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MS. Sansk. d. 87

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Śobhākareśvaramitra’s Alaṅkāraratnākara, &c., A.D. 1676 (?).

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Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Birch bark, except ff. 61, 62, 66, 73, 77–79b, 149, 151, 162, 163, which are on white and reddish paper, the latter being of the colour of birch bark.
Extent: + +
Dimensions (binding): 22.2 × 24.4 cm.

Condition

of ff. 42–44 only fragments are left; ff. 74, 75, 98, 99, 116, 117, 133, 158, 159 are seriously damaged.

Hand(s)

Śāradā.

History

Origin: A. D. 1676 (?).

at the end of the first fragment, f. 49, the date saṃ 52 pauśuti 11 gurau is given. If we compare the date of MS. Sansk. d. 65, viz. saṃvat 24 = śaka 1570 = a. d. 1648, saṃ 52 would seem to correspond to a. d. 1676.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MSS. 93, 170). Memorandum on original outer leaf (f. 44), ‘K 36–38.’

MS. Sansk. d. 87(1) [fols 42-49]

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A fragment of the seventh act of Kālidāsa’s Abhijñānaśakuntala

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Sansk. d. 87(2) [fols 49v-156]

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The Alaṅkāraratnākara, by Śobhākareśvaramitra, the son of Trayīśvaramitra

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: oṃ svasti ǁ oṃ namas Sarasvatyai | āmukhaikārthapadaṃ punaruktābhāsam | āmukhe ekārthe vastuto ’bhinnārthe pade yatra iat kāvyaṃ punaruktābhāsaṃ | &c.
Explicit: pradarśitavyāptikā viśeṣoktiḥ paripohakṛd ity eva jyāyaḥ ǁ ǁ samāpto ’yam Alaṅkāraratnākaraḥ ǁ ǁ iti rmahopādhyāyapaṇḍitabhaṭṭaśrītrayīśvaramittraputrasya tatra bhavataḥ paṇḍitabhaṭṭaśrīśobhākareśvaramittrasya ǁ iti śubham śrīr astu aśuddhatvam ādarśadoṣāt śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ oṃ namas Sarasvatyai |

MS. Sansk. d. 87(3) [fols 157v-158]

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A fragment of Vātsyāyana’s Kāmasūtra, with a commentary

Language(s): Sanskrit

Incipit: saṃyoge yoṣitāṃ puṃsā kaṇḍutir apanudyate .. bhimāna … sṛṣṭa. kham ity abhidhīyate ǁ
Explicit: nakhadaśanacchedyam iti madhyakapolamaṇḍalaṃ |

MS. Sansk. d. 87(4) [fols 158v-159v]

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A fragment of some treatise on logic

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Sansk. d. 87(5) [fols 160v-163]

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A fragment of some treatise on poetics (Alaṃkārodāharaṇa?)

Language(s): Sanskrit

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1162 (1–5), pp. 142-143

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. 1162 (1–5), pp. 142-143

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