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A hand list of Sanskrit mss. in the Edinburgh University Library

Type
Handlist
Languages
Burmese, Sanskrit, Tamil
Collections
University of Edinburgh Library
Online
No online copy known
Sources
Attested in:
  • Biswas 1998 no. 0314
Not independently checked

Description (Biswas 1998)

Contains 24 Sanskrit, 4 unidentified manuscripts and fragments of manuscripts in Tamil. The Library also has many Burmese and Buddhist palm-leaf manuscripts. The illuminated complete text of Mahabharata in silk scroll dated Samvat 1852, was presented to the Library by Col. Walker of Bowland in 1821. Earlier Raghavan prepared a list of 15 Sanskrit manuscripts only. See no: 313. Unpublished.

From S. C. Biswas, Bibliographic Survey of Indian Manuscript Catalogues (Delhi, 1998), no. 0314, as printed; OCR text, may contain errors.

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