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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.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 30).

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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