MS Chandra Shum Shere d.457(1).2

Sanskrit, Chandra Shum Shere Collection

Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript of Vācaspati Miśra's Tattvavaiśāradī, a commentary on Patañjali's Pātañjalayogaśāstra. The manuscript consists only of the second part of MS Chandra Shum Shere d.457(1), while the first half up to folio 42 in the Library's foliation contains a different work.

Vācaspati Miśra , Tattvavaiśāradī

Incipit: [108r1] m asti kṛṣṇaḥ

Explicit: (section) [121v] ātmabhāvabhāvanāyā prāgvyā

Incipit: (section) [124r1] t kṣaṇapracaya

Explicit: [126r] citir asau || 1 ||

Final rubric: [126r] iti vācaspatimiśraviracitāyāṃ pātaṃjalabhāṣyavyākhyāyāṃ kaivalyapādaś caturthaḥ ||

Colophon: [126r] || śubham astu || rāma

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

11 × 27 cm.

Extent: 17 ff.

Condition

Incomplete, in good condition; extant folios 108-121,125, 124, 126; loss of text between ff. 121 and 124; loss of akṣaras due to faded ink on ff. 108v, 125v, 126.

Layout

Commentary layout: pratīka.

9 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

Additions:

On folio 126v, in a later hand: iti yogabhāṣyamiśrakṛtasaṃ° patra 126.

Marginalia

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 Revised and Completed by E. H. Johnston [unpublished handlist] T.Gambier Parry; E. H.Johnston Oxford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