MS. Sansk. c. 53

MSS. Sansk. c.

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Padma Puraṇa, 18th cent.?

The Padma Purāṇa, a fragment, beginning with f

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: iv + 152 + iii

Dimensions (binding): 34.0 × 19.1 cm.

Condition

ff. 3, 46, 81, 117, 118, 120–122, and 152 are damaged.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: 18th cent.?

probably about a. d. 1800.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 39).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1170, p. 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. 1170, p. 148

Funding of Cataloguing

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