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MS. Sansk. d. 171

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Dravyapadārtha, 17th cent.?

Contents

The Dravyapadārtha, a Vaiśeṣika work on the category dravya or substance

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [2] ty evaṃ caturviṃśatir guṇāḥ |
Explicit: [11v] pṛthaktvam apy ata eva | tadabhāvavacanad aṇuparimāṇaṃ | apasarppaṇopa-plarppaṇakarmmavacanāt saṃyogavibhāgau | mūrttatvāt paratvāparatve saṃskāraś ca | asparśavatvād dravyānā-raṃbhakatvaṃ | kriyāvatvāt mūrttaṃ | sā dhāraṇair grahavatvaprasaṃgād ajñaṃ | svayaṃkaraṇabhāvāt parārthaṃ | guṇavatvād dravyaṃ | prayatnād dṛṣṭapargrahavasād āśusaṃcāri iti Dravyapadārthaḥ | śubham astu | śubhaṃ bhavatu |

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: + +
Dimensions (binding): 26.7 × 12.4 cm.

Condition

f. 1 is missing. The writing on f. 2 is somewhat rubbed.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

there is a note on f. 11v (in a later hand?): bhāṣyamāna 150 | the meaning of which is obscure, but cf. Hall, l. c.: ‘ślokas 150.’

History

Origin: 17th cent.?

probably the middle of the 17th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 259).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1331, p. 202

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. 1331, p. 202

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