MS. Sansk. e. 2
MSS. Sansk. e.
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Śāṅkhāyana Āraṇyaka, 17th cent.?
Contents
The Śāṅkhāyana Āraṇyaka
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Incipit: 50 ‖ o namaḥ śrīṛgvedāya ‖ upaniṣada likhite ‖ ‖ o Prajāpatir vai saṃvatsaraḥs tasyaiṣa ātmā yan mahāvrataṃ tasmād enat parasmai namase | &c.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 87 + ii
Dimensions (binding): 18.7 × 14.6 cm.
Condition
ff. 1–32 are discoloured and sometimes illegible.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī, large, beautiful characters.
History
Origin: 17th cent.?
the last leaf, which is, however, a modern supplement, is dated: śrīsaṃvat 1837 ⟨1781⟩ varṣe miti jyeṣṭaśudī 15 śukravā | The original MS. seems to be at least 100 years older, and may even belong to the beginning of the 17th century, but more probably the first half of the 18th.
Provenance and Acquisition
Bought in 1886 through Dr. G. Thibaut of Benares.
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 976, pp. 59-60
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. 976, pp. 59-60
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