MS. Wilson 543
MSS. Wilson
NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.
Translations from the Brahma Purāṇa, between A. D. 1825 and 1830?
Contents
The Uttarakhaṇḍa of the Brahma Purāṇa, chapters 1–4, 10–12, I4–18, 22, 23, 31 and 32, translated by or for the late H
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: i + 243
Dimensions (binding): 33.0 × 22.5 cm.
Condition
the ends of the lines (on the verso of the leaves) are often illegible, through the carelessness of the binder. F. 56 is damaged.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink.
f. 1 ‘Copied by Cornell (?).’
History
Origin: A. D. 1825 and 1830?
See above, MSS. Wilson 541, 542 (1196).
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. 1197, 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. 1197, p. 158
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