MS. Sansk. d. 207

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Vasantarāja’s Vasantarājaśākuna, 18th cent.?

The Śākuna of Vasantarāja, a work on omens; it was written at the request of Candradeva of Mithila

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: + +

Dimensions (binding): 24.8 × 14.6 cm.

Condition

all chap. XIII, and nearly all XIV, XIX and XX are missing.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

possibly about the end of the 18th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 329).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1581, p. 309

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. 1581, p. 309

Funding of Cataloguing

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