Bhāgavatapurāṇa (1st Skandha)

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 1st Skandha which has 19 cantos. Date of original material: 6th century CE (probable). Commentator's date 15th century CE (probable). Extent and format of original and physical characteristics: 38 Folios; Complete MS. with commentary.; Extremely fragile. The original size of the folios are 50X13 cm. Author: Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vedavyāsa (according to tradition) and Śrīdharasvāmin (commentator); Scribe: Rāmagopāla.