MS. A. Walker 215
MSS. A. Walker
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Bhāgavata Purāṇa with Bhāvārthadīpikā, A. D.1794.
Contents
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper
Extent: i + 480 + i. The original foliation numbers each skandha severally, having (215) 77 + 43+118 + 97 + 83 + 62 + (216) 57 + 45 + 48+ 143 + (128+ 129) + 32 leaves.
Dimensions (binding): 39.7 × 25.4 cm.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink.
f. 120: likhyataṃ paṃ Kalabhavānedasena | It is correctly spelt ºdāsena in 215, ff. 238, 418v; 216, ff. 293v, 422v.
History
Origin: 1794.
f. 77v: śrīsaṃvat 1850 ⟨1794⟩ |
f. 120: saṃvat saptarṣa 69 ⟨1793–1794⟩ |
Provenance and Acquisition
The collections of Alexander Walker was presented to the Bodleian Library by his son, William Walker, in 1845.
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 811, 812 , p. 102
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. 811, 812 , p. 102
Theodor Aufrecht, Codices Sanscriticos complectens, vol. 1. (Oxford, 1864), no. 811, 812, p. 349
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