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Reference (shelfmark):: MSS Avestan 19, ff 1r-132v
Title:: The Pazand-Sanskrit version of the Pahlavi Mēnōy ī khrad
Scope & Content:: The Pazand-Sanskrit version of the Pahlavi Mēnōy ī khrad composed by Naryosangh Dhaval in the 12th century. Although it lacks the first folio containing Naryosangh’s introduction, the text itself is complete. A Pahlavi colophon on f. 132r, copied from an older manuscript, names the (presumably ...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pahlavi and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1521
Extent:: ff. 1r-132v

Reference (shelfmark):: MSS Avestan 19, ff 133r-148r
Title:: Fragments of Āfrīns and Aogemadaēca in Avestan, Pazand and Sanskrit
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Pahlavi and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1521
Extent:: Ff. 133r-148r

Reference (shelfmark):: MSS Avestan 20
Title:: Khordah Avesta and Yashts
Scope & Content:: Khordah Avesta and Yashts beginning with (ff. 1A-1B) a detailed index in Gujarati dated Samvat 1832 (1775), copied by Andhiyaru Rustamji Shapurji Godrez. Contents include: Introductory prayers; five Niyāyish; two Patets; Pazand and Sanskrit Āshirvāds; Āfarīns Gahanbār, Ardafravash and Hamkār; f...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Avestan, Pahlavi, and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 17th century
Extent:: codex; ff. v+1A-1D+509+iii

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss Eur F595/8/22
Title:: Invitation to a marriage ceremony, decorated in gold (with decorated envelope)
Collection Area:: India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 19th century
Extent:: 1 file (3 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Mss MAN/BUR 3486
Title:: သကဋအဘိဓါန်နိသျ Sakaḍha ʾabhidhānʿ
Scope & Content:: This manuscript contains the sanskrit text with a Burmese nissaya of the vocabulary. The Sanskrit text is written with the ordinary Burmese characters.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Burmese and Sanskrit
Date Range:: 1828
Extent:: 292 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 1386
Title:: Bṛhaccūrṇivyākhyā
Scope & Content:: Bṛhaccūrṇivyākhyā (Jain Śvetāmbara): Sanskrit commentary on the Jītakalpa (composed in V.S. 1227). It is also called Ṭippana (Viṣamapadavyākhyā) and comments on the eleven Prakrit verses of the cūrṇi and then the difficult expressions found in the following prose portion. Śrīcandrasūri was the...
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 13th C
Extent:: Palm leaf, poṭhi format, 78 folios. 30x5cm.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 2136B
Title:: Praśnottara or Dharmaratnākara
Scope & Content:: Praśnottara or Dharmaratnākara by Śrutasāgara: Jain Śvetāmbara sectarian text expounding criticism and refusal of practices typical of rival monastic orders. In Sanskrit.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Sanskrit
Date Range:: 16th C
Extent:: Bound paper poṭhi. 75 folios; 25.9x11.5 cm, 17 lines.

Reference (shelfmark):: Or 2894
Title:: 西天真實名經 Xi tian zhen shi ming jing
Scope & Content:: Title on the Western binding cover: Namasangiti. Foliation information at end of the original volume: 45 folios Nov. 1885.S.S. Item transferred from on 4 Aug 1885.
Collection Area:: Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:: Chinese and Sanskrit
Date Range:: before 1885
Extent:: 1 volume (45 folios)

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