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MS Chandra Shum Shere d.836

Sanskrit, Chandra Shum Shere Collection

Contents

Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript of Bhoja's Rājamārtaṇḍa, a commentary on Patañjali's Yogasūtra. Belonged to Bālamukunda.
Patañjali ,
Title: Yogasūtra
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Class: mūla
Bhoja , [1v1] dehārddhayogaḥ [56v] sūtreṣu vṛtte vadhyat [cf. p. 216] || cha || || [56v] iti śrībhojadevaviracitā rājamāttaṃḍābhidhyayāyāṃ[sic] pātaṃjalayogaśāstravṛttau kaivalyapādaś caturdhaḥ[sic] samāptaḥ || ||
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Class: commentary

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.

10 × 29 cm.

Extent: 59 ff.; folio 39v blank but text continues, folio 59 blank except for an inscription on verso.

Condition

Complete, in good condition.

Layout

Commentary layout: running; mūla and keywords smeared in red from folio 9v onwards.

10-11 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

Additions:

On folio 1, in various later hands: 1) [ = price?]; pātaṃjaliyogaśāstra, and, in red ink: bhojadeva° sūtravṛtti 56; vālamukuṃdasyedaṃ. On folio 59v, in a later hand: 1) [ = price?]; yoga.

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 Revised and Completed by E. H. Johnston [unpublished handlist] T.Gambier Parry; E. H.Johnston Oxford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