MS Chandra Shum Shere f.32(1)

Sanskrit, Chandra Shum Shere Collection

Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript of the Sāṅkhyasūtras.

Kapila , Sāṅkhyasūtra

Rubric: [1v1] śrīkṛṣṇāya namaḥ ||

Incipit: [1v1] atha trividha

Explicit: [13v] pūtibhāvayogā

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

9.5 × 17 cm.

Extent: 12 ff.

Condition

Inomplete, in good condition. Folios bound out of order. Should read: lff. 3-11 (ff. 1-9), (loss of text), 14 (f. 12), (loss of text), lff. 12-13 (numbered 1-2 in a different hand in upper left margin). Folio 9 damaged in lower right corner with loss of text.

Layout

9 lines per page.

Sūtra numbers smeared in red up to f. 4v, after which, sūtras are not numbered.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

Additions: On folio 3, in a modern hand: ‘śāṃkhyasūtra 12 kā. sūtra 28’.

Marginalia

titlesAbbreviated marginal title (sāṃ° sū°).

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 Revised and Completed by E. H. Johnston [unpublished handlist] T.Gambier Parry; E. H.Johnston Oxford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