentioned, and the arrangement of the verses is quite different from that in the editions

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper (absorbent).

Extent: iii + 10 + x. The MS. is written only on the recto of the leaves.

Dimensions (binding): 32.7 × 17.1 cm.

Condition

Injury: the paper has suffered from damp, but the text is always legible.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

probably about a. d. 1750–1800.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 87).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1258, p. 179

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. 1258, p. 179

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