Bhāgavata Purāṇa (5th skandha with Bhāvārthadīpikā commentary)

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 5th skandha that has 26 cantos. Date of original material: 6th century CE (probable). Commentator's date 15th century CE (probable). Extent and format of original and physical characteristics: 42 Folios; Complete MS.; Extremely fragile. The original size of the folios are 45X15 cm. Author: Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vedavyāsa (according to tradition) and Śrīdharasvāmin (commentator); Scribe: Rāmaśaraṇadeva.