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MS. Sansk. c. 119

MSS. Sansk. c.

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Śārṅgadhara’s Saṃhitā, A.D. 1651.

Contents

The Saṃhitā of Sarṅgadhara, a comprehensive treatise on medicine

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 100 + i
Dimensions (binding): 31.1 × 14.6 cm.

Condition

on nearly every page many of the letters are so blurred as to be illegible. There is a hole in f. 24.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: A. D. 1651.

f. 100: Vikramābhidhanarendravatsare saṃyute munikhaśailabhūmibhiḥ | saṃhitā bhagavatātmanaḥ kṛte saṃvyalekhi śuddhi bhādramanmathe ǁ ⟨1651⟩.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 348). Memorandum on original wrapper (f. ii), ‘Benares, no. 13.’ Note on f. 100v: ‘Benares, 31 Dec. 84. 4 Rupees.’

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1601, pp. 316-317

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. 1601, pp. 316-317

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