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.
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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