MS. Sansk. c. 26 (R)

MSS. Sansk. c.

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Nāgārjuna’s Vajrajaya, &c., 14th cent.?

Apparently a collection of short Buddhist works, all treating of religious and ethical subjects

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Palm-leaves, held together by a string passing through a central hole.

Extent: 17

Dimensions (binding): × cm.

Condition

ff. 1–2, 4, 11, 20, and all after f. 22 are lost. The rest is in excellent preservation.

Hand(s)

Nepalese.

History

Origin: 14th cent.?

probably 14th century.

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. 1439, p. 254

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. 1439, p. 254

Funding of Cataloguing

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