MS Chandra Shum Shere d.458(8)

Sanskrit, Chandra Shum Shere Collection

Summary of Contents: A paper manuscript of Gorakṣanātha's Siddhasiddhāntapaddhati.

Gorakṣanātha , Siddhasiddhāntapaddhati

Rubric: [1r1] śrīganeśāya namaḥ ||

Incipit: [1r1] ādināthaṃ

Explicit: [14v] dhīraḥ

Language(s): Sanskrit.

Physical Description

Form: pothī

Support: Paper.

12 × 25 cm.

Extent: 15 ff.

Condition

Incomplete, in good condition; extant folios: Ff. 1, 2 (lf. 146, śodhapatra, recto blank), 2[a]-14.

Layout

14 lines per page.

Numerous passages smeared in red. Deletions in yellow.

Hand(s)

Devanāgarī in black ink.

Additions: On folio 1, in upper margin, in a later hand: go° kṣa° ṭī° siddhasiddhāṃtapaddhati° 16 gorakhanāthakṛ°.

Marginalia

titleAbbreviated marginal title, in right margin: go° ra°; in left margin: paddhati, siddhasiddhāṃ°, etc.

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 Revised and Completed by E. H. Johnston [unpublished handlist] T.Gambier Parry; E. H.Johnston Oxford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