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MS. Sansk. d. 306

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Guṇākara’s Bhaktāmarastavavṛtti, 17th or 18th cent.?

Contents

Summary of Contents: The Bhaktāmarastavavṛtti, a commentary on the Bhaktāmarastotra in 44 vasantatilaka verses in honour of Ṛṣabha, by Guṇākara, pupil of Guṇacandra, written in a. d. 1370.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1v] pūjājñānavaco ’pāgāpagamātiśayādbhutaṃ | śrīnābheyaṃ namaskurve sarvakalyāṇakārakaṃ ǁ 1 ǁ mahārajaṃtasadvarṇṇaṃ mahānaṃdavibhūṣaṇaṃ | Mahāvīrajinaṃ vaṃde mahāmohatamopahaṃ ǁ 12 ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: iii + 54 + xxv
Dimensions (binding): 26.0 × 12.4 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, Jaina style.

History

Origin: 17th or 18th cent.?

probably about the beginning of the 18th century, but may be later.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 455).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1380, pp. 224-225

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. 1380, pp. 224-225

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