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MS. Sansk. d. 275

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Kalpāntarvācya, A. D. 1464.

Contents

Summary of Contents: The Kalpāntarvācya, being a collection of legends illustrative of the Kalpasūtra of Bhadrabāhu, written partly in Prākrit, partly in Sanskrit

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1] arhaṃ | kalyānāni samullasaṃti vilasaty uddāmabhāgyālayas tāḥ sampanmahilā vilāsabahulāḥ snehojjvalā vṛṇvate | tāṃti śāṃtim upaiti bhītitatibhiḥ sākaṃ na kiṃ kiṃ bhaved yad vā maṃgalam ujalaṃ suvipulaṃ yasyānubhād bhuvi ǁ 1 ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: iv + 30 + ii. Really 32 as f. 15 is trebled.
Dimensions (binding): 27.3 × 14.0 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, Jaina style.

f. 30v: Sumatihemagaṇinā |

History

Origin: A. D. 1464.

f. 30v: saṃ 1520 ⟨1464⟩ varṣe | It looks more recent.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 424).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1342, p. 207

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. 1342, p. 207

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