MS. Sansk. d. 285

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Śāntisūri’s Jīvavicāra, with the Commentary of Bhāvasundara, 16th cent.?

The Jīvavicāraprakaraṇa of Śāntisūri, a work in Prākrit in 51 stanzas, with the Sanskrit commentary of Bhāvasundara

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iv + 6 + xxx

Dimensions (binding): 26.0 × 13.7 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, Jaina style.

none is mentioned for the commentary, but the copyist of the text gave his name, which has been carefully deleted by a later hand, leaving only---nāṃ bhojamānasaukaḥ---yatinā likhitam | legible. The second illegible portion probably contained the name Jīvavicāram (sic) to judge from the traces visible.

History

Origin: 16th cent.?

rather doubtful: the commentary may be as old as the 16th century, and the text 50–100 years later.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 434).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1373, p. 221

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. 1373, p. 221

Funding of Cataloguing

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