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MS. Sansk. c. 36 (R)

MSS. Sansk. c.

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Buddhist Sütra, 15th cent.?

Contents

Summary of Contents: Six leaves of a Buddhist Sūtra, in which the Bodhisattva insists on the evils of pramāda which gives rise to the worst of crimes such as mātṛvadha

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Palm-leaves, held together by a string passing through a hole to the left of the centre of the leaf.
Extent: + +
Dimensions (binding): × cm.

Hand(s)

Nepalese.

History

Origin: 15th cent.?

probably 15th cent., or late 14th.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1900 from Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1434, p. 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. 1434, p. 252

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