MS. Sansk. e. 47

MSS. Sansk. e.

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Gajendramokṣaṇa and Saptaślokī, 18th cent.?

Language(s): Sanskrit.

1. [fols. 1-11v]

The Gajendramokṣaṇa from the Śantiparvan of the Mahābhārata.

Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ śrīgurubhyo namaḥ oṃ asya śrīgajedramokṣalikhyaṃ ǁ Śatānika uvāca ǁ mayā hi deva devasya Viṣṇor amitatejasaḥ śrutvāḥ saṃbhūtayaḥ sarvādigaditasiavasuvrataḥ ǁ 1 ǁ

Explicit: Gajendramokṣaṇaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanaṃ śrāvayet prātar utthāya dīrgham ā |

2. [fols. 12-13]

The Saptaślokī, seven ślokas from the Bhāgavata Purāṇa (II, 9. 31–37) with a commentary.

Incipit: śrībhagavān uvāca | jñānaṃ paramaṃ guhyaṃ yad vijñānasamanvitāṃ | sarahasyaṃ tadaṃgaṃ ca gṛhāṇa gaditaṃ mayā | jñānaṃ śāsrotthaṃ vijñānam anubhavaḥ rahasyaṃ bhaktiḥ sugopyam api vikṣāmīty ādibhir deśāt tasyāṃgaṃ sādhanaṃ ǁ 1 ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iii + 13 + xi

Dimensions (binding): 18.4 × 11.7 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

probably about a. d. 1800.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 31).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1226 (1, 2), pp. 166-167

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. 1226 (1, 2), pp. 166-167

Funding of Cataloguing

We Are Our History

A catalogue of South Asian Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries