MS. Wilson 124

MSS. Wilson

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Bhaviṣa Purāṇa, A. D. 1826.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Bhaviṣya Purāṇa

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper

Extent: ii + 367 + ii. Originally foliated as two parts with 141 (really 142, as f. 15 is repeated) + 225 leaves.

Dimensions (binding): 36.8 × 22.9 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

History

Origin: 1826

Date:

(1) at end of part 1, f. 142: sṃammvat 1882 ⟨1826⟩ mīti śāvanaśādī | 15 | śanīcara |

(2) at end of part 2, f. 367: saṃvat 1882 bhādau śudī 5 |

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. 77, p. 10

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. 77, p. 10

Theodor Aufrecht, Codices Sanscriticos complectens, vol. 1. (Oxford, 1864), no. 77, p. 36

Funding of Cataloguing

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A catalogue of South Asian Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries