MS. Sansk. c. 12
MSS. Sansk. c.
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Vātsyāyana’s Kāmasūtra, 19th cent.?
Contents
The Kāmasūtra, by Vātsyāyana, in seven adhikaraṇas, described by Mr
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ǁ jayati Yadūnāṃ patir jagati ǁ dharmārthakāmebhyo namaḥ | śāstre prakṛtatvāt ǁ tatsamayāvabodhakebhyaś cācāryebhyas tatsaṃbandhāt | &c.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: i + 72 + i
Dimensions (binding): 30.8 × 13.0 cm.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink.
History
Origin: 19th cent.?
quite modern, probably copied for Mr. Arbuthnot a short time before 1883 (when the translation of the Kāmasūtra was published).
Provenance and Acquisition
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1609, pp. 319-320
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. 1609, pp. 319-320
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