Bhāgavatapurāṇa (10th Skandha)

It is one of the 18 Mahāpurāṇas and a canonical text of the Vaishnavas. It is divided into 12 chapters called Skandha. 10th Skandha is considered to be the lenghiest and most important chapter as it narrates Kṛṣṇalīlā. The text in this ms starts somewhere in the 78th canto of the 10th skandha. The numbering on the folios starts from 236. So the folios before 236 are missing. The text ends at 88th canto of the 10th skandha. Date of original material: 6th century CE (probable). Commentator's date 15th century CE (probable). Extent and format of original and physical characteristics: 53 Folios; Incomplete MS. No colophon found.; Extremely fragile. The original size of the folios are 35X10 cm. Author: Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vedavyāsa (according to tradition).