MS Chandra Shum Shere d.555(8)
Sanskrit, Chandra Shum Shere Collection
Contents
Samādhidīpikā
, Rubric: [1v1] śrīrāya namaḥ
Incipit: [1v1] śrīkṛṣṇaṃ śrīgurūn natvā viśveśaṃ tatprasādataḥ samādhidīpikā ceyaṃ yathāmati nirūpyate iha khalu saṃdhiṃ samādhāv ātmany ācared asyārthaḥ ||
Explicit: (section) [29v] tebhyo gurubhyo yair ayaṃ arthaḥ prāvodhataḥ para+...+
Incipit: (section) [164r1] mānasaiḥ kāmādeś cittavāraṇaḥ || ātmeti vaṃdhana+...+dhidīpikānāmabhītahetvaṃkuśaṃ vinā | viṣayāraṇyasaṃcārī
Explicit: [164r] +...+ ādiśruter bhagavatpreritatvavedata+ +...+ddhānaṃdavāṃchayā || si++...+
Final rubric: [164v] +...+śrībālagopālakṛṣṇaśiṣya+...+
Language(s): Sanskrit.
Physical Description
Form: pothī
Support: Paper.
10.5 × 25.5 cm.
Extent: 30 ff.
Condition
Incomplete, in good condition; extant folios: 1-29 + extra folio. Some folios damaged in the corners with loss of akṣaras; some folios greatly damaged with important loss of text. Several pages illegible due to ink blotting from opposite folios.
Layout
9 lines per page.
Keywords smeared in red on folios 1-3.
Hand(s)
Devanāgarī in black ink.
Additions: On folio 135, 14 lines from the Haṭhapradīpikā: tatra vṛttīnddhīvodho … kāyakleśādikaṃ tathā || iti yogaśāstre ||; on folio 164v, in a later hand: vedāṃtasamādhī[sic]dīpikā.
Marginalia
- correctionsMarginal corrections, sometimes lengthy, 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 Revised and Completed by E. H. Johnston [unpublished handlist] ; OxfordFunding of Cataloguing
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation