MS. Sansk. d. 131

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Kedāra’s Vṛttaratnākara, 17th cent.?

The Vṛttaratnākara, by Kedāra, the son of Pavveka or Pabbeka

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: ǁ śrīnārāyaṇāya namaḥ ǁ sukhasaṃtānasiddhyarthaṃ natvā vrahmācyutārccitaṃ | Gaurīvināyakopetaṃ Śaṃkaraṃ lokaśaṃkaraṃ ǁ 1 ǁ vedārthaśaivaśāstrajñaḥ Pavveko ’bhūt dvijottamaḥ | tasya putro ’sti Kedāraḥ Śivapādārccane rataḥ ǁ 2 ǁ tenedaṃ kriyate chaṃdo lakṣyalakṣaṇasaṃyutaṃ | Vṛttaratnākaraṃ nāma vālānāṃ sukhabuddhaye (ºseddhaye, sec. m.) ǁ 3 ǁ

Explicit: iti śrībhaṭṭavarīyapavveka-putrakedāraviracite Vṛttaratnākarākhye chaṃdolakṣaṇe ṣaḍpratyayaprarūpaṇo nāma ṣaṣṭo’dhyāyaḥ ǁ 6 ǁ śubham astu ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: ii + 4 + xxx

Dimensions (binding): 29.5 × 14.6 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, with some of the Jaina characteristics.

History

Origin: 17th cent.?

probably 17th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 179).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1153, p. 137

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. 1153, p. 137

Funding of Cataloguing

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