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MS. Sansk. e. 14 (R)

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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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