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MS. Wilson 568

MSS. Wilson

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Indices to Vāmana Purāṇa, &c., about A.D. 1827, 1828?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: 243
Dimensions (binding): 33.0 × 22.5 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

Scribes: ‘Copied by Krishna (?),’ f. 49v; ‘Copied by Ghosala,’ f. 242.

History

Origin: A. D. 1827, 1828?

see above, MSS. Wilson 541, 542 (1196).

Provenance and Acquisition

The collection of Horace Hayman Wilson was purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1842.

MS. Wilson 568(1) [fols 1v]

Contents

Table of contents of the volume

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Wilson 568(2) [fols 2-3]

Contents

Two odd leaves of an index, from chapter 6 to chapter 12

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Wilson 568(3) [fols 4-49]

Contents

An Index to the Vāmana Purāṇa, giving chapter, leaf, and page according to a MS. of 125 leaves

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Wilson 568(4) [fols 50-75]

Contents

An Index to the Karmavipāka, giving chapter, leaf, and page according to a MS. of 118 leaves, with 78 chapters.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Wilson 568(5) [fols 76-101]

Contents

Summary of Contents: An Index to the Kriyāyogasāra of the Padma Purāṇa, giving chapter, leaf, and page according to a MS. of 126 leaves, with 25 chapters.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Wilson 568(6) [fols 102-107]

Contents

An Index to the Bhaviṣyottara Purāṇa, giving chapter and leaf according to a MS. of 237 leaves, with 182 chaptera.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Wilson 568(7) [fols 108-181]

Contents

An Index to the Harivamśa, ‘in the Nágari character’, giving chapter, leaf, and page according to a MS. of 684 leaves.

Language(s): Sanskrit

MS. Wilson 568(8) [fols 182-241]

Contents

Summary of Contents: An Index to the Pātālakhaṇḍa of the Padma Purāṇa (ff. 182–241), giving chapter, leaf, and page according to a MS. of 255 leaves, with 110 chapters.

Language(s): Sanskrit

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1217 (1–8), pp. 162-163

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Admissions). Contact specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk for further information on the availability of this manuscript.

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1217 (1–8), pp. 162-163

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