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MS. Sansk. c. 50

MSS. Sansk. c.

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Garruḍa Purāṇa, 18th cent.?

Contents

Summary of Contents: Fragments of the Garuda Purāṇa or Mahā Garuda Purāṇa, foliated from 105 to 272, but containing only the following leaves: 105–111 old foliation = 5–11 new foliation; 114 old = 13 new; 116, 117 old = 15, 16 new; 119–142 old = 18–41 new; 144 old = 43 new; 151, 152 old = 45, 46 new; 159–161 old = 48–50 new; 165–173 old = 52–60 new; 175–188 old = 62–75 new; 192 old = 77 new; 194 old = 79 new; 196, 197 old = 81, 82 new; 252, 253 old = 84, 85 new; 255 old = 87 new; 257 old = 89 new; 259 old = 91 new; 262–266 old = 93–97 new; 268–271 old = 99–102 new; 271, 272 old = 103, 104 new (added by a modern hand)

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper. Ff. 103, 104 stamped, ‘Stamp Office, one anna,’ in English and Bengālī.
Extent: 107
Dimensions (binding): 33.7 × 17.8 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

probably about a. d. 1750–1800.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 33).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1168, p. 146

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. 1168, p. 146

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