মার্কণ্ডেয়পুরাণ-এর দেবী মাহাত্ম্য (শ্রীচন্ডী) ভাষ্য সহ

Devīmāhātmya or Saptaśatī Caṇḍī is a famous puranic text and is a part of Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa. This text is devoted to the legends and eulogy of Goddess Durgā. The text contains a commentary. The manuscript is laminated. Therefore, the readings are often illegible. A later recent hand gives the colophonic information of the manuscript. However, there is no colophon found. The information given here is according the this later source; Complete / Incomplete: Incomplete MS. No colophon found; Date of copying: Bengali Era 1269, 1863 CE, Śaka 1784. Custodial history: One of the oldest libraries in the Hooghly district. Sisir Bani Mandir was established at Guptipara in 1917. The library has a good collection of old Sanskrit and Bengali manuscripts and some rare books in different languages. Cuncura Bartabaha is one of the rarest collections of the library. Administrative context: The CSSSC, on realising the importance of copying the collection applied for a grant to the EAP against which EAP921 has been awarded. Calendar: Common Calendar. Extent and format of original material: One Manuscript of 67 folios. Physical characteristics: Extremely fragile. The original size of the folios are 40X9 cm. Owner(s) of original material: Sisir Bani Mandir Pathagar. Author(s) of original material: Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vedayāsa (according to the tradition). Scribe of original material: Ambikācaraṇa Bhaṭṭācārya (owner?).