A descriptive catalogue of the Hindi manuscripts in the library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine / by Peter Friedlander.

  • Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. Library.
Date:
1996
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Credit: A descriptive catalogue of the Hindi manuscripts in the library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine / by Peter Friedlander. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Author: Visnudäsa (active c. AD 1439) was a poet at the court of king Domgarasimha of Gopälacalagadha (Gwalior). The NPS notes three works attributed to this author, two based on the Mahäbhärata and one entitled Rükamani mañgala. [McGregor 1984: pp. Work: A rough complete copy of this work. It is a short work in the doha and caupai metres set to various ragas. Its subject is the story of Krsna and Rukmlni. Shelf mark: MS Hindi.202.06; ff. 12 [ 105a—116a] (1—11); size: 13 x 17 cm; bound volume, traces of red cotton binding on spine; 10 lines of 12 cm per page; text and headings in black ink, red pigment over headings, no margins; fair bold Devanagari; complete, but lacks cover; undated, 19th century. Begins: fàïï 3FRR ^ | 3rt fipçf h-w ■5tpt £ ^ 3(h u ii 3tp-t ^ <*ic1 3tft^ yç-1 % Ends: ^^ ^ ^ ^ 411 tró[ TRRfq rTSi ^KÏÏ Hl^rl u íi ^ST^TRÍ 3RT*R3T f> ¿lid íjf 3Ffa) =hRíi TRT cll^ ^ìì rît aiidm^ t m Colophon: ^rt^t ^ WW\ ii Author: Sañkaracarya (AD 788-820) was a Nambudri Brahmin from the Malabar coast. He is one of the most famous figures in the Hindu tradition. He is credited with the authorship of numerous Sanskrit works. Work: A fair complete copy of this work. It is a Hindi version by an unidentified author of a Sanskrit Vedantic religious work by Sañkaracarya. Shelf mark: MS Hindi. 174; ff. 47 (3-50); size: 14 x 26 cm; loose folios; 8 lines of 16 cm per page; text, headings and margins in black ink, red pigment over headings; fair Kaithi-style Devanagari; incomplete, lacks folios 1-2 and final folio(s); undated, 18th century. 35-38. NPS 1964 II: p. 396.] 3TW, RMI-K Unidentified by Sivänanda Begins: ii TO ^ ^Rì 4 JMII^Í JHIMU ^fe>.(íd ?