MS. Sansk. d. 289

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Daśadṛṣṭāntakathā, 18th cent.?

Summary of Contents: The Daśadṛṣṭāntakathā, being a selection of Prākrit verses from Hemacandra’s Upadeśamālā, with a paraphrase in Sanskrit, a translation and commentary in bhāṣā, and kathās in bhāṣā, whence the title

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1] śrīvītarāgāya namaḥ | śrīsomasuṃdarasūrigurubhyo namaḥ | Pupphamālāgraṃtha Māhidhī | daśadṛśrāṃtauṃ (sic) udāharaṇa laṣīibai |

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iv + 4 + lv

Dimensions (binding): 26.4 × 13.7 cm.

Condition

each leaf has been nearly torn through in three places, and has been mended.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, Jaina style.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

quite doubtful; perhaps the latter half of the 18th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 438).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1418, pp. 245-246

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. 1418, pp. 245-246

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