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MS. Sansk. d. 26

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Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, A. D. 1883–1853.

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The Aitareya Brāhmaṇa, in eight pañcikās, complete

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: iv + 246 + v
Dimensions (binding): 25.4 × 10.2 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, beautifully written.

Scribes: pañcikās 1 to 5 and 7 are written by the same hand. The scribe calls himself Nārāyaṇa Goḷavalkara in the colophon of pañcikā 1, and Nārāyaṇa, son of Mahādeva Guṇavallīkara, in the colophons of pañcikās 3, 5 and 7 (Guṇavallīkaraityupanāmakamahādevasya sūtanārāyaṇena likhitam). Pañcikā 7 was written by Rāmakṛṣṇa, son (suta) of Mahādeva Guṇavallīkara. The scribe of pañcikā 8 does not give his name.

History

Origin: A. D. 1833–1853.

the following dates are given at the end of the pañcikās:

(1) saṃvat 1896, śake 1761 ⟨1839⟩ sādhāraṇasaṃvatsare jyeṣṭhaśutdha 1 samāptaṃ |

(2) śake satrāśeṃ sāṭha vilaṃbīnāmasaṃvatsare udagayane grīṣma ṛtū āṣāḍhaśuklatrayodaśā gurūvāre samāptam ǁ This is a. d. 1838 (= śake 1760).

(3) śake satrāśeṃ hemalaṃbīnāmasaṃvatsare udagayane śaśira ṛtū pauṣe māsī kṛṣṇapakṣe dvādaśyāṃ bhomavāsare … samāptaṃ | This is a. d. 1837 (= śake 1759).

(4) śake satrāśeṃ 60 vilaṃbīnāmasaṃvatsare dakṣiṇāyane varṣātau śrāvaṇe māse śuklapakṣe nāgapaṃcamyāṃ guruvāsare taddinīdaṃ pustakaṃ samāptam ǁ This is a. d. 1838 (= śake 1760).

(5) śake satrāśeṃ yekasaṣṭha vikārīnāmasaṃvatsare udagayane grīṣma ’ṛtū adhīkajyeṣṭhe māse śuklapakṣe pratipattithau bhomavāsare taddinedaṃ pustakaṃ Avaṃtikāyāṃ mahākālavane harasitdhiviśālākṣetre kṣiprātīre samāpto’yam ǁ a. d. 1839 (= śake 1761).

(6) śake satrāśeṃ paṃcāhattara ǁ 1775 ǁ pramādīnāmasaṃvatsare udagayane caitre māse śuddhasaptamyāṃ | i. e. a. d. 1853.

(7) śake satrāśeṃ yekuṇasāṭha | hemalaṃbīnāmasaṃvatsare pauṣakṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ saumyavāsare samāptaṃ ǁ a. d. 1837 (= śake 1759).

(8) śake satrāśeṃ paṃcāvan vījayanāmasaṃvatsare āśvīnakṛṣṇacaturthyāṃ samāpto ’yaṃ ǁ This is a. d. 1833 (= śake 1755).

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought by the Bodleian, in October, 1892, from Quaritch’s catalogue 128 (no. 524). Inside the cover there is a signature ‘John Wilson,’ and on f. i the entry: ‘Aitareya Bráhmaṇa. Taken at the capture of Béṭ.’

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 939, pp. 39-40

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. 939, pp. 39-40

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