MS. Wilson 550
MSS. Wilson
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Translations from the Mahābhārata, A. D. 1827–1828.
Contents
An English translation of the Ādiparva of the Mahābhārata, partly in extracts only, made and copied for H
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: 324
Dimensions (binding): 34.6 × 22.2 cm.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink.
History
Origin: A. D. 1827–1828.
beginning from f. 68v, we find dates entered at the bottom of the page after every four or six leaves, the first date being Nov. 27, 1827; the second, on f. 74v, Nov. 30, 1827; and the last, on f. 323, February 9, 1828.
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. 1203, p. 160
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. 1203, p. 160
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