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MS. Sansk. e. 65

MSS. Sansk. e.

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Manusmṛtidharmāḥ, and Extracts from Bhāgavata Purāṇa, &c., 18th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit.

1. [fols. 1-14]

Manusmṛtidharmāḥ (ff. 1–14), being extracts from the twelve books of the Mānavadharmaśāstra, intended to give the laws of Manu in a nutshell (saṃkṣepeṇa). Beginning:

Incipit: oṃ namaḥ | śrīsarasvatīrthapāya paramāgurave ǁ svasty astu ǁ prajābhyaḥ ǁ oṃ namo vighnahantre ǁ śreyase ǁ śrībhavānyai namaḥ ǁ atha Manusmṛtidharmāḥ ǁ ǁ prathamādhyāye ǁ ǁ oṃ āsīd idaṃ | &c.
Explicit: iti śrīmanusmṛtidharmāḥ saṅkṣepeṇoktāḥ likhitāḥ ceti śubhaṃ bhavatv asmākaṃ sarveṣāṃ ǁ
2. [fols. 14-23v]

Extracts from the Bhāgavata Purāṇa and other works

Incipit: ataḥ paraṃ śrībhāgavatāntare vivicya sārabhūtāḥ ślokā likhyante ǁ dvitīyaskande ǁ catuślokī likhyate ǁ śrībhagavān uvāca ǁ aham evāsam evāgre | &c.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 23 + ix
Dimensions (binding): 15.9 × 19.4 cm.

Condition

ff. 1 (protected with transparent paper), 12, 22, and 23 are slightly damaged.

Hand(s)

Śaradā.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

appears to be modern, probably 18th cent.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugcn Hultzsch (MS. 189).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1093 (1, 2), p. 113

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. 1093 (1, 2), p. 113

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