MSS. Sansk. e. 3, 4

MSS. Sansk. e.

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Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa, A. D. 1760–1762.

The Kauṣītaki Brāhmaṇa, or Śāṅkhāyana Brāhmaṇa, in thirty adhyāyas

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: + +

Dimensions (binding): 21.6 × 12.1 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

Jīvanarāma, of Benares, seems to have written the book himself. We read after the date in 3: dīº-hariśaṃkaratadātmajaśivaśaṃkaratadātmajaji-vaṃnnarāmasyedaṃ pustakaṃ Vārāṇasyāṃ Viśveśvarasannidhau |

History

Origin: A. D. 1760–1762.

at the end of 3 we find the date: saṃvat 1818 (= a. d. 1762) miti pauṣaśuddha 6 śukre likhitaṃm idaṃ pustakaṃ | At the end of 4: saṃvat 1816 (= a. d. 1760) varṣe vaiśākhasuddhasaptamī bhaumavāsare likhitaṃ |

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1886 through Dr. G. Thibaut of Benares. The name of Jīvanarāma is given as owner of the MS. at the beginning and end of each volume.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 946, p. 42

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. 946, p. 42

Funding of Cataloguing

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