MS. Sansk. e. 57

MSS. Sansk. e.

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Ballāla’s Bhojaprabandha, 19th cent.?

The Bhojaprabandha, by Ballāla

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ śrīmato Dhārādhīśvarasya rājño Bhojasya prabaṃdho likhyate yathā ādau Dhārāyāṃ nagaryāṃ Siṃdhulasaṃjño rājā ciraṃ prajāḥ pālitavān | &c

Explicit: vaktrāṃbhoruhabhāratinavanavā prajñavaye sthāyinī devaśrī Bhoja te bhujaṃ caraṇaṃ yormat kā ca digmaṃḍalaṃ ity ālocya nigham aṃgam abhitaḥ saubhāgyalakṣmopateḥ klrttikopavatī ca bhojajaladheḥ prāṃteṣu vaṃbhraṃmpate ǁ 1 ǁ rājā tasmai kalakṣaṃ lakṣaṃ pratyakṣaraṃ dattavān śrīr astu iti śrīballālapaṃḍitaviracito śrībhojasya prahaṃdhaḥ samāpto ’yaṃ sa pūrṇaḥ śrīḥ śrīḥ.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iii + 92 + ii

Dimensions (binding): 21.6 × 14.6 cm.

Condition

ff. 26–62 and ff. 78–91 are slightly damaged by insects, but the text is intact.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 19th cent.?

apparently quite modern, perhaps a. d. 1850.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 118).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1525, p. 290

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. 1525, p. 290

Funding of Cataloguing

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