Bhāgavatapurāṇa (1st Skandha with Śrīdharasvāmin’s Bhāvārthadīpikā commentary)

It is one of the 18 Mahāpurāṇas and a canonical text of the Vaishnavas. It is divided into 12 chapters called Skandha.The MS consists of up to some portion of the 2nd canto of the first skandha. The first page of the first folio contains the Gāyatrī Mantra with meaning. Date of original material: 6th century CE (probable). Commentator's date 15th century CE (probable). Extent and format of original and physical characteristics: 14 Folios; Incomplete MS. No colophon found.; Extremely fragile. The original size of the folios are 40X10 cm. Author: Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vedavyāsa (according to tradition).