MSS. Mill 133-136

MSS. Mill

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Bhāgavata Purāṇa, A.D. 1823.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper

Extent: + +

Dimensions (binding): 41.3 × 19.1 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

History

Origin: A.D. 1823

Date:

(1) 133, f. 119: saṃvat 1879 ⟨1823⟩ miti jeṣṭasudi 13 |

(2) 135, f. 118: śrīśaṃvata 1879 sana 1229 kuyārasudhī 4 | The ‘sana’ date enables us to fix the year as A. D. 1822, see Sewell and Dīkṣit, Indian Calendar, p. xcvi.

These two dates refer to the main hand.

(3) 135, f. 57: mītī jeṭhasudī 3 vākhohaphai saṃvat 1879 |

Provenance and Acquisition

The collections of William Hodge Mill were purchased by the Bodleian Library in 1849 and 1858.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Keith, Appendix to Vol. I, no. 82–85, p. 11

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. 82–85, p. 11

Theodor Aufrecht, Codices Sanscriticos complectens, vol. 1. (Oxford, 1864), no. 82-85, p. 36

Funding of Cataloguing

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A catalogue of South Asian Manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries