MS. Sansk. c. 11
MSS. Sansk. c.
NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.
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
Funding of Cataloguing
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