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MS. Sansk. e. 16

MSS. Sansk. e.

Contents

Summary of Contents: A complete paper manuscript of Pāṇini's Aṣṭādhyāyī.
Ff. 1v-115v
Pāṇini , Aṣṭādhyāyī
Rubric: F. 1v: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
Incipit: F. 1v: yenākṣarasamāmnāyam adhigamya Maheśvarāt || kṛtsnaṃ vyākaraṇaṃ proktaṃ tasmai Pāṇinaye namaḥ || yena dhautā giraḥ puṃsāṃ vimalaiḥ śabdavāribhiḥ || tamaś cājñānajaṃ bhinnaṃ tasmai Pāṇinaye namaḥ |||| a i uṇ |
Colophon: F. 115v: śake sa° 1702 śarvarīnāmasaṃvatsare pauṣaśuddhatrayodaśyāṃ iṃduvāsare taddinītheṃṭe ity upaśarmabhaṭ jayarāmabhaṭsyasutena dājībhaṭena likhitaṃ śubhaṃ bhavatu || || tailādrakṣejalādrakṣedrakṣetsītalabaṃdhanāt || sūrkha haste nadā tavyaṁ evaṁ vadati pustakaṁ || cha cha cha || śrimārtaṃḍabhairavārpaemaskta || śrīvlacharpaemaskta ||
Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: ii + 117
Dimensions (binding): 21.0 × 12 cm.
Dimensions (leaf): 19 × 10 cm.
Foliation: Devanāgarī numerals in black ink, top-left and bottom-right margin, verso.
Foliation: Library foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil, bottom-right margin, recto.

Condition

Complete.

In good condition.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink. Daṇḍas and vertical ruling in red ink. Highlighted in red powder.

Scribe: Dājībhaṭṭa. Son of Themṭe Jayarāmabhaṭṭa, ‘ity upaśarmabhaṭ jayarāmabhaṭsyasutena dājībhaṭena likhitaṃ’.

Decoration

Floral motif in red ink on f. 1r.

Scribal doodles in red ink in the margins on ff. 70v and 100v.

Additions:

Abbreviated marginal title on top-left margin, verso.

Binding

Late 19th-century brown textile binding over pasteboard, with shelfmark and description tooled in gold on the spine. Cardboard cover box.

History

Origin: 1702 / 1780 CE

‘śake saº 1702 śarvarīnāmasaṃvatsare pauṣaśuddhatrayodaśyāṃ iṃduvāsare | ’

Record Sources

Description by Barbora Sojkova, based on observation of the manuscript and the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1118, p. 124

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions). Contact specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1118, p. 124

Funding of Cataloguing

The cataloguing of this item was made possible through a benefaction from the late John P. Clay, founder and benefactor of the Clay Sanskrit Library.