MS. Sansk. d. 198

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka, A.D. 1888.

The Bṛhajjātaka of Varāhamihira

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iii + 44 + i

Dimensions (binding): 24.4 × 14.0 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

f.44v: rāṣīvālakālikāsādasyā liṣitaṃ pustaka Vṛhajātakakipustakaṃ | Both date and name have been written over another notice which is deleted. The first word may be Roṃṣīº. On the original wrapper the date is given as saṃ 1886.

History

Origin: A. D. 1888.

f. 44v: saṃvat 1894 ⟨1838⟩ pauṣavadī 5 vāra etavāra |

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 307).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1566, p. 304

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. 1566, p. 304

Funding of Cataloguing

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