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MS. Sansk. e. 18

MSS. Sansk. e.

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Epitome of the Liṅga Purāṇa, A. D. 1864.

Contents

Liṅga Purāṇa sūcaka, or a short epitome (a kind of table of contents) of the two parts of the Liṅga Purāṇa

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Incipit: 1. adhyāyaḥ | śivakṣetrayātrāṃ kṛtvā Naimiṣaṃ prati Nāradāgamanaṃ | Nāradasya ṛṣibhiḥ pūjanaṃ | &c.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: English paper, water-marked.
Extent: ii + 23 + xx
Dimensions (binding): 21.9 × 17.1 cm.

Hand(s)

Telugu.

History

Origin: A. D. 1864.

the paper is water-marked ‘1863’ and ‘1864,’ hence the MS. must have been written about that time.

Provenance and Acquisition

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1186, 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. 1186, p. 154

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