MS Chandra Shum Shere c.192

Sanskrit, Chandra Shum Shere Collection

Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript of Vācaspati Miśra's Tattvavaiśāradī, a commentary on Patañjali's Pātañjalayogaśāstra. Pāda 1 only.

Patañjali ,

Title: Pātañjalayogaśāstra

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Class: mūla

Vācaspati Miśra ,

Title: Tattvavaiśāradī

[1v1] śrīgaṇeśāya namāmi [33v] upavarṇitāḥ [33v] cha śrīvācaspatimiśraviracitāyāṃ pātañjalabhāṣyavyākhyāyā samādhipādaḥ prathamaḥ samāptaḥ 1 || ||

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Class: commentary

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

16.5 × 32.5 cm.

Extent: 33 ff.

Condition

Complete, damaged; folios worm-eaten with loss of several akṣaras; folio 1 damaged in upper margin with some loss of text on verso.

Layout

Commentary layout: pañcapāṭha; sūtras cited in full and keywords smeared in red.

12 lines per page.

Deletions in yellow.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

Additions:

On folio 1, in a modern hand (in red ink): yogasūtrabhāṣyavyākhyā.

Marginalia

titleAbbreviated marginal title (yo° sū° bhā°).
correctionsCorrections in the same hand.

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 Revised and Completed by E. H. Johnston [unpublished handlist] T.Gambier Parry; E. H.Johnston Oxford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