MS. Sansk. d. 301

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Bhāvadevasūri’s Pārśvanāthacaritra, A. D. 1595.

Summary of Contents: The Pārśvanāthacaritra, a legendary account of the Jina Pārśvanātha by Bhāvadevasūri, pupil of Jinadevasūri, written in a. d. 1356

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iii + 137 + ii. Really 135, as ff. 2, 3 are missing.

Dimensions (binding): 27.6 × 11.7 cm.

Condition

ff. 2, 3 are missing, verses 22–105 of sarga 1 being thus lost.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, Jaina style.

History

Origin: A. D. 1595.

f. 137: saṃvat 1651 ⟨1595⟩ varṣe phāguṇaśudi 15 śukravāre liṣitaṃ | śrīpārśvanāthaprasādāt |

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 450).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1396, pp. 233-234

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. 1396, pp. 233-234

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