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MS. Sansk. e. 7

MSS. Sansk. e.

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Śāṅkhāyana Śauta and Gṛhya Sūtra, 18th cent.?

Contents

Summary of Contents: There seems to have been one codex, all written by the same scribe, containing Śrauta Sūtra and Gṛhya Sūtra, and by some misadventure the first five leaves from the Śrauta Sūtra have been substituted for those of the Gṛhya Sūtra

Language(s): Sanskrit.

1. [fols. 1-5]

The beginning of the Śāṅkhāyana Śrauta Sūtra, I, 1, 1–I, 4, 5.

Incipit: 50 ‖ oṃ namo śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ‖ ‖ oṃ yajñaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ | &c.
Explicit: devena Savitrā prasūta ārtvijyaṃ kariṣyā |
2. [fols. 6-80]

the Śāṅkhāyana Gṛhya Sūtra, from I, 6, 5 to the end, in six adhyāyas.

Incipit: śrām | anādhṛṣṭam asy snādhṛṣyaṃ | &c.
Explicit: devaṛṣibhyaś ca brahma satyaṃ ca pātu mām iti brahma satyaṃ ca pātu mām iti ‖ 6 ‖ ‖ iti Gṛhyasūtre ṣaṣṭho ‘dhyāyaḥ ‖

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: i + 80 + i
Dimensions (binding): 21.6 × 11.7 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

probably middle of 18th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

A former owner was Govindarāma. Entry on f. 1: ‖ di | Goviṃdarāmasyedaṃ pustakaṃ ‖ ‖ sūtrapūrvarddhasya paṭhanārthaṃ ca ‖

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. 1024 (1, 2), pp. 82-83

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. 1024 (1, 2), pp. 82-83

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