MS. Ind. Inst. Sansk. 78 (R)

MSS. Ind. Inst. Sansk.

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Rākṣasakāvya, A. D. 1775.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: [1] śrīmahāgaṇapataye namaḥ | kaścid vanaṃ bahuvanaṃ vicaran vayasyo vaśyāṃ vanātmavadanāṃ vanitāṃ vanārdrāṃ | tarvaryaripradam uḍīksya samutthitaṃ khenāgāminaṃ madakalaḥ sakalāṃ babhāse ǁ 1 ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Indian paper.

Extent: 2

Dimensions (binding): 23.5 × 8.3 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

f. 2v: his patron is given: idaṃ pustakaṃ Goviṃdadaśaputrrasya |

History

Origin: 1775.

f. 2v: śake 1697 (=A. D. 1775) manmathanāmasaṃvatsare mārgaśīrṣakṛśuklapakṣe tithau daśamyāṃ likhitaṃ |

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented by the Rev. S. C. Malan in January, 1885.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit and Prākrit MSS in the Indian Institute Library, no. 139, pp. 76-77

Availability

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Bibliography

Printed descriptions:

Arthur Berriedale Keith, A Catalogue of the Sanskrit and Prākrit MSS. in the Indian Institute Library Oxford (Oxford, 1903), no. 139, pp. 76-77

Funding of Cataloguing

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