MS. Sansk. c. 49
MSS. Sansk. c.
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Gaṅgāmāhātmya, end of 18th cent.?
Contents
A collection of Gaṅgāmāhātmyas from the Mahābhārata and the Purānas
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
Extent: iv + 29
Dimensions (binding): 27.9 × 12.7 cm.
Condition
f. 26 has been repaired, and part of the text is lost.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī.
History
Origin: 18th cent.?
probably about a. d. 1800.
MS. Sansk. c. 49(1) [fols 1-6]
Contents
From the Śāntiparvan of the Mahābharata, in 111 ślokas.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Incipit: svasti śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ǁ śrīgaṃgāyai namaḥ ǁ Nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamaṃ ǁ devīṃ Sarasvatīṃ Vyāsaṃ tato jayam udīrayet ǁ 1 ǁ Vaiśāṃpāyana uvāca ǁ ǁ Bṛhaspatisamaṃ buddhyā kṣamayā brahmaṇaḥ samaṃ ǁ &c.
Explicit: kilviṣaiḥ ǁ ǁ iti śrīmahābhārate śatasahasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ Śaṃtiparvvaṇi uttamānuśāsanike dānadharmmeṣu Gaṃgāmāhātmyaṃ ǁ
MS. Sansk. c. 49(2) [fols 6]
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From the Āraṇyakaparvan of the Mahābhārata, in 126 ślokas.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Incipit: athāraṇyake parvvaṇi ǁ ǁ Pulastya uvāca ǁ ǁ ṛṣibhiḥ kratavaḥ proktā vedeṣv api yathākramaṃ ǁ &c.
Explicit: Mādhavasevanaṃ ǁ 126 ǁ ǁ iti śrīmahābhārate Gaṃgāmāhātmya ǁ
MS. Sansk. c. 49(3) [fols 11-13v]
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From the Brahma Purāṇa, in 58 ślokas
Language(s): Sanskrit
MS. Sansk. c. 49(4) [fols 13v-14v]
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From the Viṣṇu Purāṇa, in 17 ślokas
Language(s): Sanskrit
MS. Sansk. c. 49(5) [fols 14v-22]
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From the Matsya Purāṇa, in 168 ślokas
Language(s): Sanskrit
MS. Sansk. c. 49(6) [fols 22-24]
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From the Kūrma Purāṇa, in 48 ślokas,
Language(s): Sanskrit
MS. Sansk. c. 49(7) [fols 24]
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From the Skanda Purāṇa, incomplete.
Language(s): Sanskrit
Additional Information
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1225 (1–7), p. 166
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. 1225 (1–7), p. 166
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