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MS Chandra Shum Shere d.457(9)

Sanskrit, Chandra Shum Shere Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript of Bhoja's Rājamārtaṇḍa, a commentary on Patañjali's Yogasūtra. Pāda 1, incomplete.
Patañjali ,
Title: Yogasūtra
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Class: mūla
Bhoja , [1v1] oṃ || [1v1] praṇamya nāganāyakātapatradhāriṇaṃ harim | kṛtiṃ pataṃjaler imāṃ karomi yogimodinīm | 1 | dehārdhayogaḥ [7v] ity eṣām upadeśaḥ
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Class: commentary

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.

11.5 × 27 cm.

Extent: 7 ff.

Condition

Incomplete, in good condition.

Layout

Commentary layout: running.

9-11 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

Additions:

On folio 1, in a modern hand (in red ink): yogamodinī° yogasūtravyākhyā phu° 8.

Marginalia

  • annotationsNumerous marginal and interlinear notes and corrections in the same hand, some in red ink.

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 Revised and Completed by E. H. Johnston [unpublished handlist] T.Gambier Parry; E. H.Johnston Oxford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