MS. Wilson 551
MSS. Wilson
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Translations from the Mahābhārata, A. D. 1828.
Contents
An English translation of the greater part of the Sabhāparva of the Mahābhārata, made and copied for H. H. Wilson.
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: absorbent paper.
Extent: 358
Dimensions (binding): 32.7 × 21.6 cm.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink.
History
Origin: A. D. 1828.
the date July 11, 1828, is given on f. 126v, and the date Sept. 19, 1828, on the last page.
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. 1204, 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. 1204, p. 160
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