Bhāgavatapurāṇa (10th Skandha)

It is one of the 18 Mahāpurāṇas and a canonical text of the Vaishnavas. It is divided into 12 chapters called Skandha. 10th Skandha is considered to be the lenghiest and most important chapter as it narrates Kṛṣṇalīlā. It consists of 90 cantos. The first folio of this ms is missing. Date of original material: 6th century CE (probable). Commentator's date 15th century CE (probable). Extent and format of original and physical characteristics: 3 Folios; Incomplete MS. No colophon found.; Extremely fragile. The original size of the folios are 40X8 cm. Author: Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vedavyāsa (according to tradition).