MS. Sansk. d. 78

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Lakṣmīnivāsa’s Commentary on Kālidāsa’s Meghadūta, 18th cent.?

The Śīṣyahitaiṣiṇī, a commentary (pañjikā) on Kālidāsa’s Meghadūta, by Lakṣmīnivāsa

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: ǁ rhaṃ ǁ śrīgaṇeśāṃbikābhyāṃ namaḥ ǁ śrīmadviraṃ dharādlūraṃ karmasīraṃ manoharaṃ ǁ jagantāraṃ guṇādhāraṃ duṣṭābāraṃ stuve hāraṃ ǁ 1 ǁ Kālidāsakṛtiḥ kutra kutra me buddhivaibhavaṃ | tad idaṃ veśmaratnaṃ na kurbe biśvābalokanaṃ ǁ 2 ǁ Meghadūtābhidhe kāvye kariṣye yakaṃjām imāṃ ǁ śrīmallakṣmīnivāso ’haṃ nāmnā Śiṣyahitaiṣiṇīṃ ǁ 3 ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: ii + 42

Dimensions (binding): 23.5 × 12.1 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, with some of the Jaina characteristics.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

probably about a. d. 1750.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 76).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1252, p. 177

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. 1252, p. 177

Funding of Cataloguing

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