MS. Sansk. b. 5 (R)
MSS. Sansk. b.
NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.
Mahābhārata and Viṣṇu Purāṇa Fragments, 15th cent.?
Contents
Language(s): Sanskrit.
A fragment of the Mahābhārat
Incipit: oṃ namaḥ Śivāya | Vaiśampāyana uvāca | śaratalpagataṃ Bhīṣmaṃ vṛddhaṃ śakapitāmahaṃ | mūrddhnā praṇamya dharmmato papracchedaṃ Yudhiṣṭhiraḥ ǁ Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | bhagavan śrotum icchāmi | &c.
Part of a dialogue between Bhīṣma, Vatsa, and Vadanā.
Fragments, probably of the Viṣṇu Purāṇa
Incipit: oṃ namaḥ śrīkṛṣṇāya | Nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya narañ caiva narottamaṃ | devīṃ Sarasvatīn caiva tato jayam udirayet ǁ evaṃ saṃstuyamānas tu bhagavān kamalekṣaṇaḥ | ujjahāra | &c.
Fragment of a dialogue between Śiva and Pārvatī from a Śivaic Purāṇa or Tantra.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Palm-leaves, held together by a string passing through a central hole.
Extent: 17. odd leaves.
Dimensions (binding): 36.8 × 4.44 cm.
Hand(s)
Bengālī.
History
Origin: 15th cent.?
about 15th or 16th century.
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1227 (1–4), p. 167
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. 1227 (1–4), p. 167
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