MS. Wilson 356
MSS. Wilson
NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.
Brahma Purāṇa, A. D. 1772.
Contents
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper
Extent: ii + 178 + ii. The original foliation makes 181 leaves, ff. 20–22 being lost.
Dimensions (binding): 27.3 × 17.8 cm.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink.
History
Origin: 1772
on f. 1 is written: saṃvat 1828 ⟨1772⟩, but this may merely be some owner’s date. The MS. looks somewhat older.
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. 63, p. 8
Availability
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Bibliography
Printed descriptions:
Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library: Appendix to Vol. I (Oxford, 1909), no. 63, p. 8
Theodor Aufrecht, Codices Sanscriticos complectens, vol. 1. (Oxford, 1864), no. 63, pp. 17-20
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