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MS. Sansk. c. 75

MSS. Sansk. c.

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Vijñāneśvara’s Mitākṣarā, A.D. 1609.

Contents

The Mitākṣarā, a commentary on Yājñavalkya’s Dharmaśāstra, by Vijñāneśvara, adhyāyas II and III, vv

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: ǁ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ǁ ǁ abhiṣekādiguṇayuktasya rājñaḥ prajāpālanaṃ paramo dharmas tac ca duṣṭanigraham aṃtareṇa na saṃbhavati | &c.
Explicit: nyāyalabhyā sthitaiveti | nedam atra vivakṣitaṃ | prāgudi |

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: + +
Dimensions (binding): 35.6 × 16.8 cm.

Condition

much damage has been done (especially on the verso pages of adhyāya II) by forcibly parting leaves which had been sticking together, whereby letters have become illegible on nearly every page in adhyāya II, as well as on many pages in adhyāya III. More seriously damaged are ff. 87, 131–140, and 149–156 of adhyāya II.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: A. D. 1609.

Date (at the end of adhyāya II): saṃvat 1665 | varṣe ⟨1609⟩ veśākha sudi ǁ

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 192).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1487, pp. 277-278

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. 1487, pp. 277-278

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