MS. Sansk. e. 14 (R)
MSS. Sansk. e.
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Vaiśākhamāhātmya from the Skanda Purāṇa, A.D. 1747?
Contents
The Vaiśākhamāhātmya from the Skanda Purāṇa, in 25 adhyāyas
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Palm-leaves, held together by a board and a string going through one central hole.
Extent: + +
Dimensions (binding): × cm.
Condition
ff. 23, 130, 131, 202, 207, 208, 211, 212 are more or less damaged.
Hand(s)
Nāndīnāgarī. The leaves are numbered with the Telugu figures.
History
Origin: A. D. 1747?
Date and Scribe (f. 210v): prabhāve ‘smin caitramāśi paurṇamyāṃ sitapakṣake | Vasaṃtadharmma likhiṃ Veṃkkanānyāmanīṣiṇā Tirumalākhye Tuṭasya putrasya ca mahātmanaḥ ǁ śrīveṃkaṭeśārpaṇastu ǁ The Prabhāva year may be a. d. 1807, or 1747, or 1687: probably 1747.
Provenance and Acquisition
Record Sources
Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:
Winternitz and Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit manuscripts, no. 1195, pp. 157-158
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. 1195, pp. 157-158
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