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MS. Wilson 566

MSS. Wilson

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Translations from the Bhaviṣya Purāṇa, A. D. 1827.

Contents

An English translation of selected chapters of the Brahmaparvan of the Bhaviṣya Purāṇa.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: 402
Dimensions (binding): 32.7 × 22.9 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

History

Origin: A. D. 1827.

the date February 16, 1827, is given on f. 236v, and the date May 31, 1827, 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. 1216, p. 162

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. 1216, p. 162

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