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MS. Chandra Shum Shere f.32(2)

MSS. Chandra Shum Shere f.

Contents

Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript of the Jñānadīpa.
Unknown , Jñānadīpa
Rubric: [1v1] śrīganeśāya namaḥ śrīgurugaṃgādharāya namaḥ ||
Incipit: [1v1] bhaira || va uvāca || brahmasaṃvādanāmeti tatra muktiṃ vadāmy ahaṃ | mahābhairavena proktaṃ khaṃḍajñānavivarjjitaṃ || 1 || yena muktiṃ avāpnoti mahānaṃda prasīdati vistarāṃ || mahānandaṃ paraśāstraṃ mama tejasamudbhavaṃ || 2 || [...] na mātā na pitā caiva na bhrā
Incipit: (section) [6r] sarvavyāpī niraṃjanaṃ || tatra cittasamādhāya na kiṃcid api ciṃttayet ||
Final rubric: [7r] iti śrīpārapīṭhamataḥ sārasaṃgrahe mahāyogasārasaṃgrahaḥ samāptaḥ ||
Explicit: (section) [9v] pūtaṃ yathā hṛdayamadhye tathā svādhi(sic)nā mathanena dṛśyate || biṃdunāthaprasādena bhāṣyeṇa brahmadhāriṇā || jñānadīpam idaṃ śāstraṃ kathyate tatvam uttamaṃ || yad yattayet sadā bhaktyā sa śīghraṃ mokṣam āpnuyāt ||
Final rubric: [9v] iti yogaśāstre jñānadīpaṃ samāptam || śarīre sādhanaṃ jñānaṃ devānām api durllabhaṃ ||
Explicit: [13v] anenābhyāsayogena sidhyate nātra saṃśayaḥ ||
Final rubric: [13v] iti karmmayogena jñānadīpaṃ ||
Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī
Support: Paper.

10.5 × 17 cm.

Extent: 9 ff.

Condition

Incomplete, in good condition; extant folios: folio 1 and 6-13.

Layout

7-10 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

Additions: On folio 1r, in the same hand: śrījñānadīpaṃ; in another hand, 13. In a later hand, on folio 1: veṃ° 5 va° aṃ° 20; on folio 6rin upper margin: ve° 5 va° aṃka 20.

Marginalia

  • titleRunning marginal title: jñā°.
  • 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 Revised and Completed by E. H. Johnston [unpublished handlist] T.Gambier Parry; E. H.Johnston Oxford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