MS Chandra Shum Shere d.459(1)

Sanskrit, Chandra Shum Shere Collection

Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript of the Sarvopakāriṇī, a commentary on the Tattvasamāsasūtra.

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Class: mūla

[1v1] oṃ śrīganeśāya namaḥ [1v1] yadvāgvibhūtir [7v] cirañ cetasi 1 [7v] iti saṃkṣiptasāṃkhyaśāstre kāpilasūtravṛttis samāptā

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Class: commentary

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

11.5 × 27.5 cm.

Extent: 8 ff.

Condition

Complete, in good condition; folio 7 damaged in the lower edge without loss of text.

Layout

Commentary layout: running; mūla cited in full.

10 lines per page.

No marginal frame lines.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

Additions:

On folio 1r, in a modern hand: ‘sāṃkhyasūtra 8’.

After the final rubric, the mūla is added again: ‘atha sūtrapāṭha āraṃbhaḥ aṣṭau prakṛtayaḥ 1... [f. 8] ... trividham pramāṇam 22 iti sāṃkhyaśāstre sūtrapāṭhaḥ’.

Binding

Cardboard cover, library binding.

History

Origin: 19th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Donated by Shum Shere, Chandra Mahārāja Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana in 1909.

Availability

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Bibliography

Descriptions of the manuscript

manuscripthttp://zotero.org/users/5493666/items/KU4TYAUH Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere by T. Gambier Parry. Revised and Completed by E. H. Johnston [unpublished handlist] T.Gambier Parry; E. H.Johnston Oxford

Funding of Cataloguing

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation