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MS. Chandra Shum Shere c.245(3)

MSS. Chandra Shum Shere c.

Contents

Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript of Bhāvāgaṇeṣa's Pradīpikā, a commentary on Patañjali's Yogasūtra. Pāda 1 only, incomplete; very corrupt copying.
Patañjali ,
Title: Yogasūtra
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Class: mūla
Bhāvāgaṇeṣa , [1v1] śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ [1v1] nānopādhiṣu [4v] pūrvam anubhūtau
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Class: commentary

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.

12.5 × 32 cm.

Extent: 4 ff.

Condition

Incomplete, in good condition.

Layout

Commentary layout: running; mūla cited in full.

12 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

Additions:

On folio 1, in a modern hand (in red ink): vedāṃtasāra 4

On folio 4v, 9 lines in the same hand: kramāt | iśvarā[sic]didevatānāṃ svasvagrahasamadbhir[sic] eva homaḥ | hemādrau devīpurāṇe gaṇādhipataya devā prathamā tu varāhutiḥ anyathā viphala vipra bhavatīha na saśaya[sic] iti || āśvalāya namaḥ juhuyāt samidam ājyanābhiṛgbhir[sic] yathākramam iti [...] aṣṭāviśati[sic] aṣṭau vā ekaikasya tu homayat[sic] | hotavyaṃ ca ghṛ tatra[sic] carur[sic] lakṣādika punaḥ | maṃtrai(sic)daśāhutī hutvā homai[sic] vyāhṛtibhiḥ smṛtaṃ | yajamānasya kartavya[sic] catubhisthāpanavudhaiḥ[sic] abhiṣekamaṃtrāḥ prayoge vakṣyate iti vedāṃtasārasamāptaṃ. śubhaṃ. .

Marginalia

  • titleAbbreviated marginal title (vedāṃ°).

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 Revised and Completed by E. H. Johnston [unpublished handlist] T.Gambier Parry; E. H.Johnston Oxford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