MS. Sansk. d. 274

MSS. Sansk. d.

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Kalpasūtrāvacūri, 16th cent.?

The Kalpasūtrāvacūri, a commentary on the Kalpasūtra of Bhadrabahu

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1] arhaṃ | namo arihaṃtāṇaṃ | teṇaṃ kāleṇaṃ | iti prākṛtaśailivaśāt tasmin kāle varttamānāvasarpiṇyāś caturnārokalakṣaṇe |

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iv + 49 + xxx

Dimensions (binding): 27.6 × 12.4 cm.

Condition

some letters are lost on ff. 1v, 2, 3, 5, 12v, 13, 20, 29, 33, 37, 39, 41, 43, 43v, partly through abrasion, partly because the paper is torn.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, Jaina style.

History

Origin: 16th cent.?

can scarcely be later than a. d. 1550, and may be earlier.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 423).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1340, p. 206

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. 1340, p. 206

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