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MS. Sansk. c. 33 (R)

MSS. Sansk. c.

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Pratyaya Śataka, A. D. 1820.

Contents

The Pratyaya Śataka, or a selection of 100 stanzas on moral subjects, with a Siṃhalese translation

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Palm-leaves, held together by two boards, and a string passing through a hole in the middle of the MS.
Extent: 11
Dimensions (binding): × cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

History

Origin: A. D. 1820.

on f. 10v the copyist gives June 5, 1820, as the date on which ‘this book was written and finished.’

Provenance and Acquisition

a note in ink on f. 11v states that ‘this Cinghalese book belongs to Daniel Waas, 1822.’ The owner has also stamped his name on f. 11, ‘Dan: Wass, 1822.’ From Daniel Waas apparently Dr. Mill acquired it and presented it to the Bodleian Library.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1458, pp. 265-266

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. 1458, pp. 265-266

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