Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??


Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...

IO SAN 3326bb

Record Id:
032-003720377
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003720377
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100110771778.0x000024
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO SAN 3326bb
Title:
Gītāsāra
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
Hierarchy Tree:
[{ "id" : "032-003720377", "parent" : "#", "text" : "IO SAN 3326bb: Gītāsāra" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003720377
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-003720377
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
ff.4 (37v-40r remarked 462v-465r)
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Sanskrit
Scripts:
Sharada
Start Date:
1700
End Date:
1750
Date Range:
1700-1750
Era:
CE
Access:

Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.

Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.

Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.

If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.

This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.

User Conditions:
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
TEI:

India Office Library

IO SAN 3326bb

Gītāsāra

Contents

Language(s): sa

Title: Gītāsāra

written in the Śārada character.

The Ms. is not very correct.  

Foll.426-466 of the volume by the same hand.

An epitome of the Bhavadgītā claiming to be from the Bhīṣmaparvan of the Mahābhārata.

Incipit: śrībhagavānuvāca | sarvato jyotirākāśaṃ sarvabhūtaguṇānvitam | sarvataḥ paramātmānamakṣaraṃ paramaṃ padam || anādinidhanaṃ devaṃ mahājyotiriti dhruvam | ākāśaṃ paramaṃ sthānaṃ śabdādiguṇavarjitam || f. 462v
Colophon: paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ viṣṇoḥ māhātmyamuttamam || iti mahābhārate śatasāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ bhīṣmaparvaṇi śrībhagavadgītāsūpaniṣatsu jñānasvarūpaṃ paraṃ brahma nirvāṇapradaṃ gītāsāraṃ samāptam | f. 465r

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: ff.4 (37v-40r remarked 462v-465r)
Dimensions (leaf): 22.8 × 25.4 cm.
Dimensions (written): 15 × 16.5 cm.

Condition

Good

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 14

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1700-1750

Provenance and Acquisition

India Office library June 27, 1904.

Availability

WARNING: Under current circumstances, not all items are available for consultation and orders can only be placed within Reading Rooms. Please contact Reading Room staff at the British Library for information on availability and for help with placing orders.

Surrogates

Microfilm IOL 130

Bibliography