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MS. Sansk. d. 323

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Candrasūri’s Saṃgrahaṇī, with a Commentary, 17th cent.?

Contents

Summary of Contents: The Saṃgrahaṇī of Candrasūri, in 277 Prākrit āryās, on Jaina doctrine, with a Sanakrit avacūrṇi, based on the vivarana of Devabhadrasūri.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1v] namiº | ādau śāstrakāro abhīṣṭadevatānamaskāram āha | sa ca śāstrānurūpaḥ samyo-gaucityavān śāstraṃ ca caturthā alpākṣaramahorthādi idaṃ ca śāstram ādyabhede ’sti | tato namaskāram apy alpākṣaramahārtham āha | natvārham āha | natvārhadādīn ādeḥ siddhādayaś catvāro ’pi jñeyāḥ | tiṣṭaṃti narakādibhave śṛṃkhalabaddhā iva |
Explicit: [20v] iti Saṃgrahaniḥ | sūtrakāraśrīśrīcaṃdrasūriśiṣyaśrīdeva-bhadrasūrivinirmitavivaraṇānusāreṇa Saṃgrahaṇyavacūrṇṇiḥ samāptā | saṃpūrṇa | śrī |

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: iii + 20 + xli. Originally 26, but ff. 4–9 are missing.
Dimensions (binding): 27.3 × 14.0 cm.

Condition

ff. 4–9 are lost, containing verses 17–77, text and commentary.

Hand(s)

Devanagarī, Jaina style.

History

Origin: 17th cent.?

perhaps the end of the 17th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 473).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1367, pp. 217-218

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. 1367, pp. 217-218

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