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MS. Sansk. d. 2

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Uvaṭa’s Mantrabhāṣya, 16th cent.?

Contents

Summary of Contents: The Mantrabhāṣya, a commentary on the Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā in the Mādhyandina śākhā, by Uvaṭa son of Vajraṭa, of Anandapura, i. e. Vaḍanagar in Upper Gujerat, in the reign of Bhoja of Mālvā (c. 996–1051 a. d.)

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 348 + ii. The original is divided into two parts, having 228 (really 230, as ff. 13 and 17 are repeated) and 118 leaves.
Dimensions (binding): 28.9 × 13.3 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 16th cent.?

the MS. from its appearance must be dated about a. d. 1500–1550.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought and sent from Benares in 1861, according to a note on f. 1.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 930, pp. 35-36

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. 930, pp. 35-36

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