MSS. Wilson 541, 542

MSS. Wilson

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Translations from the Agni Purāṇa, between A. D. 1825 and 1830?

An English translation of selected chapters from the Agni Purāṇa, made for the late H

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: very thin and absorbent paper.

Extent: + +

Dimensions (binding): 32.4 × 21.6 cm.

Condition

the beginning of the first volume (541, ff. 1–79) and the end of the second volume (542, from f. 464) are slightly damaged by insects. Of the latter, ff. 295, 296 also are damaged.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

Scribes: in several places we find the statements, ‘Copied by J. C. Roy’ and ‘Copied by S. C. Ghose,’ or only the initials ‘J. C. R.’ and ‘S. C. G.’ See e. g. 541, ff. 88v, 108, 252, &c., and 542, ff. 57v, 208v, &c.

History

Origin: A. D. 1825 and 1830?

as several of this series of translations were written in 1827 and 1828, it is probable that these two volumes also were written about the same time.

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:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1196, p. 158

Availability

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Bibliography

Printed descriptions:

Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1196, p. 158

Funding of Cataloguing

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