MSS. Wilson 544, 545
MSS. Wilson
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Translation of the Viṣṇu Purāṇa, between A. D. 1825 and 1830?
Contents
An English translation of the Viṣṇu Purāṇa
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: + +
Dimensions (binding): 33.0 × 21.6 cm.
Condition
ff. 3–122 and 184–280 of 544, and ff. 3–148 and 280–447 of 545 are slightly damaged by insects. F. 15 of the first, and f. 33 of the second volume are torn.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink.
on f. 85v of 544, we read, ‘Copied F.,’ on f. 178, ‘Copied by J. C. R.,’ the latter also on ff. 325 and 350v of 545. ‘J. C. R.’ are the initials of J. C. Roy, who copied parts of MSS. Wilson 541, 542 (1196).
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. 1198, pp. 158-159
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. 1198, pp. 158-159
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