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MS. Sansk. c. 11

MSS. Sansk. c.

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Vātsyāyana’s Kāmasūtra, A. D. 1875?

Contents

The Kāmasūtra, by Vātsyāyana, in seven adhikaraṇas

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: atha Vātsyāyanīyaṃ Kāmasūtram upodghātaḥ dharmmārtḥakāmebhyo namaḥ śāstre prakṛtatvāt tatsamavāyabodhakebhyaś cācāryebhyas tatsambandhāi Prajāpatir hi prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā tāsāṃ sthitinibandhanaṃ trivarggasya śāsanam adhyāyānāṃ śatasahasreṇāgre provāca | &c.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: English paper.
Extent: vi + 80 + i. The writing is on the recto only.
Dimensions (binding): 35.2 × 22.9 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: A. D. 1875?

the paper has the water-mark ‘T. H. Saunders, 1875.’

Provenance and Acquisition

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1608, p. 319

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. 1608, p. 319

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