MS. Sansk. d. 58

MSS. Sansk. d.

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Gayāmāhātmya from the Vāyu Purāṇa, A. D. 1789.

The Gayāmāhātmya, in 8 adhyāyas, from the Vāyu Purāṇa; imperfect

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ǁ oṃ namo bhagavate śrīgadādharāya namaḥ ǁ ǁ Sūta uvāca ǁ Śaunakādyair mmahābhāgair devarṣiḥ saha Nāradaḥ ǁ &c.

Explicit: svam āśramaṃ punyavaner upetaṃ tiṣṭhagīta guru jagāmaṃḥ (sic) ǁ ǁ iti śrīvāyupurāṇe śvetavārāhakalye Gayāmāhātmye aṣṭamo adhyāyaḥ ǁ śubham astu ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: + +

Dimensions (binding): 24.1 × 11.1 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī. The Anusvāra is expressed both by a dot and by a small circle. The ra is always written .

History

Origin: A. D. 1789.

saṃvat ǁ 1796 ǁ sāke 1660 ⟨1739⟩ caitramāse kṛṣṇapakṣe amāvāśyāṃyāṃ likhitaṃ sukravāsare Sevakarāmakāyastamokāmakasavaigayāsaharamoḥ ǁ

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 32).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1187, p. 154

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. 1187, p. 154

Funding of Cataloguing

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