MS. Sansk. c. 93* (R)

MSS. Sansk. c.

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Śrīharṣa’s Khaṇḍanakhaṇḍakhādya, A. D. 1481.

Summary of Contents: The Khaṇḍanakhaṇdakhādya, or rather Nyāyakhaṇḍanakhaṇḍakhādya, a critical treatise on the various philosophical systems from the point of view of sceptical advaita Vedāntism, by Srīharṣa, son of Śrīhīra, the author of the Naiṣadhīya, who lived about a. d. 1160

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Palm-leaves, held together by a string passing through one central hole, with two thick leaves as boards.

Extent: + +

Dimensions (binding): × cm.

Condition

the outer covering leaves, ff. i—iii, are damaged, and the inner leaves are a little worm-eaten, otherwise the MS. is in very good condition.

Hand(s)

Bengālī.

f. 84v: śrīdhanapatinā liṣitaṃ |

History

Origin: A. D. 1481.

f. 84v: lasaṃ 375 ⟨1481⟩ māghakṛṣṇadvitīyā | For the era of Lakṣmaṇasena of Bengal, which is variously fixed, see references in Duff’s Chronol. of India, p. 143.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 255). Memorandum on original wrapper (pasted on lid of box) ‘Benares 14,’ and ‘Benares 29th Jan. 85.’

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1482, p. 275

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. 1482, p. 275

Funding of Cataloguing

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