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Prācīna hastalikhitapothīyoṃkā vivaraṇa

Type
Descriptive catalogue
Volumes
6 vols., 1954–1964
Languages
Bengali, Hindi, Maithili, Sanskrit
Collections
Bihar Rashtrabhasa Parisad, Patna
Sources
Attested in: Not independently checked

Description (Biswas 1998)

Vol.I Ed.by Dharmendra Brahmacari Sastri. - 3rd ed. 1971. 7, jha, 258 p., Mss. nos. 1-100 Hindi and 1-51 Sanskrit. First edition of this volume was published in 1954 listing 42 Hindi, 1 Gurumukhi, 5 Bengali, 1 Maithili and 51 Sanskrit mss. Second edition (1958) listing 100 Hindi and 51 Sanskrit mss. [Bengali and Gurumukhi mss. listed in the first edition, were omitted]. Vol.II Śrī Mannulala Pustakalaya, Gaya [ 106 mss.] aur Śrī Caitanya Pustakalaya Patna city mem Sangrahita [21 mss.] pothiyom kā vivaraṇa / ed. by Dharmendra Brahmacari Sastri.- 1st ed.; 2nd rev. ed by Hamsakumara Tivari. 1977. ja, 242 p. First edition was published in 1955. Vol.III ed.by Nalinavilocana Śarmā; assisted by Rāmanārāyaṇa Śāstrī. ta, 84 p. Descriptions of Hindi mss. nos. 101-150. Vol.IV ed. by Nalinavilocana Śarmā; asst. by Rāmanārāyaṇa Śāstrī. ga, 3, 78 p. Describes Hindi mss. nos. 151-569. Vol. V ed. by Nalinavilocana Śarmā; assisted by Rāmanārāyaṇa Śāstrī and Vidhata Misra. 1961. ca 29, 47 p. Classified description in tabular form of 262 Sanskrit works. Appendix List of 61 works of unknown authors. Title index. Vol.VI ed. by Nalinavilocana Śarmā; assisted by Rāmanārāyaṇa Śāstrī. 1964. cha, 152 p. Description of 143 Hindi mss. comprising of 96 works. Description of about 800 Hindi and 374 Sanskrit works with extracts and notes. Each volume contains brief notes on authors and various indices. All the mss. are housed in Parisad's Library except those listed in Vol.II.

From S. C. Biswas, Bibliographic Survey of Indian Manuscript Catalogues (Delhi, 1998), no. 0816, as printed; OCR text, may contain errors.

Annotation (Janert 1965)

(Detailed descriptions (Khaṇḍa 1-3) and brief details (4-5) of Mss. in Skt. and Pkt., but chiefly in Hindi, deposited in the library of the Pariṣad and in other collections. Various indices, etc. - This catalogue is difficult to use.) 1. (¹1954 or:) ²1958 (ta, 224 pp.): Mss. 1-100 and 1-50. 2. 1955 (6, ta, 11, 9, 206, 5 pp.): Mannulala pustakalaya, about 130 Mss. 3. 1959 (ta, 84 pp.): Mss. 101-150. 4. (1960) (ga, 3, 78 pp.): Mss. 151-569. 5. 1961 (ca, 3, 11, [36] pp.): Mss. 1-262.

From K. L. Janert, An Annotated Bibliography of the Catalogues of Indian Manuscripts (Wiesbaden, 1965), no. 260, as printed; OCR text, may contain errors.

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