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MS. Sansk. d. 84

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Māgha’s Śiśupā1avadha, A. D. 1474.

Contents

The Śiśupālavadha, by Māgha, complete in 20 sargas

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: svasti śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ǁ śrīyaḥ patiḥ srīmati | &c.
Explicit: iti śrīśiśupālavadhe mahākāvye kaviśrīmāghakṛtau māyuyuddhaṃ nāma viṃśaḥ sargaḥ ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: iii + 146
Dimensions (binding): 25.4 × 14.0 cm.

Condition

the marginal notes on ff. 2–15 are slightly damaged in places. The last line of f. 118 is obliterated. A few words on f. 144v are illegible, and the colophon is partly erased.

Hand(s)

Jaina Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: A. D. 1474.

saṃvat 1530 ⟨1474⟩ varṣe māghavadi 1 somavāsare ǁ

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugcn Hultzsch (MS. 84).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1235, p. 170

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. 1235, p. 170

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