MSS. Sansk. c. 21, 22

MSS. Sansk. c.

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Padma Purāṇa, A. D. 1777, 1789–1791.

Some sections of the Padma Purāṇa, in two volumes

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: + +

Dimensions (binding): 37.5 × 20.0 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

Travāḍi Mathurānātha (?). Compare the following colophons:

(1) liº vrāhmaṇaudīcyasahasraṭoḍānisaṃpradāya avaskaṃ mahatā Devanātha vā Travāḍī Mutharānātha lekhakapāṭhayo śubhaṃ ǁ

(2) likhyataṃ vrāhmasaṃbhu Oḍapurāmadhyavastu subhaṃ mastu ǁ

(3) līkhataṃ Travāḍi Mathurānātha udicyasahasralekhakapāṭhakayo śubhaṃ ǁ

(4) lekhaka Travāḍī Mutharānātha ǁ

(5) likhataṃ udicyasaṃpradāṭoḍānījāni śrīrāmeṇa pustakaṃ paṃḍatajī śrīlālājīkasya |

(7) pustakaṃ likhitva Naṃdagrāmamadhye jñāti udicyasaṃpradāṭoḍānījānī śrīrāmaṇa likhīṃ tvā pustakaṃ Kriyākhaṃḍenaḥ ǁ

History

Origin: 1777, 1789–1791.

the following dates are found in the colophons:

(1) varṣe āṣāḍhavadī 1 ǁ saṃvat 1846 ⟨1790⟩ ǁ

(2) mitibhādravā śuklapakṣe tithau 1 ǁ saṃvat 1847 ⟨1791⟩ ǁ

(3) saṃvat 1845 ⟨1789⟩ ǁ mitiphālgunasudī 5 ǁ

(4) varṣe kārttikavadi 5 saṃvat 1846 ⟨1790⟩ ǁ (5) saṃvat 1846 ǁ varṣe mītī āśvanasudiṃ 1 ravivāreṇa likhitaṃ ǁ

(6) saṃvata 1833 ke śāke 1689 āśvine masi kṛṣṇapakṣe dvitīyāyāṃ pustakaṃ samāptaṃ ǁ Saṃvat 1833 being a. d. 1777, śāke 1689 ⟨1767⟩ must be a mistake for 1699, though the figures 1689 are quite clear.

(7) saṃvat ǁ 18 ǁ 46 ǁ ⟨1790⟩ varṣe miti āśvasudī 13 gurudine 11

Provenance and Acquisition

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1169, pp. 146-148

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. 1169, pp. 146-148

Funding of Cataloguing

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