It is one of the 18 Mahāpurāṇas and a canonical text of the Vaishnavas. It is divided into 12 chapters called Skandha. This ms consists of only the 6th skandha that has 19 cantos. 5th folio is erroneously numbered as 4. Thus each folio after the first 4 bears one mark less than its original number. Date of original material: 6th century CE (probable). Commentator's date 15th century CE (probable). Extent and format of original and physical characteristics: 54 Folios; Complete MS.; Extremely fragile. The original size of the folios are 42X14 cm. Author: Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vedavyāsa (according to tradition) and Śrīdharasvāmin (commentator); Scribe: Gauraharideva.