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MS. Sansk. d. 77

MSS. Sansk. d.

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A Commentary on Kālidāsa’s Meghadūta, 19th cent.?

Contents

A commentary on Kālidāsa’s Meghadūta, called Meghadūtaṭīka Kathambhūtī on the title-page

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ǁ kaścit kāṃteti | kaścid anirdiṣṭanāmadheyo yakṣaḥ Rāmagiryāśrameṣu vasatiṃ sthānaṃ cakre | akārṣit | kiṃviśiṣṭeṣu Rāmagiryāśrameṣu | Janakatanayā | &c.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 31
Dimensions (binding): 26.7 × 11.4 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 19th cent.?

probably not older than the middle of the 19th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 75). Memorandum on original wrapper (f. ii), ‘Benares, no. 6’

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1254, p. 178

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. 1254, p. 178

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