MS. Wilson 108

MSS. Wilson

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Viṣṇu Purāṇa, A. D. 1703.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Viṣṇu Purāṇa

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper

Extent: ii + 216 + ii

Dimensions (binding): 35.9 × 19.7 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

History

Origin: 1703

f. 216: saṃvatu 1759 ⟨1703⟩ varṣe jyeṣṭavadi 14 guruvāsare bharate nachitre tadina paustikaṃ samāpto ’yaṃ kṛtvā śubham astu maṃgalaṃ |

Provenance and Acquisition

The collection of Horace Hayman Wilson was purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1842.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 109, pp. 14-15

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions). Contact specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.

Bibliography

Printed descriptions:

Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library: Appendix to Vol. I (Oxford, 1909), no. 109, pp. 14-15

Theodor Aufrecht, Codices Sanscriticos complectens, vol. 1. (Oxford, 1864), no. 109, p. 62

Funding of Cataloguing

We Are Our History

A catalogue of South Asian Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries