MS. Sansk. d. 199

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka, with the Commentary of Bhaṭṭotpala, 18th cent.?

The Bṛhajjātaka of Varāhamihira, adhyāyas 1–5, with the commentary of Bhaṭṭotpala, a. d. 966.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iii + 77 + i

Dimensions (binding): 28.6 × 14.0 cm.

Condition

ff. 1–4 are torn and some letters are lost.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

probably about the middle of the 18th cent.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 308).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1567, 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. 1567, p. 304

Funding of Cataloguing

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