MS. Wilson 129

MSS. Wilson

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Agni Purāṇa, A. D. 1821.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Agni Purāṇa

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper

Extent: ii + 512 + ii. The original foliation counts only 507 ff., as ff. 54, 175, 214, 291, 292 are repeated.

Dimensions (binding): 34.3 × 17.8 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

History

Origin: 1821

f. 512: saṃvata 1877 ⟨1821⟩ |

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. 42, p. 6

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. 42, p. 6

Theodor Aufrecht, Codices Sanscriticos complectens, vol. 1. (Oxford, 1864), no. 42, p. 7

Funding of Cataloguing

We Are Our History

A catalogue of South Asian Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries