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MS. Sansk. d. 290

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Jinasundara’s Dīpālikākalpa, with a Commentary, 18th cent.?

Contents

The Dīpālikākalpa, a Jaina legend regarding the Dīpālī festival, by Jinasundara, pupil of Somasundara, composed in a. d. 1427.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1v] garūbhyo namaḥ | śrīvarddhamānamaṃgalya-| pradīpaḥ pīvaradyutiḥ | deyād atulakalyāṇa- | vilāsaṃ vipulaṃ satāṃ ǁ 1 ǁ śrīvarddhamānatlrtheśa- | kalyāṇakamahotsavaṃ | vakṣe dīpālikākalpa- | puṇyaphalalakṣmīdrumaṃ ǁ 2 ǁ svaśrīyā svargajayinī | nāmny asty Ujjayinī purī | sa prati bhūpatis tatra | pratāpatapanopamaḥ ǁ 3 ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: iv + 70 + xix
Dimensions (binding): 27.3 × 13.3 cm.

Condition

the writing is a good deal rubbed.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, Jaina style.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

very possibly about a. d. 1775.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 439).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1415, p. 244

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. 1415, p. 244

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