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MS. Sansk. d. 216

MSS. Sansk. d.

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Vāgbhaṭa’s Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā, 18th cent.?

Contents

The Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā of Vāgbhaṭa (sometimes Prākritized into Bāhaṭa), a comprehensive treatise on medicine

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper. The leaves are arranged as in English books.
Extent: + +
Dimensions (binding): 26.0 × 18.1 cm.

Hand(s)

Śaradā.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

perhaps about a. d. 1700.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 340). Memorandum on original wrapper (f. ii), ‘K 28,’ i. e. Kaśmīr.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1599, pp. 314-316

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. 1599, pp. 314-316

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