MS. Sansk. c. 13 (R)
MSS. Sansk. c.
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Kāraṇḍavyuha, A.D. 1050.
Contents
The Kāraṇḍavyuha, called in the colophon on f
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Palm-leaves, held together by two wooden boards and a string passing through two holes at the sides.
Extent: + +
Dimensions (binding): × cm.
Condition
ff. 2, 46, 49, 58 are missing; and the MS. is a good deal damaged throughout.
Hand(s)
early Kuṭila.
History
Origin: A. D. 1050.
Dr. Hoernle reads it as saṃvat 170 ⟨1050⟩. Tt is also given as the 8th year of some prince, whose name is unfortunately obliterated, only the following being legible: varājye samvatsare aṣṭame śrīmaduddaṇḍapu | Possibly this may be Pradyumna Kāmadeva (see Bendall, Buddh. Sansk. MSS., p. xi).
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1431, pp. 251-252
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. 1431, pp. 251-252
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