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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    Sundaradäsa kau savaiyä by Sundaradäsa (1) Begins: SR II WT ^ 3RTII II ïïfa ïï^[2?ïï^rii ^k^^^^ii ïïifïïsr^tii Ends: ^rrf^ t ^ ^ il ^^ïï^f^^n^^'^3^ifRTfïii?4ii Colophon: ^fïï ?ít il 5 ^ ^ 3tïï -iHM< u l ^t^rtii ^fct ^hrf g ^srt5ft ^1 ^fïït^t^tf^ii 3^113« il 444 ii Author: Sundaradäsa (born AD 1596) was one of the foremost disciples of Dädü and an accomplished poet. His main works were the Jñana-samudra (AD 1653) and the Sundara-viläsa (compiled AD 1685). [McGregor 1984: pp. 136-138. NPS 1964 II: pp. 555-557.] Work: A neat complete copy of an anthology of savaiyä verses by Sundaradäsa. According to the colophon it consists of 555 verses divided into 34 aAgas. Despite the title savaiyä they are in a number of different metres such as indava, hamsäla and manahara chandas. The verses are about Sant teachings as revealed by Sundaradäsa. 465 Shelf mark: MS Hindi.244.12; ff. 3 [556a-568b] (no foliation); size: 22 x 19 cm; gutakä; plain cotton cloth over red cotton cloth on card cover; 28 lines of 15 cm per page; text in black ink, headings and margins in red ink; neat Devanagari; complete; undated, 18th century. 3T^, Wjzm (?) S3 7 SO Sundardäsajl kä astaka by Sundaradäsa (1) Begins: 3$ -HWitMÌ 3^5 Àlçi II 3îrR P kmh % || tr ^ ÏÏHII ^5 3^1 ^3^11 ?mfïï^f^RTlll?ll îPÏÏ^RÎII Wpii^ïï fPTIl W^TSrfïï^^ll ^Rïïf^fWWTIRII Ends: m *#r ^I I 3î^R 3l%|| ^JT^qqz^l q^RíTq^R^^II Tfl % ^FT ïï^ftl ^31 ÏÏZ ^öjftII *TH 3T^R f^RRÍ^Id Colophon: Mt TFRt ^Tfïï Work: Neat complete copies of several short works by Sundaradäsa. They are as follows: first, 12 astaka verses in 96 stanzas in a variety of metres, second, Susasamädhi grantha around 85 stanzas mostly in the dohä and caupäl metres and third, an unfinished or incomplete copy of Jñana krpä kl niscai in around 34 stanzas in the dohä and caupäl metres. The subject matter of all these works is Sant teachings as revealed by Sundaradäsa.