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MS. Sansk. d. 316

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Hemacandra’s Vītarāgastotra, with an avacūri of Prabhānanda’s Commentary, 17 th cent.?

Contents

The Vītarāgastotra of Hemacandra, with an avacūri based on Prabhānanda’s vṛtti.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1] atrādyasārddhaślokatrayasya padānā prathamādisaptam-yaṃtavibhaktiprathamavacanāṃtānām uttaraślokadva-yasya tadaṃtair eva padair yathākramaṃ kartṛkarmavivakṣayā yojanaṃ kāryaṃ | paraś cāsāv ātmā ca | parātmā | paratvaṃ cāsya dehātma (mṭa- lost in MS.)-rātmā pekṣaṃ | yataḥ kaiścid dehasyaivātmatvaṃ kalpyate ’taḥ sa dehātmā ’ṃtarātmā ca jñānāvaraṇādikarmāvṛtaḥ śarīrī saṃsārijīvaḥ | etayoś ca vakyamāṇaviśeṣaṇāsahatvena prakṛtānupayogitvam ataḥ paraśabdopādānaṃ | parātmā ca vigalitasakalakarmā kevalātmaiva sāṃprataṃ sa eva viśiṣyate | kiṃ viº apratipātitvena lokālokaprakāśakatvena ca sarvotkṛṣṭaṃ |
Explicit: [4v] iti śrīviṃśatistavāvacūriḥ śrīprabhānaṃdasūrikṛtavṛtter alekhiḥ ǁ 20 ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: iii + 4 + lxx
Dimensions (binding): 27.3 × 13.7 cm.

Condition

there is a hole in f. 1.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, Jaina style.

History

Origin: 17 th cent.?

perhaps the middle of the 17th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 466).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1382, p. 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. 1382, p. 225

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