MS. Sansk. d. 61

MSS. Sansk. d.

NOTE: This record has yet to be fully checked.

Māghamāhātmya from the Vāyu Purāṇa, A. D. 1877.

The Māghamāhātmya, in 30 adhyāyas, from the Vāyu Purāṇa

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: oṃ śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ǁ śrīnārada uvāca ǁ saṃsārektiśyamānānāṃ jaṃtūnāṃ pāpakāriṇāṃ ǁ karmaṇā bhrāmyamānānāṃ kā gatiḥ kamalodbhava ǁ 1 ǁ

Explicit: saṃtoṣam atulaṃ prāpur vismayotphullalocanāḥ ǁ Sūtaṃ paurāṇikaṃ taṃ tu pūjayām āsur aṃjasā ǁ ǁ iti śrīvāyupurāṇe Māghamāhatmye Vrahmanāradasaṃvāde triṃśo ’dhyāyaḥ ǁ

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

Extent: + +

Dimensions (binding): 24.8 × 16.5 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

History

Origin: A. D. 1877.

śrīśāke 1799 ⟨1877⟩ caitravadi 3 vudhavāre dina likhitam idaṃ pustakaṃ ǁ The MS. looks rather older.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bought in 1887 from Dr. Eugen Hultzsch (MS. 42).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1188, 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. 1188, p. 154

Funding of Cataloguing

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