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Catalogue of the Hugh Nevill collection of Sinhalese manuscripts in the British Library

Type
Descriptive catalogue
Volumes
7 vols., 1987–1995
Languages
Pali, Sinhala
Collections
British Library, India Office Collections
Sources
Attested in: Not independently checked

Description (Biswas 1998)

Vols 1-2 Works of Buddhist doctrine and devotion in Pali and Sinhala. Vol.3 Buddhist verse (Sinhala) Vol.4 History, geography, cosmology, ethnography, grammar. Vol.5 Secular verse, medicine, astrology, iconography. Vol.6 Ritualistic literature, magic, local cults. Vol.7 Index volume,including a glossary of proper names by Charles Hallisey. Detailed descriptions of over 2,000 texts in Sinhala and Pali (in Sinhalese script).

From S. C. Biswas, Bibliographic Survey of Indian Manuscript Catalogues (Delhi, 1998), no. 0564, as printed; OCR text, may contain errors.

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