MS. Sansk. d. 160

MSS. Sansk. d.

Śaṅkarācārya's Bhagavadgītābhāṣya, 18th cent.?

Summary of Contents: A fragmentary paper manuscript of the Bhagavadgītābhāṣya of Śaṅkarācārya, a Vedāntic commentary on the Gītā.

Ff. 71^r-214^v.

Śaṅkarācārya , Bhagavadgītābhāṣya

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: F. 71^r: ttātmātpaktraḥ sarvaḥ parigrahoyenasaḥ śarīraṃ śarīrasthiti hetumātraprayojanaṃ

Explicit: F. 214^v: yas tvaṃ varṇitaḥ saṃsāravṛjñaḥ 2

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: 129 leaves: v + 121 + iii

Dimensions (binding): 12 × 27 cm.

Foliation: Devanāgarī numerals, bottom-right corner of the margin, verso.

Foliation: Arabic numerals in pencil, top-right margin, verso.

Condition

Incomplete: ff. 1–70, 102–110, 162–175, and some at the end are missing. Lacunae are marked on ff. 113^r, 114^v, 116^r, 135^r, 142^v, 180^v, 207^r.

In a stable condition, with signs of previous conservation. Fragile end leaves (original wrapper leaves).

Layout

9 lines on a folio.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink. Sections highlighted in red pigment.

Decoration

A stamp with Persian lettering in brown ink on f. 214^v.

Additions: Occassional marginal and interlinear notes in at least two different hands.

Binding

Early 20th-century brown textile binding over pasteboard, with shelfmark and description tooled in gold on the spine. The original paper wrapper bound as front end leaves. Kept in a cardboard library box.

History

Origin: Not dated, 18th cent.?

Winternitz and Keith: ‘probably the end of the 18th century.’

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 237).

Record Sources

Description by Barbora Sojkova, based on observation of the manuscript and the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1284, p. 188

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions). Contact specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.

Bibliography

Printed descriptions:

Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1284, p. 188

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