MS. Sansk. c. 15 (R)

MSS. Sansk. c.

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Kāśīkhaṇḍa from the Skanda Purāṇa, 14th cent.?

The Kāśīkhaṇḍa from the Skanda Purāṇa, chapters 1–51 complete

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Palm-leaves, held together by two wooden boards and a string passing through a central hole.

Extent: 223

Dimensions (binding): × cm.

Condition

the MS. is a good deal worm-eaten, especially f. 32.

Hand(s)

Nepalese.

History

Origin: 14th cent.?

probably latter half of 14th cent. (Dr.Hoernle). With this agrees the fact that the t is formed exactly as in the Cambridge MS. 1704 in Bendall’s Buddhist Sanskrit MSS. See the table at the end.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1900 from Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1192, pp. 155-156

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. 1192, pp. 155-156

Funding of Cataloguing

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