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MS. Sansk. b. 34

MSS. Sansk. b.

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Puruṣottamamāhātmya from the Skanda Purāṇa, 17th or 18th cent.?

Contents

The Puruṣottamamāhātmya from the Skanda Purāṇa, in 48 adhyāyas

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Palm-leaves, held together by two red painted boards and a string going through one central hole.
Extent: i + 188
Dimensions (binding): × cm.

Condition

the greater part of f. 1, one half of f. 58, and part of f. 66 are lost; f. 99 is slightly damaged.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī, clearly written.

History

Origin: 17th or 18th cent.?

Perhaps about a. d. 1700.

Provenance and Acquisition

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1194, pp. 156-157

Availability

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Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Moriz Winternitz and Arthur Berriedale Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts in the Bodleian Library (Oxford, 1905), no. 1194, pp. 156-157

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