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MS. Sansk. d. 141

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Vāgdānaprayoga, 19th cent.?

Contents

The Vāgdānaprayoga, a brief account of the ceremonial of promising a girl in marriage

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: iv + 5 + xxi
Dimensions (binding): 28.9 × 14.9 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 19th cent.?

about the middle of the 19th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 212).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1499, pp. 282-283

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. 1499, pp. 282-283

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