MS. Fraser Sansk. 2

MSS. Fraser Sansk.

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Bhāgavata Purāṇa, A. D. 1406, 1407.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper

Extent: Vol I: ii + 189 + ii. In the original foliation 40+ 16, 63–196 (f. 152 lost). Vol II: ii + 190-374 + ii. In the original foliation 255–361, 56 + 22.

Dimensions (binding): 34.3 × 16.8 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

(1) Vol. II, f. 252: adyeha śrīdevapattanamaṃḍalakaraṇe mahārājaśrībrahmadāsavigayarājye amatyapaṃca (?)-kutapratipattau Prāgvāṭajñātīyamahaṃsara-vaṇasutamahāṃmalākena śrībhāgavatasaṃhitāyāṃ puṇyahetave śrīviṣṇuprītyarthaṃ pustikā likhitā | For Prāgº cf. MS. Prākrit d. 9.

(2) Vol. II, f. 352v: adyeha śrīghoghāvelākule mahaṃajayasīhapautramahaṃsaravaṇasutamahaṃmelākena Vyāsaprahnarṣimiśrāṇāṃ paṭhanārthaṃ puṇyahetave śrīekādaśaskaṃdhasya pustikā samarppitā |

(3) Vol. II, f. 374v, where Vyāsaº recurs and amataya (?)-paṃcakulapratipāttau | It may be amasya |

According to two notices, very much confused, on vol. I, f. 130, and vol. II, f. 353, a former owner was Gopāla, son of Pītāṃbara, son of Vāsā, son of Sāgā or Sāṃgā.

History

Origin: 1407

Date:

(1) Vol. I, f. 189v: saṃvat 1462 ⟨1406⟩ varṣe caitraśudi 4 bhaumadine | Probably skandha II is not more than 20 or 30 years later.

(2) Vol. II, f. 216: saṃvat 1461 ⟨1405⟩ varṣe śrāvaṇavadi 12 śukradine |

(3) Vol. II, f. 252: saṃvat 1460 ⟨1404⟩ varṣe bhādrapavadi 4 ravau |

(4) Vol. II, f. 296: saṃvat 1460 varṣe aśvinaśudi 2 śanau |

(5) Vol. II, f. 352v: saṃvat 1463 ⟨1407⟩ varṣe mārgraśudi 14 budhe |

(6) Vol. II, f. 374v: saṃvat 1463 varṣe māghaśudi 3 budhe |

Provenance and Acquisition

The collection of James Fraser was transferred to the Bodleian Library from the Radcliffe Library in May 1872.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 809, 810, pp. 101-102

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. 809, 810, pp. 101-102

Theodor Aufrecht, Codices Sanscriticos complectens, vol. 1. (Oxford, 1864), no. 809, 810, pp. 348-349

Funding of Cataloguing

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