MS. Sansk. d. 51

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, A. D. 1603.

The Saṃhitā text of the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā, in forty adhyāyas, accented

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iv + 207 + iii

Dimensions (binding): 24.8 × 14.0 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: A. D. 1603.

the date given at the end of part I (f. 130v) is: saṃvat 1659 ⟨1603⟩ varṣe vaiśākhamāse kṛṣṇapakṣe tithau 5 budhavāsare ǁ It looks rather suspicious, especially as f. 130 is supplied by a modern hand. The date at the end of part II is erased, only ti phālguṇaśu … ǁ bhṛgudine being legible.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 20).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 923, p. 33

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. 923, p. 33

Funding of Cataloguing

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