MS. Sansk. d. 287

MSS. Sansk. d.

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Hemaeandra’s Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacarita, Parvan VIII, A. D. 1395.

The eighth parvan of Hemacandra’s Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacarita

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1v] oṃ namaḥ śrīsarvajñāya | oṃ namo Viśvanāthāya janmato brahmacāriṇe | karmavallīvanacchedanemaye ’riṣṭanemaye ǁ 1 ǁ śrīnemer arhataḥ Kṛṣṇaviṣṇo Rāmasya sīriṇaḥ | jarāsiṃdhupratihareś caritraṃ kīrttayiṣyate II 2II

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iv + 184 + ii. Really, however, there are only 170 leaves, as ff. 136–150 are lost and f. 165 is double.

Dimensions (binding): 26.7 × 12.4 cm.

Condition

ff. 136–150 are missing. There are a good many worm-holes in the MS., but they do not seriously damage the text.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, Jaina style.

History

Origin: A. D. 1395.

f. 184v: saṃvat 1451 ⟨1395⟩ varṣe kārttikasudi 10 bhaume śrīnemināthacaritraṃ lakhitaṃ |

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 436).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1391, p. 231

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. 1391, p. 231

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