MS. Sansk. d. 311

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Hemacandra’s Yogaśāstra, I-IV, 18th cent.?

Summary of Contents: The first four prakāśas of the Yogaśāstra of Hemacandra (a. d. 1089–1173), being the portion of that work which treats of ethics.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iii + 20 + xxx

Dimensions (binding): 27.3 × 10.8 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, Jaina style.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

probably about the beginning of the 18th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

there is a note in a late hand on f. 20: ṛṣilalatasāgarapaṭhanārthaṃ |

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 460).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1376, pp. 222-223

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. 1376, pp. 222-223

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