The Purana Text of the Dynasties of the Kali Age c3.s7: Viṣṇu Purāṇa

The Purāṇa Text of the Dynasties of the Kali Age c3.s7

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Viṣṇu Purāṇa

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*C*Vṣ. The edition by Jīvānanda Vidyāsāgar, Calcutta, 1882. Has a commentary, but no notes of variant readings.

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* *a*Vṣ. Wilson 26; Auf. Cat. no. 112. Date, 18th cent. Beautifully written in Bengali characters. Account begins, fol. 102*a*.

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* *b*Vṣ. Wilson 108; Auf. Cat. no. 109. Dated 1703. Fairly well written and fairly correct. Much like *a*Vṣ.

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* *c*Vṣ. Wilson 107; Auf. Cat. no. 110. Dated 1740. Writing good but careless: close to *C*Vṣ.

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* *d*Vṣ. Wilson 130; Auf. Cat. no. 111. Date, late 18th cent. Well written and fairly correct: close to *C*Vṣ.

∗ *e*Vṣ. No. 420, E 3606. Dated 1770. Writing poor, with not a few mistakes.
* *f*Vṣ. No. 1380, E 3607. Modern. Fairly good.
* *g*Vṣ. No. 1695, E 3608. Modern. Well written and accurate.
* *h*Vṣ. Burnell MS no.

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³⁷⁴ Fairly well written, with some variant readings.

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MSS in the Indian Institute, Oxford.

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*j*Vṣ. Malan MS; cat. no. 122. Date, 18th cent. Writing poor, with many small blunders and omissions, some of which have been corrected by a later hand in Bengali writing.

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*k*Vṣ. Cat. no. 121. Dated 1736 (?). Fairly well written and genly correct, but has strange mistakes at times, probably through defects of the MS copied: contains several interesting readings.

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MS in the Royal Asiatic Society.

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*l*Vṣ. Whish MS no. 33. From South India; written on palm leaves in modern Grantha. Well and carefully written, but often shortens the connecting phrases in the first half, and omits the Bārhadrathas: agrees often with *h*Vṣ. A valuable MS, which checks the readings of North Indian MSS. Account begins, fol. 166ᵃ, l. 7.