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MS. Sansk. e. 61

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Mammaṭa’s Kāvyaprakāśa, 17th cent.?

Contents

The Kāvyaprakāśa, by Rājānaka Mammaṭaka and Alaka, in ten ullāsas

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: iv + 169
Dimensions (binding): 17.1 × 20.0 cm.

Condition

ff. 2, 3, 14, 15b, 16b, 26, 27 are damaged and repaired; ff. 11, 12, 78–140 are all more or less damaged by insects, and many of the leaves protected with transparent paper. The marginal notes are frequently damaged in other places also.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

History

Origin: 17th cent.?

probably 17th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 172). Memorandum on f. 11, ‘K 43.’

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1159, p. 141

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. 1159, p. 141

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