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IO SAN 1425

Record Id:
032-003719987
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003719987
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TEI
Reference (shelfmark):
IO SAN 1425
Title:
Vahnipurāṇa
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
India Office Library
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Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
foll.343
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Sanskrit
Scripts:
Devanagari
Start Date:
1589
End Date:
1589
Date Range:
1589
Era:
CE
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IO SAN 1425

Vahnipurāṇa

Contents

Language(s): Sanskrit

Title: Vahnipurāṇa
Incipit: tejomayānāmanyonyamekasminvavidhātmanām | bhede vibhinnatā puṃsāṃ trayāṇāmastu vaḥ śrīye || vyāsa uvāca || brahmaṇaḥ pauṣkare yajñe sutpāhe vitate sati | pṛṣadājyasamutpannaḥ sūtaḥ paurāṇiko dvijaḥ || f. 1v
Colophon: ityādyo vahnipurāṇe ākhyānaśatakīrtano nāmādhyāyaḥ samāptaḥ || samāptamidaṃ purāṇamāgneyam || saṃvat 1646 varṣe asvani sudi vijai daśamī budhavāsare | āgarainagare śrī akavarasāhijalāladī mahamadarājye || granthasaṃkhyā 14000 || f. 343r

Also called Āgneyapurāṇa, or Agnipurāṇa.

The first leaf has been supplied by a more modern, rather incorrect, hand. A number of leaves must have been missing before the present pagination was supplied.

The leaves are throughout marked agni॰ or agnipu॰.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: foll.343
Dimensions (leaf): 31 × 12.7 cm.
Dimensions (written): 25.5 × 9 cm.

Condition

Good

Layout

Columns:1

Written lines: 11

Hand(s)

History

Origin: 1589

Provenance and Acquisition

H.T. Colebrooke

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Surrogates

Microfilm IOL 105

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