MS. Sansk. d. 328

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Somaprabha’s Sindūraprakara, 17th cent.?

Summary of Contents: The Sindūraprakara or Sūktimuktāvalī, an anthology in 100 verses on the chief points of the Jaina doctrine, by Somaprabha, pupil of Vijayasiṃhasūri, circa a. d. 1220.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1v] Siṃdūraprakaras tapaskariśiraḥkroḍe kaṣāyāṭavi- | dāvārecirṇṇicaya prabodhadivasaprāraṃbhasūryodayaḥ | muktiśrikucakuṃbhakuṃkumarasaḥ śreyastaroḥ pallavaḥ | prollāsaḥ kramayor ṇṇakhadyutibharaḥ pātu vaḥ ǁ 1 ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iii + 10 + lxi

Dimensions (binding): 26.7 × 12.1 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, Jaina style.

History

Origin: 17th cent.?

probably about a. d. 1650–1700.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 479).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1409, p. 242

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. 1409, p. 242

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