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MS. Sansk. d. 91

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Kātantra, 3, vii, and Ekākṣarī Nāmamālā, 18th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 7 + xxx
Dimensions (binding): 26.7 × 11.7 cm.

Hand(s)

Jaina Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

probably early 18th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MSS. 124, 153).

MS. Sansk. d. 91(1) [fols 1-6]

Contents

the Kātantra by Śarvavarman, with the commentary of Durgasimha, pāda 7 of the third division

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: iḍāgamo ’sārvadhātukasyāvivyajanāder ayakārādeḥ | dhātor vihatasyāsārvadhātukasya vyaṃjanāder ayakārāder ādir iḍāgamo bhavati ǁ
Explicit: upaskṛtaṃ ǁ jalpati | vākyādhyāhāraṃ jalpatīty arthaḥ ǁ ity ākhyāte sūtrataḥ saptamaḥ pādaḥ samāptaḥ ǁ cha ǁ ǁ śrī ǁ cha ǁ

MS. Sansk. d. 91(2) [fols 6-7v]

Contents

the Ekākṣarī Nāmamālā, or the Ekākṣara (by Vararuci?), in 37 ślokas.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: abhidhānaṃ pravakṣyāmi nānāśabdārthavistaraṃ sāṃkhyavārurucaṃ yat tad ekākṣaram udāhṛtaṃ ǁ 1 ǁ akāro harirudrau vāṃ (or cāṃ, or ca?) ākāraś ca pitāmahaḥ | ikāra ucyate Kāmo Lakṣmīr īkāra iṣyate ǁ 2 ǁ
Explicit: ākārādikṣakārāṃtā varṇṇānāṃ pṛthak ǁ 2 ǁ abhidhānaṃ samāsena kathitaṃ budhasaṃstutaṃ ǁ 37 ǁ ity Ekākṣarī Nāmamālā samāptā ǁ śrī ǁ cha ǁ śrī ǁ

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1132 (1, 2), p. 129

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Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1132 (1, 2), p. 129

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