In addition I have seen, in the Nepal National Archives, a 19th century handwritten Devanagari  copy of a printed Vedic text, the Katyayana Srautasutra (Kātyāyana Śrautasūtra) edited in Nagari by Albrecht Weber in 1859; the MS included his notes (in parentheses) referring to quotes from the Vajasaneyi Samhita (Vājasaneyi Saṃhitā).

Cheers,

MW>

On Mar 22, 2012, at 8:56 PM, Jean-Luc Chevillard wrote:

Cher Emmanuel,

inside the Pondicherry EFEO collection of MSS,
the MS numbered EO-0541,
which is an incomplete copy of the கணக்கதிகாரம் [kaṇakkatikāram]
was copied from a book
published in "pirapava ((varuṣam)) paṅkuṉi ((mācam))"
by cuppiramaṇiya aiyar
in his "vittiyāvilācamuttirākṣaracālai"
which seems to correspond to march-april 1868.

I have been able to directly compare the MS and a PDF of the printed book.

I originally thought the book to have been published in 1927-1928,
but after seeing the MS copy this seems unlikely :-)

-- Jean-Luc Chevillard

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