MS. Sansk. e. 21 (R)

MSS. Sansk. e.

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Tathāgatajñānastutigāthā, 12th cent.?

The Tathāgatajñānastutigāthā, a collection of verses on the excellencies of the Buddha

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Palm-leaves, held together by two boards, (one new), and a string passing through a hole somewhat towards the left.

Extent: + +

Dimensions (binding): × cm.

Condition

all the leaves have lost letters at the edges, especially f. 1. Ff. 6, 9 are nearly illegible, and the end is missing.

Hand(s)

Nepalese.

History

Origin: 12th cent.?

probably 12th cent., according to Dr. Hoernle. The numbers correspond very closely to those of the Cambridge MSS. 866, 1684, in Bendall, Buddh. Sansk. MSS., plate IV.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1900 from Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1445, p. 256

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. 1445, p. 256

Funding of Cataloguing

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