[South Indian Sanskrit MS 167, Whish MS 178] Sāmaveda

Sāmaveda

Language – Sanskrit

Date – [1800?]
Palm leaf; 7 or 8 lines on a folio. Manuscript consists of the Prakṛti (ff.1-157) and Prakṛticalākṣara (ff.157b-165) of the Sāmaveda. Winternitz notes that there is an entry by C. M. Whish as follows: “This volume contains the PRAKṚTIH of the SĀMAVĒDAH; and the CHALĀKSHRAM of the same — C. M. Whish — Tellicherry 1831 — NB. The Chalāksharam is a running index of the Prakṛitih.” The first 6 folios contain an index to the manuscript, written by C. M. Whish. Winternitz the date of 1831 given by Whish, and thinks the manuscript is probably not much older. Text begins: gautamasya parkkaḥ | o ta gnā i | ā cho yā hī ṇa vo i to yā pre i | tokāyā pre i | gṛ kā ṇā no hā | vyā co dāto yā pre i | tokāyā pre i | nāghī i ho tā sā | tsā ve i bā au ho vā | hī ṭū ṣī | di 7 pa 9 mā 9 jho || ā te gna ā yāhi vī | takayā i | gṛ kaḥ ṇā no havya dā tāyā i | ni ghai ho tā satsi barhā i ṣi | baverhā i ṣā au ho vā | bajarhī ṣī | di 9 pa 6 ma 6 tṛ || etc. See Sāmaveda I, 1, 1, 1. F.2: ekonaviṃśati prathamaḥ || F.3: pañcadaśa dvitīyaḥ || F.4b: ekaviṃśatis tṛtīyaḥ || F.7: dvāviṃśati caturtthaḥ || etc. F.18: caturdaśa dvādaśa || hariḥ om || āgneyaṃ samāptam || F.156: daśa tṛtīyaḥ || śukriyaṃ samāptaṃ || F.157 ends: hi ma sthi kā ā pre | dā ka yo | ā ci | di 6 pa 6 ma 2 kā || gāyatraṃ samāptam || śubham astu śrīgurucaraṇāravindābhyāṃ namaḥ || etc. (Scribe’s colophon in Malayalam language). F.157b begins: agnijho tra trā tam agne jhū agnin duku | agnirvatrā dhudhedi | preṣṭha chodhau kū | tvannojhego | chyundainṛ | ā te the jū | tvam agne bī | agne vivasvad agho ekonaviṃśati prathamaḥ || namas te ḍu | dūtaṃ vo ṇū | etc. See Sv. I, 1, 1, 1. It ends (f.165): daśa tritīyaḥ || śukriyaṃ samāptam || vī dāma ghavanvi dārāyendran dhanasya cauṭī ḍhu | ā i vā ṇo | u dvaya ṇṭe | tatsaka | śakvarī samāptam || prakṛticalākṣaraṃ samāptam || hariḥ om etc. For more extensive quotations from the manuscript and marking of accents, see Winternitz catalogue entry. South Indian Sanskrit / Whish Manuscript Collection. See ’A catalogue of South Indian Sanskrit manuscripts (especially those of the Whish Collection) belonging to the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland’ by M. Winternitz, with an appendix by F. W. Thomas (London: RAS, 1902) p.224-225. Go to http://tinyurl.com/j3tkdwj for a digital copy of this catalogue. J. L. Whish, gift of manuscripts collected by his brother C. M. Whish, July 1836. Text in Sanskrit; Grantha script.