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MS. Sansk. d. 119

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Kṣīrasvāmin’s Commentary on the Amarakośa, 17th or 18th cent.?

Contents

The Amarakośodghāṭana, a commentary on Amarasiṃha’s Nāmaliṅgānusāsana, by Kṣīrasvāmin, a fragment of kāṇḍa 1 only

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: ǁ 95 ǁ o nama srīgaṇeśāya | diśyāchivāni śivevayos tilakāya-mānagorocanārucilalāṭavilocanaṃ vaḥ | anyonyagāḍha-pariraṃbhanipiḍanena piṃḍibhavan bahir iva sphuṭito ’nurāgaḥ ǁ 1 ǁ adyāpy abhinnamudro yo ’rthārthibhir amakośā eva budhāḥ ǁ uddvācyate yathechaṃ | gṛhṇīdhvaṃ nāmaratnāni ǁ 2 ǁ prakṛtipratyayā vākyair vyastasamastai niruktanimadābhyāṃ | iti śabdāghaiḥ pārthibhir nāmnāṃ pārāyaṇaṃ kuru ǁ 3 ǁ … jātā viśvasṛjā krameṇa munibhiḥ saṃskāram āpāditāḥ | śabdāḥ saṃvasanād asādhubhir apatraṣṭā stha bho bhrātaraḥ ǁ vāgdevyā kṛtamādakaśaraṇā mātrā yato ’smān mayā nyāyye vartmani varttamānāya bhavatā ṣaḍ vṛttayaḥ kalpitāḥ ǁ 8 ǁ yasya jñānaº &c.…yasya bhagavato jñānadayayor bodhakaruṇayoḥ siṃdhoḥ samudrasyeva gaṃbhīrasyāgādhasya | &c.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 52
Dimensions (binding): 29.5 × 15.2 cm.

Condition

ff. 34, 37, 38 are missing.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 17th or 18th cent.?

probably the end of the 17th or beginning of the 18 th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 160).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1101, p. 118

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. 1101, p. 118

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