MS. Ind. Inst. Sansk. 1

MSS. Ind. Inst. Sansk.

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Viṣṇu Purāṇa, A. D. 1786?

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Indian paper.

Extent: 129

Dimensions (binding): 55.2 × 13.0 cm.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī.

f. 129: śrīrāmacaṃdraḥ samalikhad amalaṃ paṃditeṃdoṣṭamībhūsunau muktipratiṣṭhākaraṃ atulam idaṃ Vaiṣṇavaṃ saṭpurāṇaṃ | This he did for Divākara Kavi, āṣādhaśukladvitiyāyāṃ titḣau | at Kāśī.

History

Origin: 1786?

f. 129: dorgogaṃdḣarvvatuṃjīramaṇaśubhaśake vatsare krodhanākhye yāmye gole ’harīśe sukṛtiśubhaphale mārgaśīrṣe site ca pakṣe | What this means is not at all clear, perhaps saṃvat 1792 (=A. D. 1736) is meant, since śake sometimes merely means year. But vatsare makes this difficult.

Provenance and Acquisition

Purchased in 1886 (no. 12).

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the following sources:

Keith, Catalogue of Sanskrit and Prākrit MSS in the Indian Institute Library, no. 121, pp. 65-66

Availability

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Bibliography

Printed descriptions:

Arthur Berriedale Keith, A Catalogue of the Sanskrit and Prākrit MSS. in the Indian Institute Library Oxford (Oxford, 1903), no. 121, pp. 65-66

Funding of Cataloguing

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