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MS. Chandra Shum Shere e.98(1)

MSS. Chandra Shum Shere e.

Contents

Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript of Svātmārāma's Haṭhapradīpikā. Upadeśas 1-4.
Svātmārāma , Haṭhapradīpikā
Rubric: [1r1] || śrī sarasvatyai namaḥ śrī ādināthāya
Explicit: (section) [1v] siddhapādaś ca ca
Incipit: [4v1] t || 26 || matsyeṃdra
Incipit: (section) [34r1] mukta eva saḥ || 10 ||
Explicit: [34r] dṛṣṭisthirāya [...] asevyataḥ || 11 || vidyātīrthe [...] kṣālayaṃti || 12 ||
Final rubric: [34r] iti śrīsvātmārā[34v1]mayogīṃdraviracitāyāṃ rājayogaprakaṃrṇa[sic] saṃpūrṇasāmāpta[sic] |
Colophon: [34v] 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.

Condition

Incomplete, in good condition; 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; loss of text on some folios due to smudging from facing folios.

Layout

11 lines per page.

Margins, verse numbers and final rubrics in red.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

Additions: On folio 1r, in later hands: haṭhapradīpikā; 34; on folio 34v, an imprint of a seal depicting a four-armed deity.

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 Revised and Completed by E. H. Johnston [unpublished handlist] T.Gambier Parry; E. H.Johnston Oxford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