MS. A. Walker 166
MSS. A. Walker
NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.
Physical Description
Form: pothi
Support: paper
Extent: ii + 132 + ii. In the original foliation the three parts have 52+38 + 41 leaves.
Dimensions (folio): 29.8 × 18.4 cm.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Alexander Walker was presented to the Bodleian Library by his son, William Walker, in 1845.
MS. A. Walker 166a
Māghamāhātmya, A. D. 1771.
Contents
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Hand(s)
f. 52v: paṭhanārthaṃ Vyāsaśrī 5 bhūdeva | Usual style of Bhūdeva’s MSS.
History
Origin: 1771
f. 52v: saṃvata 1827 ⟨1771⟩ nā varaṣe māghaśuda 2 bhṛgau |
Record Sources
Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 57, pp. 7-8
MS. A. Walker 166b
Kārttikamāhātmya, A.D. 1770.
Contents
Language(s): Sanskrit
Physical Description
Hand(s)
f. 90: paṭhanārthaṃ Vyāsaśrī 5 tulasīsutabhūdeva | Cf. no. 57. Usual style.
History
Origin: A.D. 1770
f. 90: saṃvat 1826 ⟨1770⟩ nā varṣe āśuvadi 9 bhaume |
Record Sources
Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 59, p. 8
Additional Information
Availability
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Bibliography
Printed descriptions:
Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library: Appendix to Vol. I (Oxford, 1909), no. 57, pp. 7-8; no. 59, p. 8
Theodor Aufrecht, Codices Sanscriticos complectens, vol. 1. (Oxford, 1864), no. 57, p. 15; no. 59, pp. 15-16
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