ভগবৎপুরাণ (১০ম স্কন্ধ)

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 62nd Adhyāya of the 10th skandha. The colophon at the end of the 62 chapter reads “iti mahābhārate pāramahaṃsyāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāsikyāṃ daśamaskandhe bāṇayuddhe dviṣaṣṭitamo’dhyāyaḥ”. Mentioning this text as the ‘Mahābhārata’ seems to be a scribal error; Complete / Incomplete: MS fragment; Date of copying: Not found. 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 4 folios. Physical characteristics: Extremely fragile. The original size of the folios are 33X8 cm. Owner(s) of original material: Sisir Bani Mandir Pathagar. Author(s) of original material: Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana Vedavyāsa (according to tradition). Scribe of original material: Not found. Additional date information: 6th Century CE (Probable).