Bhāgavatapurāṇa (1st to 5th Skandhas 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 the skandhas from 1st to 5th which have 19, 10, 33, 31 and 26 cantos respectively. Date of original material: 6th century CE (probable). Commentator's date 15th century CE (probable). Extent and format of original and physical characteristics: 292 Folios; Complete MS. with commentary.; Extremely fragile. The original size of the folios are 49X14 cm. Author: Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vedavyāsa (according to tradition) and Śrīdharasvāmin (commentator).