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MS. Fraser Sansk. 40

MSS. Fraser Sansk.

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Dvārakāmāhātmya, 18th cent.?

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper
Extent: ii + 86 + ii. Originally only 85, as the leaf after f. 7 does not belong to the MS.
Dimensions (binding): 28.3 × 13.3 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

probably about 1800–1820 A. D. Hardly any older.

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. 816, p. 102

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:

    Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library: Appendix to Vol. I (Oxford, 1909), no. 816, p. 102
    Theodor Aufrecht, Codices Sanscriticos complectens, vol. 1. (Oxford, 1864), no. 816, p. 350

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