MS. sansk. c. 89

MSS. Sansk. c.

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Yogavāsiṣṭha, Nirvāṇaprakaraṇa, 18th cent.?

Summary of Contents: The Nirvāṇaprakaraṇa, being the sixth prakaraṇa of the Yogavāsiṣṭha, attributed to Valmīki, and counted as an appendix of the Rāmāyana, whence it bears the alternative title Mahārāmāyaṇa.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Birch bark, now pasted on strong paper.

Extent: ii + 418 + iv. Arranged like a European book.

Dimensions (binding): 29.8 × 23.8 cm.

Condition

only fragments of ff. 1–3 remain; ff. 400 sqq. are somewhat badly damaged, and one or two leaves are missing at the end. Most of the leaves are injured by small holes.

Hand(s)

Śaradā.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

does not look older than the end of the 18th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 241). Memorandum on original wrapper (f. i), ‘K 30.’

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1300, pp. 192-194

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. 1300, pp. 192-194

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