{ "viewingDirection": "left-to-right", "metadata": [ { "label": "Provenance", "value": "Bought by Dr. D. Wright in 1873-6." }, { "label": "Extent", "value": "79 ff." }, { "label": "Funding", "value": "AHRC" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "19th century." }, { "label": "Classmark", "value": "MS Add.1344" }, { "label": "Additions", "value": "
Marginalia<\/b><\/p> Wood cover, library binding.<\/p>"
},
{
"label": "Condition",
"value": "Complete, in good condition."
},
{
"label": "Script",
"value": " The Amarakośa<\/i> by Amarasiṃha, probably a Buddhist author, is the most renowned Sanskrit lexicographical work, seemingly composed around the middle of the first millennium CE. \"The bulk of the Amarakośa<\/i> is a synonymic dictionary whose articles are grouped subjectwise\" (Vogel 1979: 311). The fame of the \"Immortal Lexicon\" goes far beyond the boundaries of the Indian subcontinent, as testified by its renderings in Tibetan, Chinese, Mongolian, Sinhalese and Burmese, among others. A further proof of its importance and popularity is the number of commentaries dedicated to it: at least eighty, of which many still remain unpublished. A 19th-century paper manuscript, well written in more than one hand with daṇḍa<\/i>s in red ink and occasional annotations. The first book of the work ends with its index in a folio numbered 16 as the previous one. The last folio (numbered 53) bears an index to the second chapter(<\/p>"
},
{
"label": "Title",
"value": "Amarakośa"
},
{
"label": "Author(s) of the Record",
"value": "Daniele Cuneo and Camillo Formigatti"
},
{
"label": "Material",
"value": "Paper. Folio height: 12 cm, width: 28 cm. <\/p>"
},
{
"label": "Layout",
"value": "Written area height: 7 cm, width: 21-22 cm. 8-9 lines per page.<\/p>"
},
{
"label": "Date of Acquisition",
"value": "13 Octover 1875 (ULIB 7/3/55; 11 September 1875 University Library stamp)."
},
{
"label": "Foliation",
"value": " 1. Original: Devanāgarī numerals, top left margin, verso (under running marginal title), inconsistently.<\/p> 2. Original: Devanāgarī numerals, bottom right margin, verso, (under running marginal invocation).<\/p>"
},
{
"label": "Bibliography",
"value": " Descriptions of the manuscript<\/b><\/p> Manuscripts<\/b><\/p>