MS. Chandra Shum Shere e.98

MSS. Chandra Shum Shere e.

A composite manuscript containing two manuscript works on yoga.

Physical Description

Extent: 51 + ii

Dimensions (binding): 14 × 20 cm.

Binding

Early 20th-century red-brown textile binding over pasteboard, with shelfmark and description tooled in gold on the spine. Cardboard cover box.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Donated by Mahārāja Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana in 1909.

MS. Chandra Shum Shere e.98 (1)2436

Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript of Svātmārāma's Haṭhapradīpikā. Upadeśas 1-4.

Ff. 3^v-37^v (ff. 1^v-34^v in original foliation).

Svātmārāma , Haṭhapradīpikā

Rubric: F. 1^v: || śrī sarasvatyai namaḥ

Incipit: F. 1^v: śrī ādināthāya namo stutyam

Explicit: (section) F. 1^v: siddhapādaś ca ca

Incipit: F. 4^v: t || 26 || matsyeṃdra

Incipit: (section) F. 34^r: mukta eva saḥ || 10 ||

Explicit: F. 34^r: dṛṣṭisthirāya [...] asevyataḥ || 11 || vidyātīrthe [...] kṣālayaṃti || 12 ||

Final rubric: Ff. 34^r-34^v: iti śrīsvātmārāmayogīṃdraviracitāyāṃ rājayogaprakaṃrṇa[sic] saṃpūrṇasāmāpta[sic] |

Colophon: F. 34^v: chaḥ || śubhaṃ m (sic) astu || cha || yādṛsī(sic) pustake […] mama doṣo na dīyate || 1 || jo bhaṇai guṇai so paṭhanārthaṃ || graṃthāgraṃtha 4003 ||

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

12 × 18 cm.

Extent: 32 ff.

Foliation: Devanāgarī numerals, bottom-right margin, verso.

Foliation: Library foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil, bottom right margin, recto.

Condition

In good condition. Paper torn from the binding in a few places (ff. 34-36) and some worm damage

Incomplete. Extant folios: 1, 4-13, 14, 15-19, 19[a], 20, 20-28, 28[a], 30, 29, 29[a], 32, 30-34.

Loss of text betwen folios 1 and 4 due to missing folios. Loss of text on some folios due to smudging of ink from facing folios.

Layout

10-13 lines per page.

The written area is framed on each side by three marginal lines in red ink.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink. Numbering and final rubrics in red ink.

Decoration

On f. 34^v, a faint imprint of a seal in black ink (?), depicting a four-armed deity holding a severed head.

Additions: On f. 1^r, in later hands: ‘haṭhapradīpikā; 34’.

Marginal and interlinear corrections in the same hand.

History

Origin: 19th century.

Provenance

Donated by Mahārāja Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana in 1909.

MS. Chandra Shum Shere e.98 (2)2532

Summary of Contents: An incomplete paper manuscript of Patañjali's Yogasūtra, with all pādas.

Ff. 39^r-51^r (ff. 1-14 in original foliation):

Patañjali , Yogasūtra

Rubric: F. 39^r (f. 1^r in original foliation): || atha yogasūtraprāraṃbhoyaṃ śrī rāma ||

Rubric: F. 39^v (f. 1^v in original foliation): || śrīrāmakṛṣṇaprasaṃno yaṃ śrīr astu || śrīviṭṭhalāya namaḥ || atha yogasūtrāṇi likhyaṃte ||

Incipit: (section) F. 39^v (f. 1^v in original foliation): atha yogānuśāsanaṃ 1

Final rubric: F. 43^r (f. 5^r in original foliation): iti śrīmat pataṃjaliyayogasūtrādhyāye samādhipādaḥ prathamaḥ cha śrīrāmakṛṣṇa

Incipit: (section) F. 43^r (f. 5^r in original foliation): tapaḥsvādhyāyeśvarapraṇidhānāni kriyāyogaḥ 1

Final rubric: F. 47^v (f. 8^r in original foliation): iti pataṃjalisūtrādhyāye sādhananirdeśonāma dvitīyaḥ pādaḥ 2 śrīrāmakṛṣṇaguravenamaḥ

Incipit: (section) F. 47^v (f. 8^r in original foliation): deśanibaṃdhacittasya dhāraṇā 1

Explicit: (section) F. 49^v (f. 11^v in original foliation): sarvajñātṛtvaṃ

Incipit: (section) F. 50^r (f. 13^r in original foliation): la vyavahitānāṃm apyānaṃtaryasmṛti saṃskārayorekarūpatvāt 9

Explicit: (section) F. 51^v (f. 14^v in original foliation): citiśaktir iti 34

Final rubric: F. 51^v (f. 14^v in original foliation): iti yogasūtrādhyāye kaivalyapādaḥś caturthaḥ[sic] 4

Colophon: F. 51^v (f. 14^v in original foliation): sūtre prathamapāda 52 dvī° 55 tri° 55° catu° 34 evaṃ 196 śake 1708 parābhavasaṃvatsare bhādrapadavadya 14 dvitīyapraharī[sic] samāpto yaṃ satyaṃ śrīr astu

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

11 × 19 cm.

Extent: 13 ff.

Foliation: Devanāgarī numerals, bottom-right margin, verso.

Foliation: Library foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil, bottom right margin, recto.

Condition

Incomplete, f. 12 (in original foliation) missing.

In good condition.

Layout

6-7 lines per page

Final rubrics and colophon highlighted in red; deletions in yellow.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

Additions: Running marginal title yo° on the left margin, sū° on the right margin.

History

Origin: 1708 Śaka / 21 September 1786.

Provenance

Donated by Mahārāja Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana in 1909.

Availability

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Additional Information

Record Sources

Description by Barbora Sojkova, based on observation of the manuscript and previous descriptions.

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card, for admissions procedures contact Bodleian Libraries' Admissions Office.

Bibliography

Descriptions of the manuscript:

Index Catalogue of MSS. Chandra Shum Shere by T. Gambier Parry. Revised and Completed by E. H. Johnston [unpublished handlist], Gambier Parry, T.Johnston, E. H. (Oxford)

Funding of Cataloguing

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation