MS. Sansk. e. 60

MSS. Sansk. e.

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Amarasiṃha’s Nāmaliṅgānuśāsana, 16th cent.?

Summary of Contents: The Nāmaliṅgānuśāsana, by Amarasiṃha, a fragment comprising 1, vi, 20 to 3, v, 40, with numerous glosses between the lines and in the margins

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Birch bark.

Extent: ii + 181

Dimensions (binding): 16.5 × 20.6 cm.

Condition

seriously damaged are ff. 32, 33, 44, 87, 146, 166–176; and of ff. 177, 178 only small fragments are left.

Hand(s)

Śāradā.

History

Origin: 16th cent.?

probably 16th century, if not older.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 156). Memorandum on f. 21: ‘K 41.’

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1099, pp. 117-118

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. 1099, pp. 117-118

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