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MS. Sansk. d. 67

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Kālidāsa’s Kumārasambhava, 17th or 18th cent.?

Contents

The Kumārasambhava, by Kālidāsa, sargas I–VII

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 63
Dimensions (binding): 24.8 × 12.1 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 17th or 18th cent.?

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

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 55), to whom it had been presented by Voudhyeśvarīprasād in Benares, on December 31, 1884. (See entry on f. 1.)

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1233, p. 169

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. 1233, p. 169

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