Lot 165
Sanskrit and Hindu literature
Collection of translations and editions, mainly 19th century, including Indian imprints
Auction: India in Ink: The Library of Dr Raj Krishna | 01 October 2026 from 10am | Lots 79 to 208
Description
[Nischaladasa]. The Metaphysics of the Upanishads. Vicharsagar, translated with Copious Notes by Lala Sreeram. Calcutta: Heeralal Dhole, 1885. First edition thus, large 8vo, original red cloth, lithographic portrait of the translator, cloth mottled, rear inner hinge cracked;
[Dandin]. Hindoo Tales. Or, the Adventures of Ten Princes. Feely translated from the Sanscrit of the Dasakumaracharitam by P. W. Jacob. London: Strahan & Co., 1873. First edition thus, original pebble-grain cloth, binding sunned;
[Newall, David John Falconer]. Tales of the Pandaus, by a Wandering Cimmerian. London: Harrison and Sons, 1884. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, printed on varicoloured paper, 7 wood-engraved plates (no list provided);
Row, T. Subba. Discourses on the Bhagavat Gita. Bombay: printed at the Joint-Stock Printing Press [for the Bombay Theosophical Publication Fund]. First edition, 8vo, original cloth-backed boards;
Dvivedi, Manilal N. The Imitation of Sankara. Being (A Collection of Several Texts bearing on the Advaita). Bombay: Pandit Jyestaram Mukundji, 1895. First edition thus, 8vo, original blue cloth, binding marked, rear inner hinge cracked;
Milman, Henry Hart (translator). Nala and Damayanti and Other Poems translated from the Sanscrit into English Verse, with Mythological and Critical Notes. Oxford: D. A. Talboys, 1835. First edition thus, large 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, leave largely unopened, binding worn, library plate (marked ‘dup[licate]’) to front pastedown, withdrawal ink-stamp to preface;
Valmiki. The Ramayan. Translated into English Verse by Ralph T. H. Griffith. Complete in One Volume. Benares: E. J. Lazarus and Co., 1895. 8vo, original blue cloth, crease to front board;
Raghunandana Bhattacarya. Dayatattwa. Translated by Golap Chandra Sarkar. Calcutta: Bonnerjee & Co., 1874. First edition thus, 8vo, original cloth (mottled and cockled), front inner hinge gone;
Bhaskaracharya. Lilavati; a Treatise on Algebra and Geometry. Calcutta: Education Press, 1832. 8vo, modern half cloth, [4] 2-5 [2] 2-133 pp., title-page in English and Sanskrit, main text entirely in Sanskrit, diagrams in the text, paper browned, English title-page laid down, Sanskrit title-page and final leaf repair, worming towards rear;
and 24 others, including various editions of Kalidasa's Meghaduta (Calcutta: B. P. M's Press, 1868, edited by Keder Nath Tarkaratna, bilingual edition with English text by H. H. Wilson; Calcutta: Sanskrit Press, 1869, edited by Iswarachandra Vidyasagara, in Sanskrit, with English and Sanskrit title-pages; Calcutta: Valmiki Press, 1871, edited by Prana Natha Pandita, in Sanskrit), Max Müller, A Sanskrit Grammar, 1866, John Campbell Oman, the Great Indian Epics: the Stories of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, 1894, the lot sold as seen (33)
Provenance
INDIA IN INK: THE LIBRARY OF DR RAJ KRISHNA