MS. Sansk. d. 318

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Dhaneśvarasūri’s Śatruñjayamāhātmya, 18th cent.?

Books X and XI of the Śatruñjayamāhātmya, in honour of the tīrtha of that name in Gujerat, by Dhaneśvarasūri

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1v] sarvvajñaḥ sarvadarśī sakalasukhakaraḥ sarvvasaṃtāpahaṃtā pūjyaḥ sarvveśvarānām anaṇuguṇayutaḥ karmmasākṣī ca bhāsvān | somaḥ paṃceṣu vairī narakavimathano yogibhir dhyeyamūrttir yo ’naṃto ’dhyakṣarūpo na nidhanakalito vītarāgaḥ sa pātuḥ ǁ 1 ǁ

Explicit: [79] ity ācāryaśrīdhaneśvarasūriviracite mahātīrthaśatruṃjaya-māhātmyāṃtarbhūtakrīraivatācalamāhātmye Pāṃḍavadyūtakrīḍāvanavāsāāivarṇṇano nāma ekādaśamaḥ sargraḥ ǁ cha ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iii + 79 + xxi

Dimensions (binding): 27.0 × 13.0 cm.

Condition

from f. 51 onwards the MS. is somewhat worm-eaten.

Hand(s)

Devanāgari Jaina style. The e, ai, o all show transitional forms of special interest.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

probably the beginning of the 18th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 468).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1395, p. 233

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. 1395, p. 233

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