MS. Ind. Inst. Sansk. 18

MSS. Ind. Inst. Sansk.

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Kālidāsa’s Abhijñanaśakuntala, A.D. 1888.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: European paper.

Extent: 45

Dimensions (binding): 31.8 × 13.7 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

f. 45v: Rāṇai ityupanāmakaśāmarāyataṇayena Viṣṇunā idaṃ pustakaṃ (lekhakahastena added in later hand) likḣitaṃ|

History

Origin: A.D. 1888.

f. 45v: śake 1760 (=A. D. 1838) 1760 vilambyabde caitre māsi śuklapakṣe aṣṭamyāṃ iṃduvasare taddine |

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented by Sir M. Monier-Williams (no. 28).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit and Prākrit MSS in the Indian Institute Library, no. 141, p. 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. 141, p. 77

Funding of Cataloguing

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