MS. Sansk. d. 46

MSS. Sansk. d.

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Caraṇavyūha, A.D. 1761.

The Caraṇavyūha by Kātyāyana or Śaunaka, a Pariśiṣṭa of the White Yajur-veda

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: ‖ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ‖ athātaś Caraṇavyuhaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ ‖ tatra niruktaṃ cāturvidyaṃ caturo vedā vijñātāni bhavaṃti | Ṛgvedo Yajurvedaḥ Sāmavedo ’tharvavedaś ceti | &c.

Explicit: aśvamedhasahasrāṇi vājapeyaśatāni ca | tat puṇyaṃ phalam āpnoti paṭhec Caraṇavyūhake ‖

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iv + 3 + xix

Dimensions (binding): 26.7 × 13.7 cm.

Condition

the leaves are protected by transparent paper.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

Bhaṭa Harajīya, son of Bhaṭa Viśvanātha, of Siṃhapura, who wrote it for Pandryā Vīreśvara, son of Pandryā Ratneśvara, son of Pandryā Devākara.

History

Origin: A. D. 1761.

saṃvat 1818 varṣe śāke 1683 ⟨1761⟩ |

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 10).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1055, p. 95

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. 1055, p. 95

Funding of Cataloguing

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